Category: cast iron guy

  • Social Distances

    Sunday Runday, and that familiar epic-tired-queezy feeling is settling in for the afternoon, and I don’t remember if it’s a good thing or the part of the long runs that I didn’t like. I hadn’t run more than a dozen kilometers in the better part of a year, certainly not over the winter, and during

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  • Local Flours Sours: Peace Country Rye (Part One)

    All this experimenting with food is getting expensive. I was at the grocery store again this morning buying some varieties of vegetables to grill over the fire this evening, and a big hunk of meat to slice up for a batch of beef jerky, so of course I stumbled by the baking aisle and found

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  • Ready for the Weekend

    How do you prepare for your weekend? Do you pick away at your to-do list over the week, so that when you catch up with Friday night you are free and clear, ready to enjoy everything? Sure, this means that you’ve saved up all your down-time for those two precious days, but when Saturday and

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  • The Mustard Files: Spicy Spring Dijon

    I’m a bit of sucker for interesting mustards. In fact, it used to be I’d make a special trip to the local farmers market each spring to stock my pantry with a few variety of jars of flavoured mustards that would almost always last the year …but not much longer. The sad part is that

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  • How to Plan a Local Adventure

    So you’re stuck at home during travel restrictions but still need something exciting to do close to home. I don’t know where you live, but adventure lurks nearby if you know how to plan for it. Choose Your Activity I needed a good excuse to keep running… …but, last year as the pandemic restrictions ramped

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