Tag Archives: Don Genova

Food Matters – What’s In An Egg?

Just like many other food products, the choices we have now in the egg department are getting to be overwhelming. Visit most grocery stores and you’ll probably find a dozen different choices in your dozen-sized boxes of eggs. I have … 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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BC Bites and Beverages – Ticket Giveaway!

This Thursday night, September 20th, I have the honor of being the guest speaker at the second installment of the BC Bites & Beverages series at the Royal BC Museum in Victoria. My talk is called “The Resurgence of Local … Continue reading

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