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
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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, [...]
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Oct, 16
Pumpkins
Pumpkins have been grown on the North American continent for at least 7500 years. Only recently did they become associated with [...]
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Sep, 16
Chinese Fairy Tale Feasts
Chinese Fairy Tale Feasts Chinese fairy tale feasts, a literary cookbook. Yee, Paul, Chan, Judy, & Wang, Shaoli (2014). Chinese fairy [...]
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Sep, 16
Sourdough Starter
Two current events have inspired me to write about sourdough. The first was a wonderful article in the Vancouver Sun "Farm [...]
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Sep, 16
Hop farming is coming back
Hops are an essential ingredient in Canadian beer along with water, barley and yeast, and hop farms are coming back to [...]