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Food Matters – Cooking with Avocados
It’s sometimes called the Alligator Pear, because of its shape and rippled skin. But the avocado has no real bite to it, a rather mildly-flavoured fruit that gets consumed on a daily basis around the world. My consumption of avocados has … Continue reading
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Tagged All Points West, avocados, CBC Radio, cookbooks, cooking, Don Genova, e, Elizabeth Nyland, Food Matters, food writing
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Food Matters – Biscotti di Notte
Most food-based businesses these days start out with a business plan. Planning for profit is important, of course, but what about a business plan that includes saving those profits for a trip to your homeland of Italy? That’s part of … Continue reading
Food Matters – Lentils
Fact: Sixty-seven percent of the world crop of lentils is grown in Saskatchewan. Fact: You can buy red lentils that are grown right here on Vancouver Island. Fact: The Saskatchewan Pulse Growers want to make sure you start eating a … Continue reading
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Tagged All Points West, CBC Radio, cooking, Don Genova, Food Matters, Lentil Hunter, Lentils, Lentils Canada, Michael Smith, sustainable eating, Top Chef Canada
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Free Food Artisans Recipe Demo – April 16th
Please join me on Wednesday, April 16th at 1pm at the Victoria Public Market as I talk about my new book, Food Artisans of Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands, and demonstrate a couple of dishes featuring recipes from the … Continue reading
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Tagged Artisan Foods, cookbooks, cooking, prawns, spot prawns, sustainable eating, Victoria
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Food Matters – Cookbook Gift Suggestions
Cookbooks are the perfect gift that keep on giving. But with so many cookbooks on the shelves, how do you know which one to give to the chef or budding cook in your life? It’s one of the most published … Continue reading
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Tagged All Points West, CBC Radio, cookbooks, cooking, Don Genova, Food Matters, recipes
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Food Matters – Cooking During Wartime
On Monday, Canadians will observe Remembrance Day. This is not an occasion generally associated with food, as so many of our other holidays are. But if we go back to the Second World War, food was definitely a daily concern. … Continue reading
