The Bounty Hunter

The Bounty Hunter is a website about cooking and eating delicious, seasonal and local foods.

Melissa

Elderflower and Rhubarb Cordial

This recipe was inspired by a magical day harvesting elderflowers with Jamie of Moonbrew Tonic Co for her limited release jun tonic called WISDOM. I wanted to savour the feeling from our day together so I created a rhubarb and elderflower cordial that will last for weeks to come. I even froze some of the cordial in ice cubes trays for later this summer when I want to connect back to the way I felt amongst the elders that day.

To read more about our adventures and learn about Jamie, hop on over to the story and interview I did with her.

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Frolicking in the Elderflowers with Jamie of Moonbrew Tonic

Jamie is a holistic nutritionist and the owner, creator and fermentress behind Moonbrew Tonic Co, a Vancouver based beverage company that brews a beautiful, delicate fermented tonic called jun. Jun is a gently effervescent probiotic and nutrient rich beverage made with green tea, honey, and a variety of healing herbs fermented with a wild culture of bacteria and yeast. I am convinced there is a little magic thrown in as well.

Jamie’s business was born out of a desire to use food as tool for wellbeing and to connect on a deeper level with nature, her community and herself. I was first introduced to Jamie Lee and jun a year ago when I was asked to write a profile about her for the newsletter at the Canadian School for Natural Nutrition. I was intrigued by her story and by jun. In a kombucha obsessed city like Vancouver, I was drawn to her and her product as she was carving a new path, taking risks and growing her business with such thought, care and integrity. I knew that I wanted to get to know her better and tell her story more fully.

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The Dahlia Patch with River and Sea Flowers

 

During the quiet moments of these dull and rainy days of fall, I find my mind wandering back to this photo shoot I did at the very end of summer with my friend and talented flower farmer Rachel of River and Sea Flowers.

I had a vision the previous summer when I was out at Cropthorne Farm of doing a shoot with Rachel in her growing flower patch. At the time, she was mainly growing vegetables with her sister Lydia and trying out the flower thing on the side. This flower patch has now blossomed into a small farm and has become her full time business.

This vision of mine included ‘magic hour’ light, saturated colours characteristic of late summer, dreamy back lit flowers and maybe even her sweet girls frolicking through the dahlias wearing flower crowns. Fast forward to a year later. We finally set a date and I was excited about the shoot. The reality upon arriving at the farm was dark skies, no sunshine to be seen and the rain started within a few minutes of having my camera out. We did some shots in the greenhouse and found a few drier spots under the trees which were beautiful and moody but in my heart I still wanted to capture those images that had been floating around in my head for over a year.

 

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