Distilleries in the Okanagan
I stopped in at Okanagan Spirits last week looking for my favourite Haskap liqueur and was delighted to find a [...]
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Dec, 17
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Oct, 17
Autumn Dinners 1895
Autumn Dinners, 1895 Imagine what an Autumn Dinner might encompass in 1895. The following seven menus were published in the Vernon News [...]
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Sep, 17
Early Contact Foods of BC
Early Contact Foods of BC In this post I want to share a few gleanings about BC food history from some [...]
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Sep, 17
Hospital Food
Hospital Food of the Past While there is a claim that hospital food is being revolutionized[i] by sourcing and preparing more [...]
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Sep, 17
Okanagan Bitterroot
Photo 1 - Bitterroot in bloom Okanagan Bitterroot This week as part of RespectFEST[i] in Vernon BC, I listened [...]
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Jun, 17
Food on the Go – 1850s Style
The history of food in BC gives a new meaning to “food on the go”. Ship passenger lists published in the British [...]
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Jun, 17
Trading Fort Foods
Ship's Biscuits - Fort Food Trading Fort Foods Lately I’ve been reading a lot of 19th century history of [...]
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Jun, 17
Okanagan History Journal Bibliography
As Gale mentioned in her May 3 Blog, during the past year we have reviewed three BC history journals searching [...]
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Mar, 17
Cherry Olives
This final look at mock food considers the use of one ingredient to create a food that is not locally available, [...]
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Mar, 17
Mock Duck
This week I look at recipes for mock foods that work with readily available ingredients and attempt to make them more [...]