Jennifer grew up on the wild and beautiful coast of Newfoundland where her love for nature and all things delightful were abundantly fed. As a photographer she aims to capture the love that went into a well-crafted meal, the blossoms of local flowers and of products and people that positively change the world. Her journey to becoming a food, product and flower photographer came easily and fulfills her desire to help create a more beautiful, supportive, and delicious world. Comox Valley is now home and it brings her much joy to be surrounded by such precious nature.
Back in 2013, I started shopping around for healthy nutrition options to supplement my gym goals. I’d never given much thought to what I put in my body beyond the main food groups and plenty of water, so gluten wasn’t on my radar. When I was growing up, we ate homemade bread, and I didn’t […]
When LOVE was suggested as our summer theme, I jumped on it. I planned to write an inspiring intro that would bring the whole valley together in shared appreciation for how blessed we are to live here. I would remind every reader that our time on earth is short, we are more similar than we […]
The ashen moon hung low that brisk October night. Despite the obscuring fog, I could see my breath. The chill cut me a little deeper than the rest of my neighbours, as I was bereft of any clothing, planting my garlic naked, in the time-honoured tradition. Or so I had mis-read. It turns out planting […]
Bannock: a simple quick bread made with a few ingredients most people will have on hand. But bannock, for all its simplicity, holds a much greater story. For food is culture. And every culture has some form of bread. This simple staple is ours—a small, common thread found throughout the countless independent and, sometimes, vastly […]
Welcome to the 25th volume of our ongoing love letter to the Comox Valley. In 2014, Ross Bodenmann had the honour of writing the first editor’s introduction, which he closed by saying, “Come in, get comfortable, and welcome to the collective.” Since then, we’ve added dozens of contributors and the invitation still stands. We want […]
There’s something that connects me to a greater world when I fire up the smoker. I can’t put my finger on it. Words like “pastoral,” “holistic,” and “terrestrial” spring to mind, but they aren’t quite what I’m looking for. Maybe “connected” is the word. Smoking food connects me to my forebears: I’m using the preservation […]
I’ve always loved eggs. Hard-boiled. Scrambled. Sunny-side up. Anything but poached—well, unless they’re smothered in hollandaise. As a kid, I got to enjoy eggs straight from the henhouse. You see, my grandparents had two dozen or so chickens that produced plenty of eggs for the whole family. Since I spent a great deal of time […]
Curled against you under the night sky your touch reminds me that my flesh is made from the spark and dust of inaccessible stars Dawn takes a deep breath and pulls us close whispering promises I will be back, soon, with the ideas you planted Life bursts into flower without warming our tangled hair keeps […]
Q: What do beets, parsnips, turnips, rutabagas, carrots, yuca (cassava), kohlrabi, onions, garlic, celery root (or celeriac), horseradish, turmeric, jicama, Jerusalem artichokes, radishes, ginger, yams, and sweet potatoes have in common? A: Generations of children have sat at the dinner table for lengthy periods of protest over these outcast foods. But there’s a lot to […]