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Simon Thibault
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Journalist, editor, food writer, cookbook fan. Lover of pomology, grains, and archives. Acadien. Queer.
Author of "Pantry & Palate: Remembering & Rediscovering Acadian Food"
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I have all 4 of my books in stock if anyone would like to purchase signed copies for Christmas gifts this year.

A Dark History of Sugar (25% off) £15
Before Mrs Beeton £20
Knead to Know £12.99
The Philosophy of Puddings £10
+postage

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November 30, 2025 at 3:03 PM
As someone who purchased this book, enjoyed it, and told many a food lover about it, I can tell you how much I enjoyed it. And would still buy it at full price.
I wrote a book a few years back. It's about food, but it's really about adventure and love and the secret to successful self-improvement.

And I see the hardcover version is now a mere $3.93 on Amazon.

Super cheap way to make anyone on your gift list laugh.
www.amazon.com/Boldly-Grow-...
To Boldly Grow: Finding Joy, Adventure, and Dinner in Your Own Backyard
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November 30, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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fitzwater pears, painted by royal charles steadman, 1921
November 29, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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If you're stuck for ideas as to how to do something a bit different with this year's massive fruit harvests, I have a growing collection - 125 and counting - of historical and modern orchard and soft fruit recipes, wherein you might find a bit of inspiration:

orchardnotes.com/fruit-recipes/
November 23, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Woke up, another birthday.
Considering I didn’t think I would make it this far, bring it on :)
October 29, 2025 at 6:23 PM
A Jane Siberry morning. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yxn6...
The Gospel According To Darkness
YouTube video by Jane Siberry - Topic
www.youtube.com
October 17, 2025 at 3:14 PM
A morning for making apple galettes, and listening to Lou Barlow. This album is 20 yrs old this year. Dang. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEYq...
Caterpillar Girl
YouTube video by Lou Barlow - Topic
www.youtube.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Bumper crop of quince this year. Now, what to make …
October 11, 2025 at 8:23 PM
This account is made for the love of quinces
October 11, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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blenheim pippin apples, painted by bertha heiges, 1901
October 4, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Saw a video today of Laura Palmer in “Fire Walk With Me,” screaming in the Red Room.

Haven’t felt that seen in a while.
September 25, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Here it is, my last piece for @eater.bsky.social: my treatise on the last 20 years of food culture, and how food turned into fandom. I really hope you read it. www.eater.com/food-culture...
Nobody Wants to Be a Foodie
How “foodie” went from badge of honor to cringey term to pejorative smear and all the way back again.
www.eater.com
September 24, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Had never heard of this variety until yesterday. And then BAM on my timeline. Confirmation bias is fascinating.
winter smokehouse apples, painted by deborah griscom passmore, 1896
September 17, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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baby blush apples, painted by deborah griscom passmore, 1901
September 15, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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holderbaum peaches, painted by ellen isham schutt, 1908
September 12, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Hummus, once an “ethnic oddity," is now a potluck staple. Could lentils follow the same path? Writer Khalil Akhtar wonders if, in the current “Buy Canadian” era, the legume finally has a chance to stand beside maple syrup or rye whisky. thewalrus.ca/canada-grows-a-h...
September 6, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Digging this new story in @thewalrus.ca by Khalil Akhtar about how Canada grows much of the world's lentils, yet we eat so few of them in this country.
thewalrus.ca/canada-grows...
Canada Grows a Hell of a Lot of Lentils. Why Won’t We Eat Them? | The Walrus
It’s time for the humble legume to cross the bridge from crop to cuisine
thewalrus.ca
September 5, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Been watching a former teacher of mine put up his record collection on Discogs. He has been collecting since the 60’s. It’s insane what is in there. Nico. Garage Rock. Rare folk albums. Psych. Blues.

This is the teacher who noticed I was reading Lenny Bruce and approved.
September 5, 2025 at 1:09 PM
There is a murder of crows outside my window and I think they have mistaken themselves for rooks, because it is most definitely a parliament out there.
September 1, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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early avocados, painted by deborah griscom passmore, 1906
September 1, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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tane nashi persimmons, painted by ellen isham schutt, 1906
August 30, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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🍃 The fishes of North Carolina
Raleigh, E. M. Uzzell & co., state printers and binders, 1907.

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August 30, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Quinces.
Working on a story about them.
I'd be curious to know about your relationship to them, if you're amenable to this.
My father planted a quince tree for me as a gift twenty years ago, and I've been enjoying them ever since.
August 20, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Community as ethics, as assistance, as ressource, and the sharing of those things.

Loved this episode.
Throughout the islands of Scotland, you'll find eggs, fresh baked bread, homemade jam, cabbage, scones, cakes, knitted hats, you name it. If someone can make it, bake it, grow it, sew it, it may turn up for sale in an Honesty Box.

kitchensisters.org/podcast/the-...
August 19, 2025 at 1:34 PM