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 [...]
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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 [...]