Here I am, on a sunny day back in October, savouring a Shore Lunch sushi bowl in the sun. I am sitting on a red adirondack on the wharf in Lunenburg, NS. A few tourists are milling around. A ship is tied up in front of me. Water is lapping against its sides. I take this picture then put my phone away. This food takes all my focus. Yellofin tuna. peppery greens. Chickpeas. Seaweed salad. Nori Flakes. Sesame Chickpeas. Miso Whip. Later I will see Amy Funk’s art exhibition at the Lunenburg School of the Arts. Amy is also the chef behind the Shore Lunch food truck. She made this bowl. This episode ..read more

This episode began with a prompt in my writing class - to explore a threshold moment. It could be an ending, a beginning, leaving something behind or entering into something new. It could be a boundary, a tipping point, the edge of an experience. I began by making lists, but like all good prompts, I found myself transported to a place I hadn’t expected - my grandmother’s apartment overlooking the Bedford Basin. And as I walked through the memory, images, flavours, aromas and textures emerged. And a recipe too. So here is it, an episode through the lens of my grandmother Vivian. I hope it trans ..read more

A Measure of My Dreams is a lyric from A Rainy Night in Soho by the Irish band The Pogues. The lyric speaks to love and loss, but it also touches on the transient nature of life, and the fleeting beauty of moments, and the profound impact brief encounters can have.  Liz Chute has made a life from profound encounters. For 25 years Liz has owned and run The Pebble Bed and Breakfast in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Liz is from Listowel, Ireland, and her family, her home, her business and her kitchen is full of Irish love and passion.  This episode is Liz’s story, told through the lens of music ..read more

Lauren Gerrie is my guest this week on The Food Podcast. She is a New York based chef, a dancer, teacher, artist, collaborator and community builder. She’s a flavour alchemist, a master in texture, a cheerleader and a woman who barbecues scallops on the windy shores of Nova Scotia in a leotard. This conversation is a celebration of community through the lens of food, friendship, The Two Fat ladies, dance, movement and celebration. And Pat Benatar. Thanks for listening. Links: * We Belong by Pat Benatar * Ryan Heffington - Ted Talk: How Dance can unleash your inner joy * Moves Pure Joy - Instag ..read more

I’m jumping in here to welcome you to a re-leased episode of last year’s A Field Guide to Christmas. For those who celebrate, we do it every year, but somehow, we still need a field guide, a mentor, and calming friend to shepherd us through this beautiful, nostalgic and sometimes difficult time of year.  At least I do, and I know there’s one other person too… I was sitting at a high school football game earlier in the fall, watching my son and nephew play. It was an away game -  A five hour drive. But the last of the fall leaves were still hanging on, there were thermoses of coffee i ..read more

Welcome to season four, episode two of The Food Podcast! This episode is all about the storied history of the blue fin tuna, told through the lens of investigative food systems journalist Karen Pinchin. Through the writing of her book Kings of Their Own Ocean, a story that follows a tagged blue fin called Amelia back and forth across the Atlantic, we also learn about Karen. Karen and I are friends, but it wasn’t until I read this book that I learned how the story of what happens beneath the ocean can also uncover details of human life, Karen’s life.  Thanks for listening,  x Lindsay ..read more

New! Click to listen to the essay. It’s me, mistakes and all. I’m going for a done, not perfect, approach. Fits with today’s theme. Please let me know if this is a helpful/fun/user friendly/easy addition to the newsletter and if so, I’ll do it every time. I planted spring bulbs in a light hail storm yesterday. The ground was soft after heavy rain the night before; digging was easy. I wore my husband's sailing gear - waterproof overalls and a matching jacket, rain boots and gardening gloves. I was overdressed, but I had fifty dollars of bulbs to put in the ground, bought hastily the other day a ..read more

Mentioned in this episode -  * Amy Minichiello | Instagram | Website * Recipes in the Mail - Family Cookbook and Journal * Amy’s Instagram post from April, 2023 * The Food Podcast Season 3 Episode 7 - Homemaking with Jill Barber * Jill Barber’s song, My Mother’s Hand Episode Credits- @amy_minichiello_ Episode edited by @abigailcerquitella  Host @lindsaycameronwilson @thefoodpodcast  This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lindsaycameronwilson.substack.com ..read more

Season 3, Episode 7, Homemaking with Jill Barber, is live! Mentioned in this episode: * Jill Barber | Website | Instagram * Clint Smith on Stephen Colbert - Clint Smith: Poetry is the Act of Paying Attention Via Jami Attenburg’s ‘#1000 words of summer ‘ * Maggie MacKellar on The Food Podcast - Flavours of Home with Maggie MacKellar * Maggie MacKellar’s Substack, The Sit Spot - “Lucinda Williams and Me” * Angela Garbes - Essential Labor Mothering as Social Change * Alison Roman’s Key Lime Pie Edited by Abby Cerquitella Music by Jill Barber + Jenn Grant This is a public episode. If you would l ..read more

Season 3, Episode 6, Listen to the Tea, is live and ready for listening! Mentioned in this episode: * MFK Fisher’s A Map of Another Town: A Memoir of Provence * Discovering Tea with Margaret Ledoux * London based textile artist Rachna Garodia * The Sophie Scarf by Petite Knit * Weaver Sandra Brownlee in her studio (a Sandra Brownlee weaving is featured in the image above) * Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner * Hetty McKinnon’s Sheet Pan Pierogies with Brussels Sprouts and Kimchi Episode Credits Hosted by Lindsay Cameron Wilson Edited by Abigail Cerquitella Theme song is One More Night by Jenn ..read more