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I guess I have always been a teacher at heart. Right from my first jobs at radio stations I worked at across Canada, I was always showing people how to do things, be they technical or writing/editing, as I worked … Continue reading →

I have two free tickets to this Saturday’s ‘Victory Dance in Advance’ to raise funds for legal fees to oppose the Eco-Depot proposed for Cobble Hill. More details here: http://danceinadvance.wordpress.com and here: http://ecodepotfacts.com/ . First person to contact me gets … Continue reading →

If you haven`t figured it out by now, I might as well confess it.  I love charcuterie, buying it, making it, eating it, drooling over it, and telling everyone about it.  Charcuterie is the art of transforming meats, usually pork, … Continue reading →

Apparently I'm a renowned food and travel writer. It says so in this edition of the Kelowna Capital News….where one of my favourite recipe creations is featured at the end of the article. http://www.bclocalnews.com/okanagan_similkameen/kelownacapitalnews/lifestyles/111640124.html

‘a r t f a r m’ is the dream of Margit Nelleman and Victor Vesely, a couple who moved from Vancouver to North Cowichan to live their dream of combining a farm with a gallery and teashop.  Victor was … Continue reading →

A funny thing happened yesterday. I pulled a grass-fed beef chuck steak out of the freezer for dinner and thought of James Barber. I remembered that he had a recipe for chuck steak in an old cookbook of his that … Continue reading →