Lea Ault

Do you remember March 13? It was the last day of school before spring break and everyone was talking about their vacations, plans for spring break, etc. I got one picture of a beach, a margarita, and some toes from…

Back in January one of my daughters was reading a book set during World War II. She asked me what “ration cards” were and I explained about rationing and profiteering. We agreed that profiteering was evil and rationing clearly necessary when supplies were hard to come by.

I grew up eating a fairly wide range of cuisines – apart from the obvious Japanese home food (oyako donburi, teriyaki chicken, gyoza, etc.) we also ate a lot of Chinese food and typical “Canadian” food (meatloaf, pork chops, roast…