Heritage and Indigenous Foods
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Jul, 20
Pine Mushrooms
Pine Mushrooms Pine mushrooms provide a source of income in various parts of British Columbia from August to November. This summer, [...]
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Jun, 20
Savory Rhubarb
Savory Rhubarb Cakes, crisps, crumbles, muffins, pies - tart and sour stalks of rhubarb have long provided a tangy, citrus-like [...]
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Jun, 20
Growing Rhubarb
Growing rhubarb Rhubarb - Pigeon Lake, Alberta - photo contributed Rhubarb thrives across Canada from the Atlantic to the [...]
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Jun, 20
Misunderstood Rhubarb
Misunderstood Rhubarb. A vegetable treated like a fruit. Understated. What do you know about it? Try this quick quiz (T/F). Bright [...]
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Jul, 19
Wild Potatoes – Tsilhqot’in First Nation
Wild Potatoes - Tsilhqot’in First Nation Photo of Chilko Lake, BC A few years ago I had the wonderful [...]
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Jun, 19
Cariboo Potatoes
Cariboo Potatoes The Cariboo Potato is applicable to BC Food History for its name and its history of being grown in [...]
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Jun, 19
Haida Potatoes
Haida Potatoes After several years of living in a condo, my husband and I moved to a house with a yard [...]
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May, 19
Pemmican
Pemmican Empire A recent article about Chef Shane Chartrand poses the question “How can one claim to be Canadian and never [...]
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May, 19
Chop suey and ginger beef – Chinese Canadian cuisine?
Chop suey and ginger beef - Chinese Canadian cuisine? Almost all small Canadian towns have a Chinese restaurant. "Chop Suey Nation" [...]
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Apr, 19
Community Cookbook Analysis – “Personal Recipes”
Community Cookbook Analysis - "Personal Recipes" - All Saints Anglican Church, Vernon, BC Old cookbooks are endlessly fascinating. They cause us [...]