Okanagan Dairy
Okanagan Dairy Searching for information on the North Okanagan Creamery Association (N.O.C.A.) led to finding a huge collection of information[i] and [...]
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Jan, 19
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Jan, 19
Brazil’s revolutionary new food guide focuses on how food is made
National food guides trace history and food trends. The new Canada Food Guide is due out in the spring. The new Brazilian [...]
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Dec, 18
That Cinnamony Goodness
BC food history definitely includes UBC cinnamon buns: That Cinnamony Goodness
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Dec, 18
Healthy Recipes Fruitcake
Thanks to kb for this news item about "Healthy Fruit Cake" from the Mayo Clinic: https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/recipes/fruitcake/rcp-20049984
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Dec, 18
Healthy Recipes Fruitcake
Fruit cake is coming back. https://www.ctvnews.ca/lifestyle/baker-on-a-mission-to-make-fruitcake-fashionable-again-1.4220322 See BCFH posts: "Christmas Cake" and Vernon Applesauce Fruit Cake
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Dec, 18
Four Ways to Roast a Turkey in BC
Four Ways to Roast a Turkey in BC Food researchers are increasingly using cookbooks sources for historical, cultural, and sociological data. [...]
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Dec, 18
The British Colonist Newspaper Online Archive
Food researchers interested in exploring food history in the newspapers can now access back issues of the Colonist from 1858 to [...]
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Dec, 18
Freshly Picked Book Review
Freshly Picked: A Locavore’s Love Affair with BC’s Bounty. Halfmoon Bay, BC: Caitlin Press I can always count on BC Ferries [...]
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Dec, 18
Hop farming is coming back
https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/building-a-brewery-massive-molson-coors-plant-takes-shape-in-chilliwack This article mentions the resurgence of hop production in the Fraser Valley. See also a recent BCFH blog on hop [...]
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Dec, 18
Sinterklaas and Zwarte Piet
The Dutch introduced tulips, polders and...Sinterklaas to the world and December 5 is Sinterklaas Eve, when children get oranges or coal [...]