Heritage and Indigenous Foods
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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 [...]
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Apr, 19
A Locavore in 1877: Indigenous Foods in G.M. Dawson Journals 1877-78
A Locavore in 1877: Indigenous Foods in G.M. Dawson Journals 1877-78 The word locavore, meaning a person whose diet consists only [...]
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Apr, 19
Indigenous Food Practices 1875-76
Indigenous Food Practices 1875-76 The careful observations of an early geologist in British Columbia provide a unique window into how BC's [...]
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Sep, 18
Chokecherries
Chokecherries Years ago when I was teaching in Hazelton (Gitksan territory), I remember children coming to school in the fall with [...]
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Jun, 18
Elder Flowers
Elder flower blossom Elder Flowers have almost finished blooming in the Okanagan Valley but as you gain altitude up [...]
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May, 18
Salal
Salal - traditional food plant of the Pacific Northwest Salal is the last traditional food plant I will discuss [...]
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May, 18
Evergreen Huckleberry
Evergreen huckleberry - native to BC When I saw this Evergreen Huckleberry bush in my new neighbourhood, I [...]