Big Tex, the 55 foot-high symbol of The State Fair of Texas, waves a welcome to the crowd. “Howdy,” he says. “This is Big Tex.” Continue reading
Deep Fried Heaven at The State Fair of Texas
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A Taste of the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village
Ukrainians brought red fife wheat to Canada and with it they made one of their gastronomic gifts to the world – perogies (which they pronounce perohay). At the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village near Edmonton, Alberta, I learned to make these delicious little dumplings. Continue reading
How do you like them Okanagan apples?
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
That expression is more than 150 years old and apparently originated in Wales, which once grew more than 200 apple varieties! Sounds like a good marketing scheme to me, especially given the less than savoury reputation the fruit got courtesy of Adam and Eve. Continue reading
Tucson’s Heirloom Farmers Market
To Market, To Market – Tel Aviv
Markets have always been the heart and soul of any community. If you want to understand the culture of a city, visit the market. In Tel Aviv, three very different markets tell me a great deal about the little communities that surround them.
Shlomo is a happy man. He serves me a strong cup of his own roasted coffee. His grandfather, a Yemenite immigrant in the early 1900s, started this little roastery in Carmel Market. But Shlomo is likely to be the last of his family to roast and sell coffee.
There are many like him, in markets around the world. The younger generation, he tells us, isn’t interested in working in a market. Curiously, despite this attitude, markets are making a huge comeback and more and more people are turning to local farmers and producers. It’s not surprising. Markets have always been the heart and soul of any community. If you want to understand the culture of a city, visit the market.
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