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    Digging the Local Bounty: What to cook with summer's fresh fruits and veggies
    Cinda Chavich
    • Jul 11
    Cooking

    Digging the Local Bounty: What to cook with summer's fresh fruits and veggies

    Head to the farmer's market or open your CSA box and try these recipes using the fresh summer fruit and veggies available from local farms.
    RECIPE: BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwich with Mustard Sauce and smoky baked beans
    Cinda Chavich
    • Jun 30
    Cooking

    RECIPE: BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwich with Mustard Sauce and smoky baked beans

    A recipe for pork shoulder or pork butt, slow smoked with BBQ rub for tender pulled pork.
    COLD FISH: From crudo to ceviche and aguachile, 'cooking' seafood with citrus
    Cinda Chavich
    • Jun 29
    Cooking

    COLD FISH: From crudo to ceviche and aguachile, 'cooking' seafood with citrus

    From crudo to ceviche and aguachile, 'cooking' seafood with citrus is a traditional way to beat the heat.
    RECIPES: Picnic recipes for calzones,  quinoa salad, brownies and more
    Cinda Chavich
    • Jun 28
    Cooking

    RECIPES: Picnic recipes for calzones, quinoa salad, brownies and more

    Recipes for cold picnic dishes, including hand-held Italian calzones, seafood salad rolls and savoury corn pancakes with smoked salmon
    TAKE IT OUTSIDE: A recipe for a simple summer picnic or an al fresco feast
    Cinda Chavich
    • Jun 23
    Food

    TAKE IT OUTSIDE: A recipe for a simple summer picnic or an al fresco feast

    Dining al fresco, at a picnic site or sprawled on a beach blanket, is one of the joys of Vancouver Island life. Recipes to fill your basket.
    RECIPES: A cocktail party for pollinators
    Cinda Chavich
    • Jun 11
    Around Victoria

    RECIPES: A cocktail party for pollinators

    A cocktail kit from The Bar Cart, featuring the honey-based spirits from Vancouver Island's Wayward Distillery, helps save the bees.
    RECIPE: A honey cake for Ukraine
    Cinda Chavich
    • Jun 8
    Cooking

    RECIPE: A honey cake for Ukraine

    Savella Stechisin's Traditional Ukrainian Cookery (1957) is an important book. This recipe for honey cake, a simple spice cake, is a keeper.
    RECIPE: An easy way to reduce food waste — make pesto!
    Cinda Chavich
    • Jun 6
    Cooking

    RECIPE: An easy way to reduce food waste — make pesto!

    Don't waste those garden greens — carrot, beet and radish tops all go into pesto with fresh herbs and garlic — a summer sauce to eat with a
    RECIPE: DIY cocktail bitters
    Cinda Chavich
    • Jun 5
    Cooking - recipes

    RECIPE: DIY cocktail bitters

    Victoria bartender, cocktail expert and booze writer Nate Caudle shared this recipe for making smoky orange bitters at home.
    COOKING: Classic Canadian recipes for a Canada Day feast
    Cinda Chavich
    • Jun 3
    Cooking

    COOKING: Classic Canadian recipes for a Canada Day feast

    Celebrate Canada Day with this coast-to-coast menu of Canadian recipes. Oh Canada, our home and Native land!
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