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  We want the (good) funk...gotta have that funk Swiss cheese, olives, salami, vanilla, beer, chocolate, yoghurt, coffee....all delicious and all possible because of fermentation. If you're into getting fizzy with it, this week's food column is about fermented foods and how to get into ferments at home! #WaterlooRegion #Fermentation #Guelph #KWFoodies #Cooking 📸 Escarpment Labs/Unsplash https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/wine-yogurt-and-cheese-exploring-the-world-of-f...

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  Cardamummy just got a wheeled walker (she's of the age where a walking stick isn't enough) and went for a little walk to test it out. Apparently, a woman of a certain age, wobbling around with a metallic pink walker was far too much for a neighbour's micro dog who hid behind their car.

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  Sigh. Rufus' test results came in. Lymphoma. Like his brother who passed in July. Waiting to hear if it's large cell or small (my vet thinks small, but is waiting for the specialist report). Definite maldigestion and malabsorption of nutrients. He's bouncing around, screaming for food and still a cuddle monster. And still hates being smoochiefaced.

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  I realised the post I sent out re Nigel didn't get here... A few days before my surgery (~6 weeks ago) I had to make a final appointment (large cell lymphoma) for him. It was the right decision. He was a lovely, lovely boy and I miss him terribly. Rufus, his brother and littermate, is still in mourning, sleeping in Nigel's bucket (where N curled up in his last days), miaoing more, and spending all of what would have been his N cuddle time with me or The Lodger. #CatsOfMastodon

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  Fourteen years ago today, a tiny kitten came to stay. #Cats

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  @michaelmeckler@mastodonapp.uk That is a great story!

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  We're super lucky to be surrounded by productive, fertile land, and that local chefs and farmers forge relationships. But there are a handful of local restaurants for whom farm to table means growing some of the ingredients they cook with. #Food #EatLocal #WaterlooRegion #PerthCounty #FarmToTable https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/farm-to-table-willibald-farm-brian-mccourt-d-d-s-smoked-eats-denis-hernandez-graze-farm-dinners-9.7274068

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  A sneak peek at tomorrow's column! Tomorrow at 7:40 am EDT (GMT-4) 89.1 FM in Waterloo Region, Guelph, & Wellington County Or online: https://buff.ly/2TEPmBp (set region to Kitchener-Waterloo)

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  The miasma map. Am currently in some of the worst levels of it, it seems.

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  It's pick-your-own season. With lots of farms letting you harvest your own fresh produce, I spoke with ABSOLUTELY LOVELY farmers about their patches and the Ps&Qs of PYO (hint: there should be more in your basket than in your belly) #Food #Agriculture #WaterlooRegion #PerthCounty https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/pick-your-own-farm-purple-blossom-lavender-farm-thames-river-melons-hoffmans-strawberries-tnt-berries-9.7265842

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  I'll let you pick your own guess as to what tomorrow's column is about! Tomorrow at 7:40 am EDT (GMT-4) 89.1 FM in Waterloo Region, Guelph, & Wellington County Or online: https://buff.ly/2TEPmBp (set region to Kitchener-Waterloo)

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  I be jammin’ #Food #Mastonom #jamming

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  Since it's the day after Canada Day...an easy peasy sneaky peeky at tomorrow's food column... Tomorrow at 7:40 am EDT (GMT-4) 89.1 FM in Waterloo Region, Guelph, & Wellington County Or online: https://buff.ly/2TEPmBp (set region to Kitchener-Waterloo)

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  Happy Canada Day! The Indigenous flag was designed by artist Curtis Wilson (d 2019). The renowned artist was born and raised in the Ligwilda’xw territories and he was a member of the Wei Wai Kum First Nation in Campbell River. ""Every day is a learning experience we must do our best to pass on the knowledge to our future generations." ~ Curtis Wilson #Canada #CanadaDay #FirstNations #IndigenousPeople #AltText

