Simon Thibault
@simonathibault.bsky.social
Journalist, editor, food writer, cookbook fan. Lover of pomology, grains, and archives. Acadien. Queer.
Author of "Pantry & Palate: Remembering & Rediscovering Acadian Food"
Author of "Pantry & Palate: Remembering & Rediscovering Acadian Food"
Woke up, another birthday.
Considering I didn’t think I would make it this far, bring it on :)
Considering I didn’t think I would make it this far, bring it on :)
October 29, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Woke up, another birthday.
Considering I didn’t think I would make it this far, bring it on :)
Considering I didn’t think I would make it this far, bring it on :)
Bumper crop of quince this year. Now, what to make …
October 11, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Bumper crop of quince this year. Now, what to make …
This account is made for the love of quinces
October 11, 2025 at 8:21 PM
This account is made for the love of quinces
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.
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
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.
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.
How many of you have read the Re/Search Publications books? I recently dug out my copy of "Angry Women," and the queer kid who came to be during the AIDS crisis needed this book so much. (1/3)
August 8, 2025 at 3:37 PM
How many of you have read the Re/Search Publications books? I recently dug out my copy of "Angry Women," and the queer kid who came to be during the AIDS crisis needed this book so much. (1/3)
Bumblebee sleeping in Queen Anne’s Lace. This is what I needed to see on this walk.
August 7, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Bumblebee sleeping in Queen Anne’s Lace. This is what I needed to see on this walk.
The double-edged sword of buying books and magazines for the love of them:
- oooh, this looks interesting. I like having the option to read this later
- later is 10-12 years.
Case in point, this issue of Fool Magazine I bought in 2013. (At least I read all the Saveur issues in the background)
- oooh, this looks interesting. I like having the option to read this later
- later is 10-12 years.
Case in point, this issue of Fool Magazine I bought in 2013. (At least I read all the Saveur issues in the background)
July 29, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The double-edged sword of buying books and magazines for the love of them:
- oooh, this looks interesting. I like having the option to read this later
- later is 10-12 years.
Case in point, this issue of Fool Magazine I bought in 2013. (At least I read all the Saveur issues in the background)
- oooh, this looks interesting. I like having the option to read this later
- later is 10-12 years.
Case in point, this issue of Fool Magazine I bought in 2013. (At least I read all the Saveur issues in the background)
Saturday morning. Red currants, blackcurrants, raspberries, and jostaberries (à cross between blackcurrant and gooseberries).
July 19, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Saturday morning. Red currants, blackcurrants, raspberries, and jostaberries (à cross between blackcurrant and gooseberries).
Sunday morning. @nigelslater.bsky.social ‘s Tender for a reminder/inspo for currant season. Sweet peas and more for fragrance. Not featured: Ella Live in Berlin on the turntable.
July 13, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Sunday morning. @nigelslater.bsky.social ‘s Tender for a reminder/inspo for currant season. Sweet peas and more for fragrance. Not featured: Ella Live in Berlin on the turntable.
Getting up sucked. Getting sour cherries, sweet cherries, and a few currants did not. 🍒🍒
July 12, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Getting up sucked. Getting sour cherries, sweet cherries, and a few currants did not. 🍒🍒
Found a random sour cherry tree in my neighbourhood, grown on city property. Hard not to pick…
July 11, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Found a random sour cherry tree in my neighbourhood, grown on city property. Hard not to pick…
When the independent bookstore makes sure to send cute notes with your purchase of a tote and @vittles.bsky.social in your package. Bless Toronto’s Good Egg for making book buying worth it.
July 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
When the independent bookstore makes sure to send cute notes with your purchase of a tote and @vittles.bsky.social in your package. Bless Toronto’s Good Egg for making book buying worth it.
On a personal note, two books that I worked on as an editor are on the list. Helping authors to tell the stories they want to tell, and in the manner they want to tell them, is a dream. Congrats to Lindy Mechefske (tinyurl.com/2p9pyupd) & Karen E Fisher (tinyurl.com/hnudb5nv) !
