Pop-Eye’s favourite food may have changed from spinach to chicken
We are living history. Pop-Eye's favourite food may have changed from spinach to chicken: breakfast may no longer be an immutable [...]
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Jan, 20
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Jan, 20
Puffed wheat squares, a sweet piece of Alberta history
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-red-deer-puffed-wheat-candy-history-1.5028308?fbclid=IwAR0W4I-xcwYxF-GgGgqIrYZ7zBF6atYTkhwmALlW8Z9HzDSk4rnKkuZGzCo Puffed wheat squares - Red Deer's claim to fame? BCFHN Facebook had a recipe for puffed wheat candy in 2014: [...]
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Dec, 19
Putting the Trash Out – Recycling Timeline
Putting the trash out is not easy these days. Householders who are [...]
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Dec, 19
Lost Feast: Culinary Extinction and the Future of Food
https://ormsbyreview.com/2019/12/23/707-de-zwart-peterat-smith-newman-lost-feast/
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Dec, 19
Plum puddings and Proust
Plum puddings and Proust Cover of Edith Adams' Christmas Baking Marcel Proust ate a madeleine - and a flood [...]
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Nov, 19
Feral Apples
https://news.uoguelph.ca/2019/11/feral-apples-have-heritage-dna-at-their-core-u-of-g-researchers-find/?fbclid=IwAR0HkxMw7k9GVERadbUiGKFQFIp8SJPYL_s6t7ziG1GUADqj0YJK95jgEls
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Oct, 19
The amanita is a deadly invasive species
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/wild-mushroom-poisonous-bc-1.5338174?fbclid=IwAR2P0VxziI1MH5UK8DZ9CiUKl7CTSWQo3UeUaMUyyY27Xr2Kn3wAwloPvSo The amanita is a deadly invasive species transported to Vancouver and Victoria via the roots of the hornbeam in the [...]
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Oct, 19
Food safety’s in the news again.
Food safety's in the news again. See these links about very recent recalls and admonishments to food safety leaders not to [...]
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Oct, 19
School food programs and reconciliation
School food programs and reconciliation are both mentioned in this 2018 article about Scott Hall, who started a successful school food [...]
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Sep, 19
Cookie Recipes Set in Stone
Cookie recipes are set in stone - or are they? One way to preserve a favourite recipe is to have it [...]