Women’s Suffrage Cookbooks – Are There Any BC or Canadian Suffragist Cookbooks? March 8, International Women’s Day is a day to recognize and celebrate women’s and girls’ social, economic, cultural, and political achievements. It is a time to reflect on the movements and organizations who worked so hard to advance women’s rights, for example. the […]
Decolonizing the Foods Lab
Decolonizing the Foods Lab: Is Monkey Bread[1] a Racist Term? Guest Blog by Madeline Wong, Home Economics Teacher, Surrey School District My students were not alone in asking the question, “Why is M***** Bread called M***** Bread?”. With two new Food Studies 12 classes for Semester 2, we were just in time to celebrate Black History […]
What’s Making Food History – Gem canning lids- February 14, 2022
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Trucks and Food Shortages Alaska Highway
Trucks, food shortages and coping with life were all part of building the Alaska Highway in 1942-43 when the US and Canada collaborated on this epic project under threat of war. The following excerpt from a family history, written by Anne Seierstad, shows how it was like in Dawson Creek, British Columbia for the eight […]
Food Supply Chains
By Mary Leah de Zwart on January 22, 2022 in Food Processing and Marketing, Heritage and Indigenous Foods
Food supply chains involve all levels of the economy. These days we hear about food supply chains in terms of obtaining imported out of season foods, but the concept also applies to maintaining food sufficiency and security. I remember seeing a “For Better or Worse” comic strip by Lynn Johnston, where her protagonist Elly Patterson […]
Garden Seeds
I’m thinking about garden seeds. Last year (2021) I set out to grow vegetables that might have been grown in a Hudson Bay Company post garden at the 53rd/54th parallel and above. The growing season in Edmonton and area is short and intense, around 100 – 120 frost-free days (or less) between May 15 […]
What’s Making Food History 29/12/21
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Creative Gifts from the Kitchen
By M. Gale Smith on December 13, 2021 in Food for Holidays and Special Occasions, Heritage and Indigenous Foods
Creative Gifts from the Kitchen The pandemic and supply chain issues have many people seeking out more personalized, thoughtful, homemade gifts. Creative gifts from the kitchen in the form of recipe and food items, provide ideas for many gifts through food history. Framing Family Recipes Chrissy Smith, a home economics teacher and graduate of the […]
Quince
Quince Do you have any of these in your neighbourhood? At first glance you might think apple? Or pear? Both answers would put you in the right direction because they belong to the same family, Rosaceae Maloideae. But these are quince. The difference lies in Genus: apple trees are Malus and pear trees are Pyrus, […]
Chilliwack-Abbotsford Dairies
Chilliwack-Abbotsford Dairies The past week in Chilliwack has been a matter of hanging on every word of news about rivers rising, roads flooding and landslides cutting all roads reaching to other parts of the Province. Chilliwack became an island cut off from even Abbotsford, the nearest community with which we are deeply integrated for commercial […]