works of wanderlust

Category: tucking in

  • Local Flours Sours: GroundUp Coffee Flour

    Local Flours Sours: GroundUp Coffee Flour

    I was feeling adventurous when I bought a wee bag of local-ish upcycled coffee flour from a local food market. For what it purported to be, coffee flour turned out to be little more than milled used coffee grounds, cleaned, dried and packaged as a gluten-free additive for bread or other baking needs. When I

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  • Cast Iron Convinced-ish

    After nearly nineteen years of marriage, I’d like to think I’ve learned something about not just my own spouse, but about being married in general. One of those lessons is that a good spouse is one who can keep the other in check, balanced, and grounded. And vice versa, of course. Introvert and extrovert. Left

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  • Ten Pots & Sauces Brought to Life in a Deep Cast Iron Vessel

    When I brought home my first deep dish cast iron pan, and then later a Dutch oven, my imagination struggled to know how to make use of these massive cooking tools apart from my intended recipe. I wanted to cook a batch of chili, and I did, but the more I cooked the more I

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  • Campfire Club

    Ahhhh… outdoor campfire season is upon us once again. I do try to get outside and warm myself by some flickering flames year-round, but from May through October it is always a little more favourable to casually cooking and gathering around a pit of hot embers. So I did last night. Sadly alone….? Or maybe…advantageously

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  • Creative Cooking: Rolling & Wrapping

    Yesterday I wrote about my philosophy of hacking the grilled cheese sandwich: that it was part of an effort  to learn to fix (or improve a recipe) by taking it apart, breaking it, and trying to make it better. Hacking it. Not everyone thinks about food that way, however. So I thought I’d start a

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