Me and food and wine — Raggedy Threads

They Shoot Rabbits, Don’t They?

March 30, 2010 By Raggedy Sarah 7 Comments

Gentle reader, you may remember from months past a mention that my dear dad raises rabbits. When he first announced this plan I wasn’t very comfortable with the idea, especially when I discovered the pure joy of a box of bunnies. But I survived the first cycle of birth-life-death-freezer-dinner (as immortalized in my Rabbit Haiku [...]

Filed Under: Food and Wine, Fun With Animals

Life As A Human Article: Adventures in Snacking

March 8, 2010 By Raggedy Sarah Leave a Comment

How many jalapenos does one girl need? To answer that question, let me take you back a few weeks. I was invited along to the movies by my friend Bev and her daughter, Aubrey. We buy our tickets, and then this conversation takes place: Aubrey: Ohmygod, have you ever had jalapenos on popcorn?Me: What? Aubrey: [...]

Filed Under: Conversations, Food and Wine, Friends Rock, Life As A Human Articles

It’s Like Eating A Hug

February 24, 2010 By Raggedy Sarah 2 Comments

My friend Brian from Halifax is in Vancouver, busy working at the Surrey venue for the Olympics. Hi Brian! I haven’t seen him in something like 8 years (which is crazy and makes me feel old, but that’s beside the point). So I hopped on a ferry and braved the Olympic crowds to see him. [...]

Filed Under: Food and Wine, Friends Rock

Requiem For A Friend

December 30, 2009 By Raggedy Sarah Leave a Comment

Today I experienced a loss. This is very personal and hard to talk about. So I thought some free form poetry would help me to work through the grief, and introduce you all to a dear friend who you sadly will never get to meet. I first was introduced to my sourdough starter By Bill. [...]

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Counting Cookies

December 29, 2009 By Raggedy Sarah 1 Comment

For me, Christmas is not Christmas without shortbread cookies. And not just any shortbread cookies. My Dad’s shortbread cookies. Every family has their wacky traditions, and ours involved quintuple batches of sugary dough. It would take all day to bake tray after delicious tray of specially shaped shortbread, each with half a candied cherry pressed into the [...]

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American Thanksgiving Postscript

December 1, 2009 By Raggedy Sarah Leave a Comment

I had big plans about writing this post last Thursday. Actually on American Thanksgiving. Or at the very least, the day after. And here it is, not only five days after the holiday that inspired this post, but also a brand new month. Ah well, we all know what happens to best laid plans. So [...]

Filed Under: Conversations, Food and Wine, Holidays

A Homage to Fried Meat

November 10, 2009 By Raggedy Sarah Leave a Comment

There’s this thing I have to do every time I’m in the States. If at all possible, I must go into a greasy diner and order chicken fried steak. CHICKEN. FRIED. STEAK. It’s a dish of pure genius. My step-dad, Mike, introduced me to the wonder of CHICKEN FRIED STEAK over a decade ago, and [...]

Filed Under: Conversations, Food and Wine, Travel

What We Will Sacrifice For Cheap Eggs

November 4, 2009 By Raggedy Sarah 3 Comments

You know how everyone has their thing that they’re weird about when it comes to food? A close friend of mine revealed her true colours when she saw me using a french press wrong. (Her opinion. I maintain my position that you can’t screw it up no matter how hard you try.) I used to [...]

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Always The Drunken Idiot, Never The Bride

October 11, 2009 By Raggedy Sarah Leave a Comment

My trip to Vancouver last weekend was pretty much a comedy of errors. Of course, my wonderful van incident got me off on the right foot. So I’m already running a day behind. Instead of getting there on Saturday to attend a party for the out-of-towners, I leave Sunday morning, using public transit and the BC [...]

Filed Under: Food and Wine, Life: The Musical

Life Goals and Pulled Pork

October 2, 2009 By Raggedy Sarah Leave a Comment

My loyal readers may remember a post from a while ago, where I explored my innermost feelings on being asked what my “plan” for the “future” was. It was a heartfelt personal examination with a complicated conclusion (to summarize: shut up and leave me alone). In this post I did mention three short term goals [...]

Filed Under: Food and Wine, Life: The Musical, Lists, New Adventures