Category Archives: Food Matters

Food Matters – Return of the Slow Cooker

It’s the age-old kitchen appliance that won’t go away. The slow cooker may often get relegated to your basement junk room or the far reaches of a dusty kitchen cupboard, but every few years cookbook authors decree it’s time to … Continue reading

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Food Matters – Olive the Senses

Olive oil has been used as a foodstuff for thousands of years. Cultivation of the olive tree probably got its start in the Mediterranean region over five thousand years ago. Now it is a product in much demand all over … Continue reading

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Food Matters – What’s In An Egg?

Just like many other food products, the choices we have now in the egg department are getting to be overwhelming. Visit most grocery stores and you’ll probably find a dozen different choices in your dozen-sized boxes of eggs. I have … Continue reading

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Food Matters – Tree Island Gourmet Yogurt

Bringing a new food product to market is always a road filled with detours, delays and sometimes the inevitable pothole. But when the dreams of another artisan producer on Vancouver Island come to fruition, I like to be there for … Continue reading

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Food Matters – Re-Purposing Pumpkin and Other Fall Veggies

Halloween is just around the corner, and with that comes all kinds of pumpkins, mostly used for carving and propping up at your front door, and then discarded. Today on Food Matters on CBC Victoria’s All Points West program, I … Continue reading

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Food Matters – Tofino Gold Medal Chef

Chef Nicholas Nutting While the scenery is beautiful and his restaurant is in one of the top resorts on the West Coast, sometimes Tofino can seem a little bit isolated for an exuberant chef. That’s why he’s honing his knives … Continue reading

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