Cariboo Sunflowers
Cariboo sunflowers are a beautiful marker of spring and in the not-too-distant past they were also an important food crop for [...]
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Feb, 17
Pancake Tuesday
Pancake Tuesday Pancake Tuesday is the day before Lent starts. In 2021 it's today, February 16. Traditionally, Pancake Tuesday was a [...]
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Feb, 17
How Honeybees Came to BC
The hard work by honeybees to produce honey is critically important to agriculture and food production in Canada and around the [...]
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Feb, 17
Groundhog Day
February 2 is more than Groundhog Day. It is a cross-quarter day that was important for the ancient Celts who marked [...]
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Jan, 17
The Lunar New Year
The Lunar New Year started January 28 this year and extends for a couple of weeks. In British Columbia it is [...]
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Jan, 17
Salmon Canneries in BC – the Smith Butcher Machine
If you follow the BC Food History Facebook page, you’ll see a recent post about Joe Coyle, the BC man who [...]
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Jan, 17
Baked Beans
Baked Beans 2016 was the year of the “pulse” and it’s not too late to acknowledge this very important Canadian [...]
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Dec, 16
Ice Box Cookies
After yesterday's post on refrigeration, I came across this recipe for Ice Box Cookies Deluxe. Enjoy! The source of the [...]
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Dec, 16
Taking Refrigeration for Granted
I’m full of gratitude— The lightbulb comes on When the refrigerator door is opened. Gary Soto The current cold [...]
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Nov, 16
Historic tried-and-true home economics teachers’ recipes
About twenty years ago I collected tried-and-true recipes from home ec. teachers throughout the province and published them in the Teachers [...]