May 27, 2025 at 1:09 PM
On a personal note, two books that I worked on as an editor are on the list. Helping authors to tell the stories they want to tell, and in the manner they want to tell them, is a dream. Congrats to Lindy Mechefske (tinyurl.com/2p9pyupd) & Karen E Fisher (tinyurl.com/hnudb5nv) !
Today was the day I needed apple blossoms in my life.
May 21, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Today was the day I needed apple blossoms in my life.
Looking forward to hosting this event, Writing The Truth: An Evening of Non-Fiction, at Kings Alumni Hall, as part of @atlanticbookawards.bsky.social Atlantic Book Awards. The event is on May 29th at 7pm, and is free! For more info check out: www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticket...
April 29, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Looking forward to hosting this event, Writing The Truth: An Evening of Non-Fiction, at Kings Alumni Hall, as part of @atlanticbookawards.bsky.social Atlantic Book Awards. The event is on May 29th at 7pm, and is free! For more info check out: www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticket...
This weekend, I'll be hosting a conference (in French and English!) about the apple, as well as handing out scions of said apple so people in the community can take them home and graft them. And yes, there will be someone on hand to teach people how to graft!
This is how stories get told.
This is how stories get told.
April 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
This weekend, I'll be hosting a conference (in French and English!) about the apple, as well as handing out scions of said apple so people in the community can take them home and graft them. And yes, there will be someone on hand to teach people how to graft!
This is how stories get told.
This is how stories get told.
One year ago, @karenpinchin.bsky.social & I had the occasion to go to the Jampolis Cottage, run by @writersfedofns.bsky.social. We worked together to research a nearly forgotten apple: the Belliveau. That one week cascaded into so many other stories, a trip to the Oxford Food Symposium & more. (1/)
April 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
One year ago, @karenpinchin.bsky.social & I had the occasion to go to the Jampolis Cottage, run by @writersfedofns.bsky.social. We worked together to research a nearly forgotten apple: the Belliveau. That one week cascaded into so many other stories, a trip to the Oxford Food Symposium & more. (1/)
Morning readings.
April 22, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Morning readings.
We now return to your regularly scheduled programming: “Run Fatboy Run,” brought to you by Hawkins Cheezies
April 15, 2025 at 3:04 PM
We now return to your regularly scheduled programming: “Run Fatboy Run,” brought to you by Hawkins Cheezies
Je suis pas mal excité pour cette conférence que je vais présenter à la fin du mois. L'histoire de la pomme Belliveau, une variété acadienne de la Nouvelle-Écosse! On va aussi distribuer des greffes de la pomme aux gens!
April 8, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Je suis pas mal excité pour cette conférence que je vais présenter à la fin du mois. L'histoire de la pomme Belliveau, une variété acadienne de la Nouvelle-Écosse! On va aussi distribuer des greffes de la pomme aux gens!
Fell back in love with my little Moka Pot/Vesuvio/Bialetti recently and it just feels right. Especially now that I know how to use it properly.
March 28, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Fell back in love with my little Moka Pot/Vesuvio/Bialetti recently and it just feels right. Especially now that I know how to use it properly.
This piece in McSweenys is a bit too on the nose. And perfectly so. www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/we-...
March 19, 2025 at 8:51 PM
This piece in McSweenys is a bit too on the nose. And perfectly so. www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/we-...
I was doing my taxes yesterday and found the receipt from my last trip. It had been a few years so i had to make up for what had been an annual trek.
This was the haul. I’m still pawing through it. All the Grigson, in first editions. Mildly obsessed.
This was the haul. I’m still pawing through it. All the Grigson, in first editions. Mildly obsessed.
March 4, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I was doing my taxes yesterday and found the receipt from my last trip. It had been a few years so i had to make up for what had been an annual trek.
This was the haul. I’m still pawing through it. All the Grigson, in first editions. Mildly obsessed.
This was the haul. I’m still pawing through it. All the Grigson, in first editions. Mildly obsessed.