Category Archives: Food Matters

Food Matters – Fruit Tree Projects

If you’re looking for the Feast of Fields contest, scroll to the bottom of this entry. You can easily spot them this time of year. Trees in your neighbourhood, maybe even in your own backyard, loaded with fruit that may … Continue reading

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Food Matters: Denman Bakery/Vassili’s Bread Shop

If you’re looking for the Feast of Fields contest, click here. When it comes right down to it, most people don’t like change. Especially when it comes to your favourite food products, including your daily bread. But change was made … Continue reading

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Food Matters – Celebrating Julia Child

On this date, 100 years ago, Julia Child was born. She passed away in 2004, but the chef, cookbook author and television personality has left a huge impression on cooks all over the world. Today on Food Matters, I shared … Continue reading

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Food Matters – Feast of Fields Preview

Feast of Fields The fifteenth annual Feast of Fields on Vancouver Island is fast approaching. Next month dozens of local chefs and beverage producers will spend a Sunday afternoon doling out thousands of delicious bite-sized morsels of food in an … Continue reading

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Food Matters – Yes, You Can! (Canning and Preserving)

We have begun the prime part of the summer as this holiday weekend approaches. While many of us may be heading to beaches and barbecues and campgrounds for our leisure activities, you are more likely to me in my kitchen … Continue reading

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Food Matters – Nanoose Edibles

It takes a lot of dedication and devotion to be a farmer, and of course lots of hard work. For the past 24 years the farmers at Nanoose Edibles near Nanoose Bay have been tilling the soil and providing organic … Continue reading

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