Author Archives: Don Genova

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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Food Matters – Here’s the Beef!

Canada’s beef industry is taking another black eye these days as recalls spread from the XL Foods processing plant in Alberta and more people are reported sick from e coli contained in beef products processed at that plant. Thursday on … Continue reading

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Food Matters – Tofino/Ucluelet Culinary Guild

Many restaurant operators these days know that customers expect to see many more local ingredients on the menu. And if the restaurants are in a region relying on a tourism economy, the quality of the meals served has to be … Continue reading

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Food Matters – Honey and James Barber

Babe’s Honey It’s a harvest we don’t often get to see, but as nectar sources dry up in the late summer and early fall, beekeepers are bringing their hives home from their summer locations and extracting the honey the bees … Continue reading

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