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
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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 [...]
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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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Nov, 18
Food will win the war and write the peace
Wartime Food November 11, 2018 is the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Armistice that ended World War I (more [...]
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Oct, 18
Post-War marketing of BC apples
Post-War Marketing of BC Apples Marketing of British Columbia apples in the 1950s and 1960s took a new turn. Gone were [...]
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Oct, 18
Apples and Patriotism
Apples and Patriotism In the previous blog I looked at a couple of small apple recipe booklets – one published in [...]
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Sep, 18
Enjoying Apples
Enjoying Apples It's apple harvest time in the Okanagan. The orchards are beautiful with ripe apples and the farmers’ markets offer [...]