BC Food History
Heritage and Indigenous Foods
A Locavore in 1877: Indigenous Foods in G.M. Dawson Journals 1877-78 The word locavore, meaning a person whose diet consists only [...]
Indigenous Food Practices 1875-76 The careful observations of an early geologist in British Columbia provide a unique window into how BC's [...]
Chokecherries Years ago when I was teaching in Hazelton (Gitksan territory), I remember children coming to school in the fall with [...]
Elder flower blossom Elder Flowers have almost finished blooming in the Okanagan Valley but as you gain altitude up [...]
Salal - traditional food plant of the Pacific Northwest Salal is the last traditional food plant I will discuss [...]
Evergreen huckleberry - native to BC When I saw this Evergreen Huckleberry bush in my new neighbourhood, I [...]
The wild red flowering currant is native to BC and also a very popular shrub in England. My husband and I [...]
Mother's Favourite Recipes Mother's Favourite Recipes 1958 In 1958-59, Mrs. Schick's grade six class at Bon Accord School collected [...]
Before potatoes there were….parsnips. This homely root vegetable was popular up to the 16th century in Europe when the potato finally [...]
Early Contact Foods of BC In this post I want to share a few gleanings about BC food history from some [...]