Category Archives: Island Artisans

Anyone who uses a fireplace or wood-burning stove across British Columbia is no doubt hauling, splitting, piling and yes, burning their wood these days to keep warm.  But there’s a different kind of wood-burning device out there gaining in popularity, … Continue reading →

Somehow it took 25 years to get started, but now that it’s going, it can only be labelled a delicious concern.  Today on Island Artisans, I told the story of two women who started a business in a small home … Continue reading →

As we get later into the harvest season we may think about tree fruits like apples, hardy vegetables like pumpkins and potatoes and of course, grapes, many of which are turned into wine in British Columbia.  There is one other … Continue reading →

You probably don’t want to hear this because you’re already wondering where September went, but Thanksgiving is just around the corner!  And with every turkey dinner there is no doubt a pot of something cranberry on the table. Most of … Continue reading →

Making the decision that the all the ingredients at your restaurant should be local and organic is easy. Sourcing all those ingredients is hard, and that’s where the artisanal nature of the head gardener at Sooke Harbour House comes in.  … Continue reading →

For thousands of years humans didn’t have such things as refrigerators and freezers, so they had to become pretty inventive when it came to preserving foods for pantries barren of fresh foods over the winter.  Part of that invention included … Continue reading →