That Cinnamony Goodness
BC food history definitely includes UBC cinnamon buns: That Cinnamony Goodness
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Dec, 18
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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 [...]
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Dec, 18
Getting Organized for Christmas
Getting Organized for Christmas In 1943, BC Electric Home Service[i] produced a Home Service Bulletin booklet titled Christmas Festivities[ii], eight pages [...]
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Nov, 18
Potluck – Friendsgiving
Potluck - Friendsgiving The saddest potluck I ever attended was in a Yaletown condo in Vancouver. The hosts had contributed a [...]