Cooking and Food Preparation
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Sep, 26
Wild Rice
Wild Rice in Canada Since I grew up in Manitoba, when I shop, I look for Manitoba wild rice. But wild [...]
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Aug, 26
Pickling Season
It’s Pickling Season Canadians love their pickles. Canada is one of the world's leading pickle consumers with consumption reaching roughly 80,000 [...]
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Aug, 26
Dill Pickle Soup
On recent travels through central Alberta, we kept noticing Dill Pickle Soup as the “soup of the day” in many [...]
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Aug, 26
Oregon Grape
Oregon Grape:A Traditional Food Plant Don’t be fooled by the name. The Oregon Grape is not a real grape. Oregon Grape [...]
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Jul, 26
Serving Up History in the Terrace Area – Book Review
Cookbooks as History or History as a Cookbook? There is a lot of interest in cookbooks as historical artifacts but the Terrace [...]
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Jul, 26
Sunbeam Frypan, circa 1960s
This is a story of “they don’t make them like they used to.” Meet my trusty old Sunbeam frypan that [...]
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Mar, 26
Flapper Pie
Last weekend, I made a flapper pie to serve to our Saturday dinner guests. It was new to them, but they [...]
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Jul, 25
Strawberry History Tidbits
More BC Strawberry History Strawberries and Strawberry Socials have long been a part of the Canadian foodscape as a way to [...]
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May, 25
Bagged Lettuce (May 10, 2025)
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/05/bagged-romaine-lettuce-food-safety/682734/?utm_campaign=atlantic-daily-newsletter&utm_content=20250508&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=The+Atlantic+Daily Bagged lettuce may cause food poisoning. Read this Atlantic article by Nicholas Florko about one single product you can stop buying. [...]
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Feb, 25
Winter Vegetable Recipes
WINTER VEGETABLE RECIPES These winter vegetables - keep well, taste great. - winter squash bake, aloo gobi and hutspot. Winter vegetable [...]