Quantity cookery
Quantity cookery, or cooking for large groups of people, is an underrated skill and one that needs to be retrieved. Considering [...]
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Jul, 18
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Jul, 18
Three Sisters
Three sisters planting - Vernon, BC "There is no one authentic recipe for this soup ~ it can be [...]
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Jun, 18
Retro cooking 1958
BC Women's Institutes Centennial Cook Book I've been trying retro cooking from 1958 recently. Silver Star Mountain Resort, 22 [...]
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Jun, 18
Elder Flowers
Elder flower blossom Elder Flowers have almost finished blooming in the Okanagan Valley but as you gain altitude up [...]
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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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May, 18
Salal
Salal - traditional food plant of the Pacific Northwest Salal is the last traditional food plant I will discuss [...]
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May, 18
Evergreen Huckleberry
Evergreen huckleberry - native to BC When I saw this Evergreen Huckleberry bush in my new neighbourhood, I [...]
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May, 18
Wild Red Flowering Currant
The wild red flowering currant is native to BC and also a very popular shrub in England. My husband and I [...]
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May, 18
Review of Susan Musgrave’s A Taste of Haida Gwaii
Haida Gwaii Food Gathering and Feasting At 374 pages, A taste of Haida Gwaii, food gathering and feasting at [...]
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Apr, 18
Butter-making
Butter-making Butter-making used to be a mark of excellent housekeeping for farm women. It requires close attention to sanitation and methodical [...]