Miscellaneous
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Feb, 21
Learning Canadian Ways
Learning Canadian Ways The lives of Catharine Parr Traill (1802-1899) and Alice Ravenhill (1859-1954) spanned two centuries and two continents. They [...]
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Jan, 21
Food History Inquiry Pandemic Projects
Food History Inquiry Pandemic Projects The potential for using the study of food is often overlooked in education. Yet food is [...]
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Dec, 20
Cod liver oil
Cod Liver Oil Sixty years ago, school children in Alberta and BC (and likely in other provinces) were given doses of [...]
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Dec, 19
Putting the Trash Out – Recycling Timeline
Putting the trash out is not easy these days. Householders who are [...]
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Nov, 18
Do Home Economics Teachers Cook?
A Book of Favorite Recipes Do Home Ec. Teachers Cook? Like the doctor’s children who get sick, or the [...]
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Jul, 18
Best loved cookbooks
Complete right side of Practical Cookbook Devil's Cake - Practical Cook Book, Selected Doukhobor and Quaker Recipes, [...]
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Jun, 18
1860s BC Mining Town Food
Mining towns such as Barkerville, BC presented a particular challenge for the provision of food for miners and others rushing into [...]
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Dec, 17
Good food tells a story: Favourite recipes from the University of the Fraser Valley
University of the Fraser Valley Library (2015). Good food tells a story, favourite recipes from the University of the Fraser Valley. [...]
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Sep, 17
Hospital Food
Hospital Food of the Past While there is a claim that hospital food is being revolutionized[i] by sourcing and preparing more [...]
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Jul, 17
BC Studies book reviews related to food history
In an earlier blog, I wrote about our project to document food related articles in BC historical journals. I annotated the [...]