Jean Paré – “Company’s Coming”
Jean Paré – “Company’s Coming” Since 1981, a series of coil-bound cookbooks have engaged a couple of generations or more of [...]
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Nov, 22
Squash-Pumpkin Family
Squash – Pumpkin Family is misunderstand and underrated. All of the Cucurbitale botanical order originated in Indigenous cultures in the Americas. [...]
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Oct, 22
Wheat, Ukraine, Canada
Wheat, Ukraine, Canada: what do these three words have in common? This post is in the process of completion. For a [...]
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Oct, 22
Samosas and tamales
Samosa photo (and recipe) from Hebbars Kitchen (with thanks to Neha Sonpar) Tamales and samosas were the first [...]
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Feb, 22
Building the Alaska Highway
Building the Alaska Highway in 1942-43 included more than heavy equipment and Canadian-American collaboration. Food shortages and coping with family life [...]
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Food Supply Chains
Food supply chains involve all levels of the economy. These days we hear about food supply chains in terms of obtaining [...]
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Jan, 22
Garden Seeds
3 sisters and cousin planting May 21 Everyone is thinking about garden seeds, or could be. In 2021 I [...]
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Nov, 21
Depression Recipes
Depression Recipes A recent request on the Culinary Historians of Canada facebook page for Depression-era recipes inspired me to write this [...]
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Past Posts about Preserving Fruits and Vegetables
Past Posts about Preserving Fruits and Vegetables BC Food History Network has many posts about preserving fruits and vegetables. Here are [...]