BC Studies book reviews related to food history
In an earlier blog, I wrote about our project to document food related articles in BC historical journals. I annotated the [...]
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Jul, 17
Chinese Market Gardening in BC
Sam, a vegetable vendor in Vancouver (c.1900) B.C. Archives B-03625 While many Canadians happily celebrated Canada 150 on 1 [...]
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Jun, 17
Food on the Go – 1850s Style
The history of food in BC gives a new meaning to “food on the go”. Ship passenger lists published in the British [...]
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Jun, 17
Food at Trading Forts Revised
Ship's Biscuits - Fort Food Trading Fort Foods Trading Forts such as those with HBC links had to provide [...]
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Jun, 17
Okanagan History Journal Bibliography
As Gale mentioned in her May 3 Blog, during the past year we have reviewed three BC history journals searching [...]
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May, 17
Technology in the kitchen – the old is new
Technology in the kitchen - the old is new Most museums have kitchen displays, and this week's topic is kitchen technology. [...]
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May, 17
Bulmans Cannery – the dehydration industry in Vernon
Bulman's staff c. 1936. Photo courtesy Vernon Museum and Archives In 1927 Thomas Bulman of Bulman's Limited spoke to [...]
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May, 17
Newman Cookbook Collection – University of the Fraser Valley
BCFN has been informed about a recent cookbook collection added to the University of the Fraser Valley. The Newman Western Canadian [...]
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May, 17
Cariboo Sunflowers
Cariboo sunflowers are a beautiful marker of spring and in the not-too-distant past they were also an important food crop for [...]
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May, 17
BC Studies Annotated Bibliography – Food History
For the past year one of the projects of the BC Food History Network has been to determine what has [...]