About Us

   Our Commitment: Delicious Food from Wholesome Ingredients

Ron, Cynthia, Diana and Steven

We began to make food for others out of our home kitchen, first bread, then gomashios – traditional Japanese condiments made from roasted and ground sesame seeds – we call ours Sesame Sprinkles. This suited us because we could earn livelihood close to home while feeling we were making a positive, welcome contribution to others. In 1994 we built a small commercial kitchen at the edge of our large garden, and we have been expanding our business ever since.

When one of our daughters returned to our land with her family, we expanded the business and began producing our Végé Pâté. We deepened our commitment to organic ingredients, locally grown. The farther we go with this commitment, the more we find ourselves part of a rapidly growing community. There are a number of us, here in the Kootenay-Boundary area of southern British Columbia, working together building on each others’ strengths and discovering joint solutions to our challenges. There is hunger for food produced with commitment to good flavour and good values. It is happy work responding to that hunger.

Before we begin working in the kitchen each day, we spend a quiet moment in meditation (see below). We are convinced this practice makes a difference in the flavour and quality of the foods we produce. These thoughts form the foundation for everything we do in our kitchen.

The kitchen in winter

Meditation

I come to you, the one to whom I now pray,
The one whose means are mercy,
To ask blessings on my work in this kitchen.

May harmony be present.
May loving kindness be present.
May I work mindfully and carefully.
May the food I produce create health and happiness.

I give thanks for the opportunity to earn
My livelihood here today.