Cranberry sauce is always part of any turkey dinner but this indigenous fruit is rooted in First nations culture.

Here’s a primer to get you up to speed and in holiday turkey dinner mode, with tips to find the finest big birds for your family feast. The pastured,  heritage breed Orlopp Bronze turkeys at Keating Farm in the Cowichan Valley are premium poultry.   By CINDA CHAVICH   The easiest way to ensure your turkey dinner is a success is by starting with the best raw materials — that is, a fresh local bird — but any turkey will be delicious if you treat it right . With a range of choi

B.C.’s geoduck, sea urchin and sea cucumber are prized in Asia, but local fishers are hoping they catch on more at home, too. Commercial...

There's a new trend in the food industry — culinary couples at the helm of top bakeries and restaurants, working together to serve the very best Chef Oliver Kienast and sommelier Brooke Fader of Wild Mountain in Sooke are partners in business and life. Words and photos By CINDA CHAVICH They used to be called Mom-and-Pop restaurants — the kind of small, family-run diners that had one partner in the kitchen searing burgers and one out front, running plates and collecting cash.

There aren't many places to buy traditional nixtamalized corn tortillas in Canada, unless you're lucky enough to live in Victoria, BC

Everything you need to know about the Victoria chefs making artisan pasta for their restaurants, and how you can make pasta at home.

Wild hazelnuts grow in BC's coastal regions and there are commercial hazelnut farms here. Learn about our native nuts and try recipes.

There's a unique potato on the west coast that came from the Andes with Spanish explorers & was nurtured for centuries by indigenous growers

Cafe Malabar is a new South Indian restaurant in Victoria from chefs Kiran Kolathodan and Karma Tenpa, located in the downtown Public Market

The road to Tofino has reopened after recent closures due to forest fires — time to visit the wild beaches to photograph, forage and feast.