Ancient civilizations in Europe, Africa and Asia brewed beer, mead and wine. Fermentation offsets bacteria that can infest plain water, so beer and wine were safer drinks than water. Beer (from sprouted barley, called malt), wine from grapes and mead from fermented honey were all common and appear in historical records from about 5700 BC. [...]
A savagely delightful exploration of beer in the kitchen
September 3rd, 2010Savagely Delightful herb harvesting
August 27th, 2010Few things match the satisfaction of growing and eating your own food. One of the easiest things to grow are herbs. They’re more likely to perish from pampering than neglect, are tolerant of a wide range of conditions, and prefer poorer soils. Some herbs actually benefit from being stepped on like thyme, mints and lemon [...]
Recipes for your savage herbs
August 27th, 2010Provençal Aromatic Oil
This flavoured oil makes for part of an excellent marinade for vegetables, fish, and barbequed meats. Mix 2 parts of the oil with1 part lemon, lime, or orange juice, or add a dash of wine. Vinaigrette will not separate as easily if 1 tsp mustard and a crushed garlic clove are added.
You will [...]
Children’s garden allotment part of a growing trend
August 17th, 2010“The world is changing, and I think human beings are in a position where we are going to need to grow our own food, not because we can’t rely on grocery stores, but because the nutritional values of industrially-farmed food are diminishing. One way to restore value to food is to grow it yourself.”
This is [...]
A Savagely Delightful Italian lunch in our Revelstoke garden
August 9th, 2010Back home after our trip to Italy, we invited friends and had an Italian lunch in the garden. The melon was okay, the prosciutto (variety Light, with no fat, from Cooper’s deli) really good. But it was produce from the Saturday market and Revvie’s specialty shops that made it all work—lovely arugula and basil from [...]
RECIPES: GELATO
August 2nd, 2010RECIPES: GELATO
Chocolate Storm Gelato
Blueberry Granita
Lemon Gelato
A gelato stop is a sure way to avert almost any crisis, in Italy or in Revelstoke. Italians have been making gelato since the 1600s, and even they weren’t the first in the world to make “ices” — ice pits and shade walls for ice-making have been found [...]
FRESH is why food is so great in Italy
August 2nd, 2010Food in Italy is the best in the world. It was, after all, Catherine de Medici who taught the French courts how to cook. The secret is partly in the kitchen, but mainly in the fields, the shops and the attitude to food. At the local greengrocer in Asolo, a small town an hour inland [...]
Savage Delights is on hiatus in… Italy
July 6th, 2010Leslie Savage is currently in Italy. Her column will resume next month.
A Savage kids’ cooking class
June 28th, 2010Easy Peazy Pizza: pepperoni, cheese, ham and pineapple
Chocolate cake
Iced Tea or Orange Fizz punch
With summer here and lots of young people somewhat at loose ends between the last day of school and family vacations or camps, it’s a good time to think about kids’ cooking.
Most children like to mess about in the [...]
Savagely Delightful books and cooks
June 21st, 2010I had a friend whose first own-apartment culinary adventure was a roast chicken. In high panic, she called her mother in New York, who said that tin foil over the bird would prevent dryness. Not having tin foil, she used Saran Wrap, and not having confidence in the chicken, she wrapped the whole bird. Several [...]
Father’s Day supper on the barbeque
June 14th, 2010Baked potato chips, commercial
Eric’s Burgers
Jamie’s Seared Tuna Steaks in Salad Niçoise with Local Asparagus
Beer
Strawberries dipped in chocolate fondu
Zebra torte
Men are often unsung heros of the kitchen even when, as in our house, the male task is usually clean-up. Father’s Day is a great time for the guys to show off their grilling [...]
RCTV’s new show, Fresh & Undressed, is a love affair with food
June 10th, 2010By David F. Rooney
RCTV’s brand new, made-in-Revelstoke cable program, Fresh & Undressed, is perfect for this time and this place: it’s about great food and fantastic flavours produced by local residents.
The program recreates one of the cooking courses offered by Kendra Powell of Mountain Meals and Daniel Weber and Elvira Brunner at Crescendo.
The whole idea [...]
Savage Delights: gizmos and gadgets
June 7th, 2010Sometimes less is more, and for many years I avoided kitchen gadgets. My grandmothers were great cooks with no mod cons.
Then my daughters started asking me what I’d like for Christmas, and I broke down and admitted to a yen for a food processor. Now I cannot — really cannot — imagine doing without one, [...]
Savagely delightful non-kitchen cooking
May 30th, 2010Whole Fish on Fire
Black Rice Pilaf in a hobo packet
Skewered Veggie
Sausage Salad
Eating outdoors is one of the great joys of a four-season climate. It might be thick chili during spring skiing, basking as you overlook Revelstoke from the midway station deck at RMR. Or s’mores around the campfire at Wadey on a warm summer evening. [...]
Why does food cost more in Revelstoke?
May 24th, 2010A food basket comparison, itemized below, shows that Revelstoke shoppers are paying up to 34% more for food at local grocery stores than we would if we lived in Vernon.
That’s a lot of cash. The same food basket that costs $203 in Vernon costs $274 at Cooper’s and $256 at Southside. If the basket lasts [...]
