We just returned from Vancouver Island. A small group gathered for five days in Ucluelet and Tofino. There were memorable meals around a long table with the Pacific just outside the window, a chef foraging greens steps from the table, a surf day that built trust, time with a local artisan who had a way of looking at things that shifted the room, and unstructured space to deepen connections. Our team were the ones behind the scenes, making sure everything felt easy. That's what I love to do...
3 months ago • 1 min read
We gathered for ROOTED yesterday with a small group of travel writers. Sarah shared some of the plant knowledge first.Then people blended tea, asked questions, and gathered for a meal. By the end, people were saying how relaxed and peaceful it felt. There’s a public ROOTED date on May 23 in Fort Langley. It’s one of three public dates we’re holding this year. View May 23 details We're currently designing a five-day retreat in Ucluelet and Tofino this June for a private group. And we're taking...
5 months ago • 1 min read
There are certain recipes that carry more than flavour. They carry memory. Growing up, Sunday dinner was the one day my mum made Indian food. If it were up to my dad, we would have had it much more often. My mum hadn’t learned to cook while growing up in India, so when she and my dad married, they went to the library together to learn how to cook the flavours of their childhood from cookbooks. Over time she typed many of those recipes out and passed them along to us. They now live in a purple...
6 months ago • 1 min read
