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    FARM TO TABLE: Where to find farmers' markets and CSA's around Victoria
    Cinda Chavich
    Around Victoria

    FARM TO TABLE: Where to find farmers' markets and CSA's around Victoria

    Vancouver Island is blessed with an abundance of farmers’ markets and subscription boxes overflowing with fresh produce.
    TAKE IT OUTSIDE: A recipe for a simple summer picnic or an al fresco feast
    Cinda Chavich
    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.
    INGREDIENT: All about BC's wild and wonderful sturgeon
    Cinda Chavich
    Food

    INGREDIENT: All about BC's wild and wonderful sturgeon

    Studying sturgeon and land-based fish farming at the International Centre for Sturgeon Studies at Vancouver Island University. And caviar!
    HAVE YOUR CAKE: Victoria's best bakery cafes
    Cinda Chavich
    Around Victoria

    HAVE YOUR CAKE: Victoria's best bakery cafes

    Whether you opt for a downtown patisserie or a neighborhood haunt, you can try a different bakery café every day of the week in Victoria BC
    TRAVEL: Vancouver Island's (delicious) road less traveled
    Cinda Chavich
    Travel

    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.
    LOCAL INGREDIENT: A pilgrimage for prawns
    Cinda Chavich
    Food

    LOCAL INGREDIENT: A pilgrimage for prawns

    A real delicacy – with a premium price tag – the wild spot prawn is a unique species, found only in west coast waters.
    SPREADING THE NET: BC's Community Supported Fishery goes national
    Cinda Chavich
    Food

    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.
    GEODUCK or KING: BC's incredible giant clam
    Cinda Chavich
    Food

    GEODUCK or KING: BC's incredible giant clam

    Eating the world’s rudest clam - the giant geoduck clam’s grotesque appearance may rob it of its rightful place as king of the sea.
    INGREDIENT: Foraging spruce tips in spring
    Cinda Chavich
    Food

    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.
    ALL ABOUT OYSTERS: Heaven on the half shell
    Cinda Chavich
    Food

    ALL ABOUT OYSTERS: Heaven on the half shell

    Everything you ever wanted to know about buying, shucking and eating BC's beautiful bivalve — Vancouver Island's Pacific oyster.
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