In my new series, STRETCH, I'm sharing recipes using Canadian ingredients to save money, reduce waste and celebrate our history.

With soaring food costs, choosing beans over animal proteins, at least part of the time, can save resources and stretch your food dollars.

Head to the forest to harvest young stinging nettles in the spring, you will be rewarded with a healthy and tasty treat!

In my house — on a street named for the Irish saint on the emerald isle of Vancouver Island — it's time for a St. Patrick's Day Feast.

Whether you're strapped for cash or hunkered down on a snow day, start with a can of salmon or tuna and make a great weekday meal.

The naaʔuu feast is a Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation initiative — a way to share indigenous food and culture with visitors to Tofino. My report.

Nuts are harvested around the world at this time of year and I have collected some of my favourite holiday recipes for all of you nut nuts!

Cowboy style is all the rage from fashion to music and my very first cookbook is back, too, with a snazzy new design and great wild...

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

Beyond canned tuna for tuna salad sandwiches, there's pretty pale pink albacore tuna, fresh from local fishers. Try it with these recipes!