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Stories and recipes about food, written occasionally. Follow along with the RSS feed.
Buy Canadian. Bye American.
It's time to start buying local
I am an advocate for buying Canadian at most times, but we are entering into an economic war with the United States, a war where the leader of the United States…
Cookbook Supper Club
A book club for people who love to cook
As I pack up my life and get ready to move in just over two weeks, I’m reflecting a lot on what I want to keep in my life and what I want to get rid of.
Buying an electric vehicle
I had questions, you had questions
It’s an electric pick-up truck with a large battery! I’ve had it for just over a week as I write this post. I really like it so far.
Let it be, then let it go
I'm going on an adventure!
“Okay – so what if I’m in Banff, camping alone, filming a Banff Bourguignon recipefor YouTube, and it smells so good it attracts a bear.
What I learned starting (and ending) a food business
A long post about margin and personal values
Last summer I started a granola business under this same brand – Probably Worth Sharing – and I shut it down six months later, despite having relatively good sales for a…
I lost over 70lbs of body fat in 2023
Spoiler: I started walking every day
It’s the New Year: the busiest time of year for the gym. Many people decide the calendar changing over means it’s time for a fresh start.
What I've lost
A personal update
I haven’t figured out yet how to restart this newsletter. I think it’s because I don’t know how to explain, or to even understand for myself, what I’ve lost over the…
Easy, high protein breakfast
2 minutes, 2 ingredients, 40g protein, 1 bowl
My dad is still in the hospital. In fact, he moved back to the stroke ward after being sent out to a different hospital for rehab.
Know the signs of a stroke
And advocate for people in your life
On Thursday when my dad picked me up from the kitchen he wasn’t able to speak in full sentences. He is currently in the hospital – and stable.
We raised over $23,000 for Food4Kids Waterloo Region
Community magic, fueled by granola
Last Sunday, on Oct 1, I hosted Probably Worth Sharing’s first ever Bake-A-Thon and Fall Fair Fundraiser – for Food4Kids Waterloo Region.
Fall recipes, from last Fall
Because Granola Daddy Is Tired
Hi friends, I had my first weekend with two markets – my friend Nigel worked at the Kitchener Market for me, while I was at Art Hop’s Sculpted Market in Waterloo.
A 24-Hour Bake-A-Thon
On Oct 1, we're making 1,100 bags of granola for Food4Kids Waterloo Region
On October 1, I’m hosting a charity Bake-A-Thon and community fundraiser to make 1,100 bags of granola for Food4Kids Waterloo Region.
Finding Time for Joy
Be the Goldilocks you want to see in the world
I’ve been running at a non-stop pace since I got back from San Francisco. Launching a new business is a lot of work.
Granola Daddy
When the community brands you
My life is currently all granola, all the time. I had meant to write you all a bunch of recipes for peaches this week, but I spent my whole week being Granola Daddy (in…
Guest Post: Home is Toronto
And updates from Granola Daddy
Marko here – it’s been a crazy week launching the granola business.
Cereal Entrepreneur
I started a granola business
I started a granola business! Today, as you read this, it is my first day working in a commercial kitchen making granola under the Probably Worth Sharing brand.
The American Breakfast Sandwich
Pickles may make an appearance
What makes a good, classic American breakfast sandwich? I didn’t expect this to be the question I needed to answer on my vacation, but the question found me.
Recipes for summer vacation
My vacation, not your vacation. You’re at home.
I’m on vacation this week! I’m finally seeing my American friends I haven’t seen in (eighty) FOUR YEARS!
An Honest Guide to Dog Sitting
And a recipe for dog treats
I highly recommend listening to the audio version of the article this week. I like dog sitting for my friends. I try to have a dog here every month.
The Cherry Tree
And recipes for sour cherries
My parents built our childhood home in 1981, back when Kitchener was mostly fields.
Invite your friends to read Probably Worth Sharing
You could earn a free market bag!
Thank you for reading Probably Worth Sharing — your support allows me to keep doing this work.
How to take care of yourself
And how I learned to love flossing my teeth
I now schedule my entire life around flossing. I have to clean my teeth three or four times a day. It takes 14 minutes any time I want to eat.
The Responsible Adults Friendship Club
How to take care of your friends who are taking care of everyone else
I started a merch store! Like me, it is a work in progress. You can order Responsible Adult Friendship Club sweaters and bags! Or a Probably Worth Sharing T-Shirt!
Crispy chickpea, prosciutto, and parm pasta
A pantry pasta for when you're fresh out of fucks to give
I’ve been going through a difficult personal time lately. It’s nothing I want to talk about here, but for a variety of reasons I am feeling stuck .
Rhubarb coffee cake
The alternate world where I am The Rhubarb Lady
I love rhubarb. I think in another life, had I not gone to therapy, I could have grown up to be the rhubarb lady.
