Author name: Nico Mara-McKay

Nico Mara-McKay is a PhD Student in History with a collaborative specialization in Sexual Diversity Studies at the University of Toronto. Nico tweets as @plutopsyche.

Banana jam? Is that a thing?

Dude, it’s totally a thing. I know. I had no idea either. At the beginning of the month Kim came over and we made pickled beets. Yesterday we made banana pistachio jam. I the recipe in Jody Vassallo’s Preserving Basics, which, I admit, I initially bought for the pretty pictures of food. It’s a part of the

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Gettin’ my ‘erb on

Gardening two days in a row! This may be a new record. My boss generously gave me two tomato plant. I planted them in front of the pickling cucumbers on the left side. I added some dark opal basil (there’s an awesome looking recipe in Grow Great Grub that I want to try), two parsley plants, dill,

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Gardening: Take 2

I hate gardening. So, I pick Eris Day to take it up again. Figures. In 2009, I got as far as step 1: remove all the weeds, rocks and crap from the space, but then I didn’t get any further with it. Gardening always seems like a lot of work, and I didn’t really have the patience

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