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Cinda Chavich's
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
Jul 22, 2023
PRESERVING SUMMER: How to turn beach bull kelp into tasty sweet pickles
Seaweed is a wild food that's been consumed for centuries. Here's how to turn bull kelp into tasty sweet pickles.


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
May 20, 2022
TRAVEL: Foraging for fiddleheads in Fredericton
Fiddleheads are a spring delicacy across Canada and finding wild fiddleheads in New Brunswick is a passion for many foragers.


Cinda Chavich
Apr 6, 2022
DIG DEEP: IN SEARCH OF THE ELUSIVE WEST COAST CLAM
I trek out to a rocky beach on Vancouver Island to dig for a dinner of littleneck clams, and unearth the history of this indigenous feast.


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 2, 2022
INGREDIENTS: Nettles to forage in spring
Head to the forest to harvest young stinging nettles in the spring, you will be rewarded with a healthy and tasty treat!


Cinda Chavich
Jun 2, 2021
WILD FOOD: Asparagus of the sea
Not really from the sea or related to asparagus, sea asparagus is popular with chefs on Canada’s coasts.
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