Morels: an invitation from Spring
Spring is a season of change
You can listen to me read my poem below while watching this week’s recipe be made in beautiful slow motion on YouTube.
How to dine out alone
Guest post by Marci Geisler
Marko here – something different this week. I’ve been writing this newsletter every week for the last 6 months. I love that this is my job.
Stained glass focaccia
And tips on how to be a better baker
I relate a lot to Ted Lasso. I think I have the relentless optimism he has in people, the ability to believe them no matter what, and to help them believe in themselves.
Healing our relationship with the Earth
A hard look at ourselves and a food system that abuses the planet.
This email discusses domestic abuse and alcoholism, if that’s something you can’t read right now please skip this email.
Chickens can save the planet
4 days on a regenerative chicken farm, alone
April is Earth Month, and this month I’m writing about sustainability efforts in the kitchen. This week is the day in the life of a regenerative chicken farm.
Composting isn't always composting
Returning to the earth is... complicated.
April is Earth Month, and this month I’m going to focus on sustainability efforts in the kitchen. This week is focused on how to have a plastic-free kitchen.
A plastic-free kitchen
Earth month at Probably Worth Sharing
April is Earth Month, and this month I’m going to focus on sustainability efforts in the kitchen. This week is focused on how to have a plastic-free kitchen.
Winter Recipe Round-Up
My first quarter as a full-time Internet Food Person!
Regular newsletter will still be tomorrow – with a guide to a plastic-free kitchen! If you are a free subscriber, please consider subscribing for only $5/month.
White bean pot pie with olive oil pie crust
It tastes better than chicken pot pie – with a luscious texture
A quick note: I am behind schedule this week – I’ve had a number of special projects taking up my time this week that I’ll hopefully be able to tell you about soon – but…
Beans are magic
Beans can save the world, your diet, and your budget – while tasting amazing
I would like you to reconsider the humble bean. Beans are often seen as an also-ran: beans are a side dish, beans are a component of a meat dish, beans are something…
Babies, brothels, and babushkas
... and birthday tiramisu
If you are reading this on Sunday March 12, the finale of The Last of Us is tonight!
Are you eating enough protein?
Because I haven't... bean…
Some notes: I published The Lasagna of Sadness as a YouTube video, which is a shorter, 4-minute long version of the story. I think it’s the best video I’ve made yet!
Why is there corn in my cheese?
And why am I getting butter in the mail?
A note: I self published The Lasagna of Sadness as a 52-page paperback – like a ‘90s zine and beautifully photographed recipe book had a food baby.
Please Leave By Nine: A Dinner Party Planning Guide
How to host a dinner party when you’ve never hosted one
I have a new YouTube recipe video up – Marko’s Perfect Cabbage, a one-pan meal that’s only 5-minutes of effort, and one of the best vegetable dishes you’ll ever have.
The Lasagna of Sadness
Layers of grief with ragù and béchamel sauce
If you’re working through the recent loss of a loved one you may want to skip to the recipes at the bottom (it may also be cathartic to read).
Crying snacks
When you’re crying for a long, long time
I had another newsletter (also about crying) planned for this week – about when my mom died 11 years ago, how I process my grief through food.
PDF Recipes: An ugly vegetable cookbook
January paid subscriber exclusive
Ugly Vegetable Winter Cookbook21.5MB ∙ PDF fileDownloadDownloadYou can download it from the link above. If you have any issues with it, please send me an email.
Ugly Vegetable Winter
Give ugly produce a chance to become a beautiful swan
People only eat vegetables for the first 7 days of January, until Epiphany, when New Years Resolutions and Christmas trees go out the window.
I dream of pizza
Just when I think that I'm out... the cheese pulls me back in
Special news! I am selling pizza kits at Legacy Greens in Kitchener for pickup on Fri. Jan. 20 and Sat. Jan. 21.
Reset your kitchen, reset your life
I promise there are tips on how to clean your kitchen
It’s easy to know when you have to reset your kitchen, but it’s harder to know with your life. You don’t see the plates piling up.
Penny-ttone
A miniature golden doodle and an Italian Christmas bread walk into a bar
‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The panettone were shaped on the counter with care, In hopes…
Homo for the holidays
Your home town is probably cool now, if you're willing to explore
Dating apps get weird around the holidays: the big city boys are back in town.
A solo food trip to Montreal
Learning to be brave again, one meal at a time
I like to tell my therapist that I used to be brave. I think, externally, I seem fairly brave – I started a company, sold it, learned how to renovate my house, and now…
Holiday gift guide for fussy home cooks
How to find gifts people in your life will love
My family and friends will tell you I’m a very… particular person, that I’m very hard to buy gifts for because I have strong opinions and will buy myself what I want or…
Keep Pumpkins Weird
Spooky season is when I find the weirdest, ugliest – and most delicious – pumpkin I can at the farmers market
The Fall is my favourite time of year. The changing of the seasons helps me feel how time is passing.