Monthly Archives: September 2010

Island Artisans – Yellow Point Cranberry Farm

Posted on September 29, 2010 by Don Genova

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 →

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The Thermomix Diaries, part 2

Posted on September 27, 2010 by Don Genova

This machine rocks!  As I mentioned in my first post about the Thermomix, I've been lent this $1600 kitchen machine by a marketing agency that has been hired to increase the profile of Thermomix in Western Canada. I started with … Continue reading →

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The Thermomix Diaries, part 1

Posted on September 21, 2010 by Don Genova

A couple of weeks ago I was offered a chance to 'test drive' a unique kitchen appliance called a Thermomix. I was intrigued, because in the course of my copy editing work for the Pastry in Europe books I have … Continue reading →

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How To Learn More About Local Food – Go see Joel Salatin!

Posted on September 16, 2010 by Don Genova

I've been wanting to meet Joel Salatin for quite some time now, ever since I read about him in The Omnivore's Dilemma and watched him in the Food, Inc. documentary. Joel Salatin is a third generation 'clean food' farmer from … Continue reading →

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Island Artisans – Sooke Harbour House and Winter Gardening

Posted on September 15, 2010 by Don Genova

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 →

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Island Artisans – Nanaimo Sausage House

Posted on September 1, 2010 by Don Genova

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 →

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