Category Archives: food

At the Table in the Summer

Posted on July 4, 2013 by t. a. keenleyside

What tastes more of summer than homemade blueberry muffins? If you’d like to have this classic recipe and also read some entertaining stories, many of them set in cottage country, why not visit the Creemore Farmers Market on Saturday morning, … Continue reading →

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Mahatma Gandhi and the Pop-Tart Incident

Posted on April 27, 2013 by t. a. keenleyside

Here is an excerpt from At the Table, Nourishing Conversation and Food on the subject of differing approaches to parenting: Sharron Dalton is probably the greatest cook I know. She can turn the dwindling resources of the sparsest refrigerator into … Continue reading →

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Setting the Table

Posted on April 4, 2013 by t. a. keenleyside

Here are two events you might want to attend to learn more about At the Table, Nourishing Conversation and Food: 1.) “Turn Off Your Cell Phones. It’s Dinnertime!” Beaches Speakers’ Series, Juice and Java Cafe, 2102 Queen St. East (at … Continue reading →

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Table Talk With Kids

Posted on February 15, 2013 by t. a. keenleyside

Here’s an excerpt from At the Table, Nourishing Conversation and Food (Penumbra Press, 2012) on the subject of conversing with children at dinnertime: “Isto e chato,” Sam, seven, a demanding eater, complains–“This sucks” in Portuguese. It’s a phrase I taught … Continue reading →

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Looking for Miracles

Posted on September 14, 2012 by t. a. keenleyside

It was a number of years ago in Padua, Italy that I first became interested in religious miracles, though not as a means of healing my own or anyone else’s ailments, physical or mental.  Rather, my attraction stemmed from the … Continue reading →

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