For our first episode, the Moderator’s daughter and niece join the conversation as they whip up a classic Shrove Tuesday blueberry pancake feast, filmed at the Moderator’s own home kitchen in Brockville, Ontario. The fun, heart-filled conversation touches on the history of Pancake Tuesday, classic dishes of celebration, what it means to gather at the table as a family, and the way food ties us all together.
“We have this amazing dining room table, it was in the old cottage when I was little and we’d play board games on it. My parents gave it to me when I got married, but it’s been in the family for well over 100 years. It’s the kind of table that opens up when we have a giant family dinner.... I kind of love that symbolism of the table that gets bigger.” —Moderator Kimberly Heath