Modern Native Feasts
Andrew George, author of Modern native feasts, healthy, innovative, sustainable cuisine is from Wet’suwet’en First Nation in northwest British Columbia. He was [...]
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Dec, 17
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Dec, 17
More Book Reviews
I've been busy reading lately and here are three more book review recommendations for all ages. For additional book reviews, go [...]
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Dec, 17
Stopping Houses on the Cariboo Road
Trails to Gold by Branwen Patenaude has many tales of stopping houses in the Cariboo The Cariboo Road provided [...]
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Dec, 17
Distilleries in the Okanagan
I stopped in at Okanagan Spirits last week looking for my favourite Haskap liqueur and was delighted to find a [...]
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Nov, 17
Big Cheese Stories
Big Cheese Stories Jason Allard, Hudson Bay Company clerk, and James W. Robertson, Canadian Dairy Commissioner, contributed to some of the [...]
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Nov, 17
Fruit Cake Failures
From fruit cake failures to 50th anniversary replica wedding cakes, the fruit cake is both loved and hated. My late husband [...]
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Nov, 17
Chicken Sexing in BC
Open air pen for chickens Free range chickens Chicken sexing is an important part of egg [...]
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Nov, 17
Before potatoes there were….parsnips
Before potatoes there were….parsnips. This homely root vegetable was popular up to the 16th century in Europe when the potato finally [...]
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Oct, 17
Meat Rationing in World War II
I was going through an old button box the other day when I came across this: Not knowing what it was, [...]
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Oct, 17
Applesauce the Wear-Ever Way
Wear-Ever pots and utensils have played an important role in North American cuisine, and one unexpected way is in the making [...]