Food for Holidays and Special Occasions
Groundhog Day
February 2 is more than Groundhog Day. It is a cross-quarter day that was important for the ancient Celts who marked [...]
Food for Holidays and Special Occasions
February 2 is more than Groundhog Day. It is a cross-quarter day that was important for the ancient Celts who marked [...]
The Lunar New Year started January 28 this year and extends for a couple of weeks. In British Columbia it is [...]
When I was growing up in the 1950s in north western British Columbia I can distinctly remember watching the newspaper at [...]
It's a bit of a mystery how fruitcake became “Christmas Cake”. Some historians trace fruitcake to cakes that were placed in [...]
Pumpkins have been grown on the North American continent for at least 7500 years. Only recently did they become associated with [...]
Recently I went for afternoon tea at a heritage house that claimed to serve tea as it would have been in [...]