Who better to know about edibles for our garden, than author Mike Lascelle, a nursery manager and certified arborist. He brings 35 years of experience that includes estate gardening, landscape construction and design along with authoring several books on plant selection and garden design, as well as articles for various publications. He lives in Maple Ridge, […]
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Photo: Amos Family Picnic, 1937. Taken by Harold G. Amos, at Lighthouse Beach near North Bay. I was intrigued with this cover photo as my dad is buried in North Bay and spent his last years there. He enjoyed eating outdoors and was a social butterfly in large crowds. With this picture and others in this
We’ve all come to love hummus over the last decade and it’s become a staple in many people’s fridges. But if you want to elevate your hummus experience, you need to go to talk to Yohannes. Entrepreneur Yohannes Petros along with his parents and family immigrated from East Africa in 1980 and settled in the
Tim Hortons is as iconic to Canada as saying “eh”! When I traveled for business, I could always count on a Timmies being somewhere within reach for my daily dose of caffeine. In the town my kids grew up in, for a population of 25,000, there are six Tim Hortons – guess we needed a
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Johwanna “Jojo” Alleyne brought her project development and photography skills to a business that has grown to include pickles, condiments, beverage syrups, and shrubs. Mojo Jojo Pickles is processed in Albert, BC and Saskatchewan and can be found in local grocers, deli’s, butchers and artisan shops across Canada. Or you can go to her website
You’re having a party tonight and realize you’re short on alcohol mixes and you know your guests love their cocktails. No worries…you just go to the cupboard and pull out a box of little cocktail bombs and plop them into some fizzy water, add the appropriate spirit, and voila, a cocktail is ready! Who came
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When your children are little, you want to instill a healthy sense of well being including the food they eat. Babies, toddlers and small children develop personal food preferences from an early age and what better time to incorporate a love of healthy food. They will go through stages when they spit out the broccoli
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Its time for Farmer’s Markets to be opening up again and what better place to explore local honey flavours and varieties! If you’re not close to a market and want to try some interesting honey options, take a look at Beary Berry Honey. From their farm to your table, the honey that Sam and Sandra
I stumbled upon Jennifer Robson’s books with Somewhere in France and have read everything she’s written since, including her latest book, Our Darkest Night. Upon reading The Gown, I was delighted to see a chicken recipe in the book and thought I’d share my love of this author’s books with you. Jennifer is a long
Every once in a while, you come across a personality that intrigues you. Chef Stephen Barrett is one of those people. Highly visible in the Maritime culinary and media world, Stephen’s trajectory to that place has been fascinating. From growing up in Labrador and going to university in Nova Scotia, his culinary life began in
