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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


Cinda Chavich
Aug 1, 2024
NEW LIFE FOR LEGENDARY SOOKE HARBOUR HOUSE
The most anticipated opening on Vancouver Island this year, Sooke Harbour House re-opens with new investment and operating partners


Cinda Chavich
Jun 1, 2024
HIP AND HIDDEN: CHINATOWN’S HISTORIC AND MODERN CHARMS
Taste your way through Victoria's Chinatown, the oldest Chinese community in Canada and a treasure trove of world flavours


Cinda Chavich
May 9, 2024
FEAST: Sharing Indigenous culture starts at the table
The naaʔuu feast is a Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation initiative — a way to share indigenous food and culture with visitors to Tofino. My report.


Cinda Chavich
Mar 14, 2024
St. Pats from St. Pats: An Irish menu (and recipes) for Saint Patrick's Day
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.


Cinda Chavich
Feb 28, 2024
DURIAN HUNTER: Travel to Malaysia to taste this weirdly smelly fruit
Travel outside your culinary comfort zone and try the giant, smelly yet sweet durian fruit of Southeast Asia


Cinda Chavich
Jan 5, 2024
STORM SEASON: Best places & provisions for a storm-watching weekend
On Vancouver Island's wild west coast, it's storm watching seaon — find a cosy room with a view and hunker down with some local provisions!


Cinda Chavich
Oct 28, 2023
MY BALKAN FOOD DREAMS
The Balkans — a wide swath of Eastern Europe that covers several countries — is a melting pot of flavours, and it's having a moment.


Cinda Chavich
Oct 24, 2023
BEYOND LAMB AND LEEKS: Tasty explorations in Wales
I wrote this story several years back but inspired to post it again, after a discussion about Welsh Rarebit on CBC radio. Here's the recipe!


Cinda Chavich
Aug 29, 2023
WILL TRAVEL FOR CURRY: Birmingham balti, a Brummie invention
Balti is a fiery curry from Birmingham — here's where to find it and how to make it.


Cinda Chavich
Jul 13, 2023
BEEF, BUCKLES AND BEER — Celebrate rodeo season with a cowboy cookout
Cowboy cooking is on the menu at the Calgary Stampede — the Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth — and that means beef, beans and cold brews!
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