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taste the world
Taste the delicious culinary corners of the world -- and find the best food in Victoria -- with food + travel writer Cinda Chavich


HERRING HELPING KIDS: Local fishers help kids with charity herring saleĀ
Each year our generous fishing community helps kids with cancer by fishing herring and donating their catch to the FHKWC sales in Victoria and Vancouver!
Cinda Chavich
Jan 2


ADVENTURES IN CANADA: Take a holiday where the grizzly bears roam
At a floating eco-lodge in the waters off northern Vancouver Island, I got up close to some of our endangered wild grizzly bear population.
Cinda Chavich
Mar 16, 2025


SPRING TONIC: It's time to search for nettles, a coastal forager's feast
Head to the forest to harvest young stinging nettles in the spring, you will be rewarded with a healthy and tasty treat!
Cinda Chavich
Mar 15, 2025


INDIGENOUS ROOTS: Discovering the rare Ozette/Haida potato
There's a unique potato on the west coast that came from the Andes with Spanish explorers & was nurtured for centuries by indigenous growers
Cinda Chavich
Sep 3, 2024


RECIPES: Wild Blackberry bars, jam, cocktails and other delicious diversions
Recipes for making jam, cheesecake, squares and cocktails with wild blackberries.
Cinda Chavich
Aug 19, 2022


WILD BLACKBERRIES: Why we love this tasty but invasive coastal plant
Love them or hate them, wild Himalayan blackberries are part of the west coast landscape and a food delicious for free foraging in BC.
Cinda Chavich
Aug 19, 2022


TRAVEL: A Bluewater Adventure on Canada's wild west coast
Sailing tour in the Salish Sea for grizzly bear and whale watching, orcas, humpbacks and wildlife of all kinds, plus indigenous culture.
Cinda Chavich
Jun 3, 2022


TRAVEL: Vancouver Island's (delicious) road less traveled
A trip from Sooke to a cosy cabin in Port Renfrew on Vancouver Island's wild west coast offers a delicious diversion from city life.
Cinda Chavich
May 17, 2022


SPREADING THE NET: BC's Community Supported Fishery goes national
Sonia Strobel of Skipper Otto is connecting consumers across Canada with traceable fish landed by small scale fishing families.
Cinda Chavich
Apr 23, 2022


INGREDIENT: Foraging spruce tips in spring
Add some wild Canadian flavour to your food with the citrusy new growth of spruce and fir trees, foraged in the coastal forests in spring.
Cinda Chavich
Apr 10, 2022
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