It seems impossible to me that Labour day is here and yet another summer has come and gone. But, rather than cry into my fall clothes I thought I would take a moment to look back at a few of my summer highlights and the things I learned the last couple of months.
I learned…..
… that I really love pesto made from radish tops and I still really don’t like parsnips.
…that while watching a baby coyote sleep under the hedge is adorable it probably isn’t desireable (and freaks the cats out).
… that the Yukon is amazing. Getting to explore it with my sister is twice as amazing.
… that taking an outdoor cooking class from Michele Genest, writer of The Boreal Gourmet, beside a northern BC lake, while at a music festival with said sister is pretty much my idea of heaven.
… that mint and spring pea rissotto made by my husband is divine.
… that a greenhouse makes an amazing bar for summer parties (but if that’s the case we may need a bigger greenhouse…).
… that it is actually possible to eat your fill of fresh figs.
… that I will miss the community, friendship and food created this summer in the Community Kitchen.
… that when making pierogi, even when using the identical batch of dough and filling, once cooked you can always tell which ones the Ukrainian Grandma made.
Most importantly I (re)learned that summer is far too short but when there is food, friends and family involved life is grand. What did you learn this summer?
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