The Lunar New Year
The Lunar New Year started January 28 this year and extends for a couple of weeks. In British Columbia it is [...]
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Jan, 17
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Jan, 17
Salmon Canneries in BC – the Smith Butcher Machine
If you follow the BC Food History Facebook page, you’ll see a recent post about Joe Coyle, the BC man who [...]
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Jan, 17
Wok with Stephen Yan
Wok with Stephen Yan - How a Vancouver Restaurateur Made Wokking Accessible to All Stephen Yan, a Vancouver-based chef who moved [...]
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Jan, 17
Baked Beans
Baked Beans 2016 was the year of the “pulse” and it’s not too late to acknowledge this very important Canadian [...]
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Jan, 17
Introducing Dr. Lenore Newman a Local Food Researcher
This week we introduce you to a fellow food researcher, Dr. Lenore Newman, who is currently Associate Professor of Geography at [...]
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Dec, 16
Ice Box Cookies
After yesterday's post on refrigeration, I came across this recipe for Ice Box Cookies Deluxe. Enjoy! The source of the [...]
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Dec, 16
Taking Refrigeration for Granted
I’m full of gratitude— The lightbulb comes on When the refrigerator door is opened. Gary Soto The current cold [...]
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Dec, 16
Japanese Mandarin Oranges
When I was growing up in the 1950s in north western British Columbia I can distinctly remember watching the newspaper at [...]
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Dec, 16
Candied and Glacé Fruits
Candied and glacé fruits have a place in food history to remind us of the days that a grocery store was [...]
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Dec, 16
Fruitcake and “Christmas Cake”
It's a bit of a mystery how fruitcake became “Christmas Cake”. Some historians trace fruitcake to cakes that were placed in [...]