Buy Local – Buy BC
Buy Local – “Buy BC”, “Buy Canadian” In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, we are reminded by our provincial government [...]
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Jan, 21
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Jan, 21
Food History Inquiry Pandemic Projects
Food History Inquiry Pandemic Projects The potential for using the study of food is often overlooked in education. Yet food is [...]
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Oct, 20
Halloween Tricks and Treats
Halloween Tricks and Treats There is a lot of discussion these days about whether or not Halloween will be celebrated in [...]
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Oct, 20
Edith Adams
Edith Adams Edith Adams was a fictional name given to the food editor of women’s pages of the Vancouver Sun newspaper. [...]
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Sep, 20
Hogan’s Alley-Vie’s Chicken and Steak House
Hogan’s Alley- Vie’s Chicken and Steak House In January 2014 in honour of Black History month Canada Post issued a commemorative [...]
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Jul, 20
Salal Jelly
Salal Jelly How to make salal jelly continues a BCFHN blog from May of 2018 on the topic of salal, https://bcfoodhistory.ca/salal/. [...]
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Jul, 20
Pine Mushrooms
Pine Mushrooms Pine mushrooms provide a source of income in various parts of British Columbia from August to November. This summer, [...]
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Jul, 20
Book Review – Street Farm
Book Review - Street Farm: Growing Food, Jobs and Hope on the Urban Frontier by Michael Ableman (2016). Chelsea Green Publishing. I [...]
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May, 20
Book Review – Chop Suey Nation
Book Review: Chop Suey Nation: The Legion Café and Other Stories From Canada’s Chinese Restaurants, by Ann Hui, Douglas and [...]
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Apr, 20
Soda Water
Soda Water in BC Drink Thorpe's Soda - BC Provincial Archives As food history researchers we never know what [...]