Category Archives: Food For Thought

Food For Thought – The Wine Islands

This week on Food For Thought, I look at one of Canada’s emerging wine regions, the BC Wine Islands.  Pictured at left is the winery building at Morning Bay Vineyard & Estate Winery on Pender Island.  It’s owned by Keith … Continue reading

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Food For Thought – Two Meatballs

Okay, that’s more than two meatballs you see here, but this week’s show is about four chefs putting their best meatballs forward in a somewhat impromptu competition at Barbara-jo’s Books to Cooks in Vancouver. The Two Meatballs in the title … Continue reading

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Food For Thought – Soup!

This week on Food For Thought I profiled the owners of the Stock Market at Vancouver’s Granville Market.  Joanne and Georges Lefebvre have been making and selling delicious soups, stocks, dips, sauces and more for over 20 years.  To listen … Continue reading

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Food For Thought – One Smart Cookie

This woman is One Smart Cookie!  She is Julie Von Rosendaal, and she helps me bake healthier cookies this week on Food For Thought.  To listen to the 5 minute documentary, click here.  Julie has a blog, as well, so … Continue reading

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Food For Thought – Meat Inspection Regulations

If you’re looking for ‘The Guy Can’t Cook’ contest, click here.  This week, for listeners outside of the BC region, you’ll hear a story about how new meat inspection regulations are threatening the livelihood of farmers, and meat and poultry … Continue reading

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Deep-frying a Turkey

Ottawa, Thanksgiving 2007 – This is my brave brother-in-law, John Juraitis, lowering our Thanksgiving turkey into the deep-frying contraption he bought at Loblaws.  He said, ‘I’ve never done this before, so if you’re game, let’s try it!’ Never being one … Continue reading

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