Food for Holidays and Special Occasions
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Oct, 17
Autumn Dinners 1895
Autumn Dinners, 1895 Imagine what an Autumn Dinner might encompass in 1895. The following seven menus were published in the Vernon News [...]
13
Aug, 17
Physalis
Physalis is the genus name for tomatillos, groundcherries and Chinese lanterns. They look alike, but they are not the same. Tomatillos [...]
23
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 [...]
1
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 [...]
29
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 [...]
9
Dec, 16
Japanese Mandarin Oranges
When I was growing up in the 1950s in north western British Columbia I can distinctly remember watching the newspaper at [...]
1
Dec, 16
Fruitcake and “Christmas Cake”
It's a bit of a mystery how fruitcake became “Christmas Cake”. Some historians trace fruitcake to cakes that were placed in [...]
13
Nov, 16
Vernon Applesauce Fruit Cake – A New Tradition – Linda Peterat
Vernon Applesauce Fruit Cake might become a tradition for me. It joins a wide number of recipes named after cities and [...]
1
Oct, 16
Pumpkins
Pumpkins have been grown on the North American continent for at least 7500 years. Only recently did they become associated with [...]
2
Aug, 16
Tea Time in the 1940s
Recently I went for afternoon tea at a heritage house that claimed to serve tea as it would have been in [...]