Queen Elizabeth Cake
Queen Elizabeth II was born April 21, 1926. She became Queen on February 6, 1952 and was crowned on June 2, [...]
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Aug, 16
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Aug, 16
Tea Time in the 1940s
Recently I went for afternoon tea at a heritage house that claimed to serve tea as it would have been in [...]
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Jul, 16
Growing BC Garlic
This has been a very good year for growing garlic in the North Okanagan – enough moisture but not too [...]
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Jul, 16
Armstrong BC – Celery City No More
Image of Celery Fields in Armstrong by C.W. Holliday [PDP03645] courtesy of the Royal BC Museum and Archives In the first [...]
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Jul, 16
Update on Blackberries
In addition to this post from 2016, take note of a new post by Christopher Cheung in the Tyee about how [...]
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Jun, 16
BC Cherries
Ready to (sour cherry) crumble? ?????????????? BC cherries are a summer fruit in Canada. In the Southern Hemisphere they [...]
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Oct, 14
Grease! By Gale Smith
As a descendant of “newcomers” who came to BC in the late 1800’s and settled in the Pacific Northwest, I often [...]
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May, 14
“Reader’s Choice”
Reader’s Choice” – An Example of the Historical Significance of Sharing Recipes Contributed by Gale Smith From the 1930s to [...]
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Sep, 11
Cookbooks Might be Going Out of Style
Are cookbooks going out of style? Nowadays people are more likely to turn to the Internet for recipes, if they cook [...]
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Sep, 11
My Mother’s Recipe Box
My Mother's Recipe Box The recipe box my mother kept her recipe collection smelled like lard and the bulk of the [...]