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Sprouted flour isn’t a new food; it’s been around for centuries. Over the years, however, scientific techniques have allowed companies to skip certain phases of bread making to get it into the ...

Spring is finally here! It’s been a long, long winter, and I’m so glad it’s over. I’ve been dreaming about going outside to enjoy the soft sun for a while now, and today I final ...

For years, fats have had a bad reputation, but people are realizing that healthy fats are one of the essential components of the human diet. Fats and oils are very similar, but most fats are so ...

By Didi GormanConducting dialogs with a facemask on has been quite awkward recently. The person says one thing, and you hear another. Take my cousin Sheila, for example, urging me through her mas ...

This post turned out to be very different than I had originally intended. I was going to tell you how I faced one of my worst fears head-on; that is, how I took on public speaking. The deta ...

By Didi Gorman Fellow bookworms, today we have an important issue before us: Fiction! Like many bibliophiles out there during these frequent lockdowns, I’ve been gobbling quite a few novels ...

By Didi Gorman** This piece was written during the COVID-19 lockdown ** I’m starting to get used to the new procedure in stores now, where you have to follow arrows on the floor, looping in and o ...

A couple of days ago I was offered a cookie at a get-together. When I kindly refused, I noticed the surprise on the person’s face. After all, the cookie was homemade and looked yummy. So why di ...

You know what this is? That’s right, orange juice I just squeezed a minute ago. It’s super fresh and chock-full of flavor and vitamins! Our post today is about real food, and this awes ...

Today I did something I had never thought I’d ever do. I went to the thrift store and bought clothes for an acquaintance who has been struggling financially for a while now. It was not my f ...

By Didi GormanMany of us have a tendency to make all sorts of assumptions about other people. Often though, those assumptions are wrong. Then we realize the person is different from the image we’ ...

By Didi GormanWhen I first had the idea for this post, a few days ago, I thought I would write a mood-booster piece by pointing out a few positives that have emerged out of this surreal reality we’ ...

The first time I went to Lake Lovering was for my son’s Scout camp at the Lake Lovering Scout Reserve, in the fall of 2013.Surrounded by the woods, the campsite was completely hidden from the main ro ...

By Didi GormanFellow book geeks, are you thinking what I’m thinking? That with yet another COVID lockdown and dreary weather looming over us this holiday season, what we need right now are a few ...

Oranges are juicy and naturally sweet, which makes them super easy to turn into a treat! Noticed how beautifully that rhymes? Our post today features two quick orange treats.

See this face?This is how I look when I’m mad.Really mad.Extra-super-duper mad like a few weeks ago when a book I had ordered online never arrived and the store admitted they had accidently sent it t ...

A fierce competition is raging in the compote world these days. Which one’s better: a factory-made compote or mommy’s? (That would be me, by the way; armed with a centuries-old family recipe origin ...

By Didi Gorman Is it morning yet? I open one eye and look at the clock. It’s 7:17 AM. Oh, well, I guess it’s time to get up. What day is it anyway? The coffee helps me to remember it’s Tuesda ...

Not everyone has a big kitchen and a pantry that’s spacious enough to make room for cultured foods of all kinds to grow happily. You also shouldn’t mix too many cultures in one space – they can ...

What is it about small close-knit groups that makes them not very open to outsiders?I’m no sociologist by any stretch, but I’m fascinated with the subject of group dynamics.From what I’ve been observ ...

I think I’m gonna faint.Ugh, this is so embarrassing. I can hear my voice trailing off. I wonder if they notice. I’m sitting at the parents association’s general assembly, and it’s my turn to ...

“A Scout is helpful and trustworthy, kind and cheerful, considerate and clean, wise in the use of all resources.”Does this sound familiar?It does if you’re in Scouts.This is the Scout Law w ...

It’s no secret that first impressions are important. Whether it’s an encounter with a new person, a cover of a new book, or an image of a new movie, within fractions of a second we assess the obje ...

Do you find yourself sometimes, during a conversation, listening to your own internal monolog rather than to the other person talking?Come on, we all do that.Here’s another: When another person talks ...

Did you know that every thought, feeling, emotion, idea, inkling, and experience you have, has already been thought/felt/experienced by someone else, somewhere, at some point?Intriguing, isn’t it? Le ...

