I grew up surrounded by pigs, chickens, big gardens and the wide open wheat fields of my family farm at Craik, Saskatchewan. My nephew farms there now, while I call Saskatoon home.
After studying journalism, I worked at the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix and then CBC TV & Radio. When the daily news grind got too grind-y, I skipped out and took up freelancing.
As a writer (and a cook from scratch kinda gal) I followed my heart and stomach back to the farm ~ across the province and deep into the agricultural heartland of Canada ~ to the down home cooking of my childhood and the bounty of Saskatchewan. I wrote a bushel of food-and-farm related articles, including three regular food columns (Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, Prairies North Magazine and Grainews).
My interests gravitate toward food, history, biography and archival photographs, plus a whole lot of cooking where ingredients and recipes illuminate those themes. I've published five books:
Prairie Feast: A Writer's Journey Home for Dinner (2010)
Out of Old Saskatchewan Kitchens (2014)
Saskatoon: A History in Words and Pictures (2017)
Evolution of the Provincial Court of Sask (2018)
Thelma: A Life in Pictures (2020)
I'm currently working on two projects ~ a personal history of wheat and a family genealogy through recipes. This latter project is just for family, but I'll share some recipes here on my website from time to time.
After studying journalism, I worked at the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix and then CBC TV & Radio. When the daily news grind got too grind-y, I skipped out and took up freelancing.
As a writer (and a cook from scratch kinda gal) I followed my heart and stomach back to the farm ~ across the province and deep into the agricultural heartland of Canada ~ to the down home cooking of my childhood and the bounty of Saskatchewan. I wrote a bushel of food-and-farm related articles, including three regular food columns (Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, Prairies North Magazine and Grainews).
My interests gravitate toward food, history, biography and archival photographs, plus a whole lot of cooking where ingredients and recipes illuminate those themes. I've published five books:
Prairie Feast: A Writer's Journey Home for Dinner (2010)
Out of Old Saskatchewan Kitchens (2014)
Saskatoon: A History in Words and Pictures (2017)
Evolution of the Provincial Court of Sask (2018)
Thelma: A Life in Pictures (2020)
I'm currently working on two projects ~ a personal history of wheat and a family genealogy through recipes. This latter project is just for family, but I'll share some recipes here on my website from time to time.
I am eternally grateful for the financial, moral and publishing support of the following artistic and literary institutions:
