Charles and I went to Greece for a friend's wedding in October, and had a great time! Food revelations included novel sorbet flavours (walnut, spicy pumpkin), the best fries I've ever had in my life from a highway-side restaurant, a honey-cured olive, and some kind of whipped yogurt + honey which had a texture I've never encountered before and will haunt me forever. I spent some time reading up on myth and history, and now my Instagram algorithm is sending me some pretty dank history memes....

SO. I'd come across these Fumiko Takano spreads and then fell down a hole of trying to figure out where in the world they were from. I...

I grew up in Calgary, where the summers are typically dry and quite short. The first full year I spent in Ontario was my third year of...