Category Archives: Food Matters

Food Matters – Here’s the Beef!

Posted on October 11, 2012 by Don Genova

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

Posted on October 3, 2012 by Don Genova

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

Posted on September 26, 2012 by Don Genova

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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Food Matters – Beer and Food

Posted on September 19, 2012 by Don Genova

Beer has come a long way in Canada. In pioneer days all beer was small production and artisan-made. Then big companies swallowed up the little brewers and industrial production ruled. Now, beer drinkers, especially those on Vancouver Island, have fully … Continue reading →

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Food Matters – Figs!

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Don Genova

Consider the fig. It’s one of those mystical fruits steeped in history, yet sometimes relegated to being the dried, sticky filling in a stodgy Fig Newton. The fresh fig is something that should be very celebrated, as I demonstrated today … Continue reading →

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Food Matters – The Food Shed

Posted on September 5, 2012 by Don Genova

UPDATE! Here is the schedule of organizations speaking at Eat Here Now on Sunday: 11am: Wayward School and the Victoria Downtown Public Market Society 11:30: CR-Fair 12 noon: Dogwood 12:30: Lifecycles 1:00: OUR Ecovillage 1:30pm Slow Food (featuring me!) 2:00pm … Continue reading →

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