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  I walked into the station and these lovely gentlemen were here, rehearsing. Love the Twin City Harmonizers! They’re celebrating their 80th anniversary! #Music #WaterlooRegion #Barbershop

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  This week's column is a meet the maker with Sachin Kumar, executive chef at Uptown Waterloo's Trio. Found out more about him, his favourite places, and he answered my 10-question Proust-inspired questionnaire. #Food #WaterlooRegion #Chefs #ProustQuestionnaire https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/chef-sachin-kumar-trio-restaurant-langdon-hall-terroir-artisan-bakery-simply-south-odd-duck-9.7167951

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  Apparently, I was in a particular mood when I last perused used books. Crumbs arrived today. #Books #Cookies #OnMyShelves

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  A sneak peek at tomorrow's sweet food column! Tomorrow at 7:40 am EDT (GMT-4) 89.1 FM in Waterloo Region, Guelph, & Wellington County Or online: https://buff.ly/2TEPmBp (set region to Kitchener-Waterloo) It's kinda hot... The good photos are by Sandra Mulder, Banko Creative Studio; the other is mine

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  Well, I was hoping they’d go with “Swice, Swice, Baby!” but apparently, I’m aging myself with that. From hot honey to a maple butter chicken sandwich with a bit of burn 🥵🍭 #Food https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/swicy-foods-huckleberry-hives-casa-toro-88-bardo-big-d-s-hot-chicken-9.7176192

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  Getting the par-tea started on tomorrow's food column with this sneak peak! Tomorrow at 7:40 am EDT (GMT-4) 89.1 FM in Waterloo Region, Guelph, & Wellington County Or online: https://buff.ly/2TEPmBp (set region to Kitchener-Waterloo)

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  Baby guardian bunny alert! The condo complex will be safe for another year! #Bunnies #Spring

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  No food column this week -- I was felled by a blargh (and still sound like a 70yo smoker who's been lighting up for 80 years). Here's one my nurses, who still thinks I should be horizontal...as it's easier to keep an eye on me (and use me as a pillow) Back next week, talking about tasty things.

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  Sounding a little Bonnie Tylerish, but I'm back in the studio tomorrow morning! Here's a sneak peek Tomorrow at 7:40 am EDT (GMT-4) 89.1 FM in Waterloo Region, Guelph, & Wellington County Or online: https://buff.ly/2TEPmBp (set region to Kitchener-Waterloo)

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  @commonst I am so sorry. Hopefully someone will get back to you with real help. Went through the wringer with a horrible specialist doctor. Then, 6-8 mo later, a different specialist called me (I really don’t know how I got the referral). New specialist is fantastic and we’ve got a gameplan.

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  A busy day doing interviews, with one on Zoom. And Rufus helped! #Cats #CatsOfMastodon

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  @theogrin That is an issue. Another is you get cheese fries guised as poutine. I've seen it in small town diners--I can only think they served it that way because they heard of poutine, but never had the real thing and it's they're interpretation. Kinda like how people think processed food Indian, Thai, Italian, etc food is the actual thing.

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  And, I wrote about the breadth of local poutines, here in Waterloo Region. No squeaky curd, but still good! https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/poutine-maudite-poutine-little-pork-stop-manitou-takeout-9.7077502

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  There's a reason Quebecois (slang) for cheese curd is something like "le fromage squik-squik"

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  A sneak peek at tomorrow's column! Tomorrow at 7:40 am EDT (GMT-4) 89.1 FM in Waterloo Region, Guelph, & Wellington County Or online: https://buff.ly/2TEPmBp (set region to Kitchener-Waterloo)

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  @c_9 I believe mine were from the Toronto area as I had to go to Mississauga for Nigel and then Brampton for Rufus. They said in the intervening 3 mo between adoptions, NO ONE had enquired after R. As soon as I got a hold of him (in the "will this work out" first cuddle) he just relaxed and let me carry him tummy up. Strangers came up to me and said "he's you're cat" and he is :) It would be lovely if your Benjamin were part of the litter. I often wonder how Darcy&#3...