Riva is writing a PhD thesis on the meanings and experiences of making home/homemaking. She writes about food and travel for Ottawa Magazine and lives in Washington, DC.
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A fairly recent lover of all things edible, I’ve spent the better part of my young adulthood trying out different foodstyles (the word I use to describe the way somebody eats). Messages about the “right” choices are all over the place, but in the name of DIY, I say, eat what tastes good to you and what makes sense to your life. more...
Doesn’t matter how big your loft is or how much light you’ve got, every so often, you probably get a hankering for something a little more organic. Tom Chudleigh’s rock-a-bye shelters should feed your need. more...
Deborah Margo is a Canadian artist whose show, Castings, just finished. I came upon these partially dissolved candies in a room of the gallery where Deborah and her daughter had arranged them all over the floor. more...
Unfortunately for me, my brain works faster than my hands. So, I tend to be better at thinking-it-myself than actually doing it. more...
I don't know how to knit. In eight grade, my friend's mom cast on some knitting for me, showed me a basic stitch (knit or purl I can't recall), and away I went...for about a dozen rows. more...
With winter over, I’ve long finished the organic potatoes and apples my father sent me from his massive garden in Eastern Canada. I grew up in a farmhouse with a delightfully creepy root cellar. more...
