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.

Looking for more Canadian content in your fridge? Look for the blue cow Canadian dairy farmers logo and buy milk and cheese from local...

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

Looking for the most delicious chocolate bars? Choose makers who start with ethically-sourced, single origin beans and taste the difference.