Edible Toronto - Fall 2008

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Andre Livingston harvesting heritage potatoes at Rockcliffe Community Garden in Toronto.

Photo by Laura Berman

Fall 2008

CONTENTS FALL 2008

2	GRIST FOR THE MILL
4	TIDBITES By Kathleen Mackintosh
6	DON’T LET THEM PAVE OVER OUR FARM By Max Lass
8	GARNI’S BARBARI By Naz Sioshansi
10	FUNGI Feasting in the Third Kingdom By Dagmar Baur
12	FOOD ROOTS The Preserving Instinct By Liz Driver
15	JOE VIRGONA Cultivating Memories, Laughter and Food at Fiesta Farms By Steven Biggs
17	THE GRANDES DAMES OF ARTISANAL CHEESE Where there’s a Wheel, there’s a Whey By Laura Buckley
20	DAYS IN THE SUN AND HANDS IN THE SOIL Lorenz Eppinger Follows his Heart By Deb Cripps
22	CROCK, STALK AND BARREL Savouring the Bounty Year-Round By Steven Biggs
24	THE ARTISANAL GARDEN Cauliflower By David Cohlmeyer
26	LOCAL JUICE GETS SQUEEZED OUT What’s in Your Child’s Lunchbox? By Clark Hoskin
28	COOKING WITH THE SEASONS Brussels Sprouts and Pears By Carmen Everest Wahl
34	KAREN VIVA-HAYNES It’s all about Balance at Viva Tastings By Sheryl Kirby
36	BEES We’d be Seriously Stung Without Them By Lauren Carter

38	BACK OF THE HOUSE Jeff Crump: Standing on the Shoulders of Giants By Mary Luz Mejia
40	MANORUN ORGANIC FARM By Ben Laurie
42	KEEPERS OF THE LAND An AgVenture Worth Celebrating By Carmen Everest Wahl
45	THE NEW HORIZONS COMMUNITY GARDEN By Lorraine Johnson
48	FROM LOCAL DAIRY TO DELICIOUS CURRY A Paneer Workshop By Preena Chauhan
50	A CHICKEN IN EVERY BACKYARD By Toronto Chicken
54	FARMERS’ MARKET DIRECTORY
56	ADVERTISER DIRECTORY

COVER (Story on Page 10)
Dagmar Baur foraging for
mushrooms in the York
Regional Forest
Photo by Eric Beldowski
(www.belphoto.com)

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