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
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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 [...]
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Nov, 16
Restaurant Menus
Restaurant menus provide a glimpse at the kinds of foods served in another time and place. They are a condensed view [...]
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Nov, 16
Historic tried-and-true home economics teachers’ recipes
About twenty years ago I collected tried-and-true recipes from home ec. teachers throughout the province and published them in the Teachers [...]
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Nov, 16
Vernon Applesauce Fruit Cake – A New Tradition – Linda Peterat
Vernon Applesauce Fruit Cake might become a tradition for me. It joins a wide number of recipes named after cities and [...]
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Nov, 16
Canadian War Cake
Canadian Cake for the trenches - aka War Cake is a unique recipe that reflects rationing and resourcefulness. A few months [...]
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Oct, 16
Virus-Free Potatoes
Virus-Free Potatoes Pemberton potatoes are virus-free. The geographic isolation of the Pemberton Valley, one hour north of Whistler, has made it [...]
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Oct, 16
Wild Mushrooms
Wild mushrooms that grow in British Columbia have wonderful names; Hideous Gomphidius, Blewit, Fat Jack, Shaggy Parasol, Lion’s Mane, [...]
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Oct, 16
Buffaloberry – A Super Fruit
Buffaloberry - A Super Fruit The buffaloberry (Shepherdia canadensi), also known as bulberry, soopolallie, soapberry or foamberry, is a old/new [...]
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Oct, 16
Support your local museum – soil and sea at White Rock BC
Almost every local museum has some food-related material in their collection: from tractors and farm implements, to kitchen utensils and equipment, [...]