Are you in Scouts? If not - keep reading. The Scouts are onto something we should all know! If yes - that’s great! This post was written with you in mind. But first thing’s first. For f ...

By Didi GormanOriginally, I had intended to title this piece ‘A beautiful afternoon in picturesque North Hatley’ or ‘A picturesque afternoon in beautiful North Hatley’. I was going to tell you al ...

Wild salmon vs. farm-raised salmon. It's a debate that goes back decades, and many scientists and foodies would argue that there is no clear winner 1.  Although farmed salmon has graduall ...

Are you sitting down right now? Chances are, if you’re reading this post, you probably are. So am I, of course. How else can I write this post? I’ll get straight to the point: thi ...

Are you eating in front of a screen right now? Snacking perhaps? If so, this post is just for you! I don’t know a single person –myself included- who doesn’t eat in front of a screen some ...

That day, I was running a few errands in a little town about 20 miles away from home.On the way back, I found that the road I would usually take home was blocked.Roadworks.“I can handle that!” I thou ...

“What do you have for breakfast?” I’ve spent the past few weeks presenting this question to just about anyone I could think of, and while I listened to the answers I learned so much! For ex ...

Fermented foods. We spend lots of blog space talking about cultured vegetables and fermented foods of all kinds, from kombucha to sauerkraut, and with good reason. They’re chock full of health b ...

By Didi Gorman I’ve been writing a humor column for over a year now and if there’s one thing I’ve learned in the process, it’s that humor writing is much more complex than meets the eye.Let ...

By Didi GormanThere’s an invitation to a Zoom call in one of my emails. It’s titled ‘Virtual family reunion with cousin Shane.’Cousin Shane? Gosh, I haven’t heard from Shane in ages! He’s some kin ...

This is a tale of courage and bravery; of one woman versus the elements. It’s also a story of bonding and fellowship between a person and an inanimate object.The place: our front yard. The time: bin ...

By Didi Gorman I’m in a bad mood these days. Not all the time, but more than usual. I can sense I’m flaring up on the inside by small things that wouldn’t normally annoy me that much.I shouldn ...

Are your kids on a sugar overdose? If your answer is “No way”, how about we take a quick survey? Have your children been offered a candy or a cookie at any point in the past week? (at ...

Does the prevalence of unnecessary sugar bother you? The sugar frenzy on Halloween, birthday parties loaded with candy and juices, social gatherings with cookies and cupcakes, hot chocolate a ...

Hello vegetable lovers! And welcome to you too, the not-so-big-on-vegetables reader! Whether veggies are your thing or not that much, today I am aiming to win you over with 4 delectable hot ...

By Didi GormanOh, hey, long time no see! Funny running into you like this, just as you were about to cross the street. How’ve you been?Really? You’ve just started a new job? That’s exciting! In w ...

By Didi GormanThis post will take you approximately three minutes to read.Can you guess how long it has taken me to write it? The Myth of Fast WritingA prevalent misconception is that if a piece c ...

By Didi GormanA new COVID lockdown is upon us, my fellow book lovers, and public libraries, our sanctuaries, are about to close down again. No sooner was the edict made than I skedaddled to our l ...

The first time I tasted kombucha it came from a bottle that I purchased for over $3 at the whole foods market. I had just read about it in Nourishing ...

Who doesn’t love a bowl of hot, steamy, rich, flavorful chicken soup on a cold winter day? A.k.a ‘Jewish Penicillin’, this delectable legendary marvel has been praised throughout the ages for ...

By Didi GormanI’ve been reading a lot about plagues recently, in particular those that occurred in the Middle Ages.I’ve always found this subject fascinating in its own right, but it was the rele ...

What’s that??? What in the world happened to these carrots??? Well, nothing. Seriously. Nothing happened to them. They’re perfectly good carrots. Fresh, crisp and flavorful, like any ot ...

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Wise Choice Market is registered in Canada. Caldwell's fermented vegetables, juices, and starter culture, and Le Petit Mas fermented garlic flowers, are all produced in Canada. The remainder of the ...

SALMON AND HALIBUT FISH BROTHS HOW DOES YOUR FISH BROTH DIFFER FROM YOUR CHICKEN AND BEEF BONE BROTHS? Bone broths and fish broths are a great source of collagen. Knuckle bones and marr ...