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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


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.
Cinda Chavich
Apr 10, 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
Apr 6, 2022


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.
Cinda Chavich
Jul 4, 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.
Cinda Chavich
Jun 2, 2021


SAILS AND ALES: Sailing the Salish Sea in search of BC's coastal craft brewers
A craft beer tour on the historic Maple Leaf schooner is an enlightening way to explore the Salish Sea and taste a west coast specialty.
Cinda Chavich
Sep 3, 2020


TRAVEL: A trek into the mountains of China in search of wild pandas
Stalking the wild panda in the mountains of central China is a difficult but rewarding proposition if you're luck enough to get permission.
Cinda Chavich
Mar 20, 2020
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