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.
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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
Cinda Chavich
- Apr 7, 2022
RECIPES: Cooking with beans
Try these bean-centric recipes — from a white bean dip with goat cheese, to cassoulet, Greek bean salad and spicy Spanish chickpeas + shrimp
Cinda Chavich
- Apr 6, 2022
Marvelous mushrooms: wild local food
Head out into BC forests to forage for wild mushrooms with an expert or grow a crop of beautiful oyster mushrooms with a kit at home.
Cinda Chavich
- Mar 10, 2022
BEAN CUISINE: Save money with healthy beans
With soaring food costs, choosing beans over animal proteins, at least part of the time, can save resources and stretch your food dollars.
Cinda Chavich
- Jan 4, 2022
COOKING: A good day for soup
Soup is a healthy habit, reducing food waste and adding immune-boosting colourful veggies to your diet. Find lots of tasty recipes here!
Cinda Chavich
- Oct 6, 2021
SQUASH SEASON: A winter squash and pumpkin primer for fall
Here's a primer on the types of winter squash available at Vancouver Island farm markets, and how to cook squash in creative dishes!
Cinda Chavich
- Sep 8, 2021
RECIPES: Cooking with ancient grains
Try these recipes for cooking with ancient grains including whole grain risotto, farro soup, Barley Pudding and No Knead Spelt Bread
Cinda Chavich
- Aug 4, 2021
THE BEAN BUTCHERS: Vegan meat makers in Victoria are leading the global trend
The Very Good Butchers add up the number of “beans butchered” for their range of vegan meat products — 26 million +
Cinda Chavich
- Aug 3, 2021
Seaweed Season: Eat Your (Sea) Vegetables
There are 650 species of seaweed living along BC's coast, 32 types of kelp, the most diversity on the planet. Learn all about it.
Cinda Chavich
- Jul 4, 2021
GARDEN OF EATING: Growing food in the city
Turning your yard into an urban food farm is a hot trend in Victoria and its easy to do with help from local garden designers.
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