Quantity cookery
Quantity cookery, or cooking for large groups of people, is an underrated skill and one that needs to be retrieved. Considering [...]
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Three Sisters
Three sisters planting - Vernon, BC "There is no one authentic recipe for this soup ~ it can be [...]
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Apr, 18
Butter-making
Butter-making Butter-making used to be a mark of excellent housekeeping for farm women. It requires close attention to sanitation and methodical [...]
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Apr, 18
Laura Rose – Canada’s Dairying Queen
Laura Rose Stephen (1866-1963) had a profound influence on quality and production of dairy products. Until big business took over the [...]
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Milk Separators
Milk Separators The milk separator helped create a source of income for farm wives and the establishment of the dairy industry [...]
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Mother’s Favourite Recipes
Mother's Favourite Recipes Mother's Favourite Recipes 1958 In 1958-59, Mrs. Schick's grade six class at Bon Accord School collected [...]
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Jan, 18
Utility Companies and Home Economists
Home Economists were important educational agents in the development of BC utility companies. In these days of the Site C dam [...]
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Jan, 18
Margaret Henderson and the Province Modern Kitchen
Margaret Henderson was one of several BC newspaper food writers who influenced the daily lives of thousands of women. During [...]
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Jan, 18
Muriel Wilson Colonist Cookbook
Muriel Wilson - Colonist Cookbook Muriel Wilson, food writer for the Victoria Times Colonist and host of CHEK-TV “What’s Cooking” took [...]
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Big Cheese Stories
Big Cheese Stories Jason Allard, Hudson Bay Company clerk, and James W. Robertson, Canadian Dairy Commissioner, contributed to some of the [...]