Posted in Cooking on Sep 24th, 2009
It’s incredibly easy to make yogurt at home. I had no idea how simple it was until I tried it myself. As one of our users, Marita, writes on Cookbooker, “I was scared to make my own yogurt“. Before I made it, much like Marita, I’d assumed it was like microbiology – you had to [...]
Posted in Locavore on Sep 24th, 2009
There’s been a farmer’s market here now for three years. A proper farmer’s market that is – one where most of the vendors are farmers (80%, I believe) and not jam makers and crafty folk as the Friday market in Nanaimo has been for ages. It has a great location, with lots of room, and [...]
Posted in Building Cookbooker on Sep 21st, 2009
Cookbooker was built on a fairly standard LAMP platform. Since I have a day job, it was an evenings and weekends labour of love, and I taught myself PHP and MySQL programming using books and web resources.
Posted in Locavore on Sep 19th, 2009
It seems fitting that I’m starting this blog with a visit to a local farm for ingredients. Gary Argyle has a great little organic farm on Maxey Road in Nanaimo. We usually go every Saturday morning for fresh carrots, onions and garlic. The girls and I contentedly munch carrots as we walk back to the [...]
