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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
Oct 3, 2024
COWBOY COMFORT FOOD: My new improved Wild West Cookbook
Cowboy style is all the rage from fashion to music and my very first cookbook is back, too, with a snazzy new design and some great new...

Cinda Chavich
Sep 10, 2024
BC HAZELNUTS: History, health and hacks
Wild hazelnuts grow in BC's coastal regions and there are commercial hazelnut farms here. Learn about our native nuts and try recipes.


Cinda Chavich
Sep 9, 2024
ALL ABOUT ALBACORE TUNA: The Pacific northwest sirloin of the sea
Beyond canned tuna for tuna salad sandwiches, there's pretty pale pink albacore tuna, fresh from local fishers. Try it with these recipes!


Cinda Chavich
Aug 31, 2024
RAMEN-YA: A RAMEN PRIMER
t's a good time for soup and here's everything you need to know to make — or order — a great bowl of authentic Japanese ramen


Cinda Chavich
Aug 30, 2024
WHEN IN ITALY: Explore the artisan dried pastas of Gragnano
The best pasta in the world has its roots in Gragnano, Italy, where the tradition of drying pasta was born.


Cinda Chavich
Aug 29, 2024
KAMALA HARRIS COOKS: Powerful women can, and do, cook
Kamala Harris is sharing the true joy of cooking — a proud, powerful woman who nurtures family and country through food


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 19, 2024
YEAR OF THE DRAGON: Noodle dishes and dumplings for luck in 2024
Celebrate the Lunar New Year with your own Asian feast at home with my tried and true recipes for noodles, dumplings and more!


Cinda Chavich
Jan 29, 2024
SHRUBS – THEY’RE NOT JUST FOR LANDSCAPING
From stylish Jukes cordialites to The Shrubbery 's drinking vinegars, sweet and sour shrubs are the coolest new/old drinks to DIY!


Cinda Chavich
Jan 6, 2024
SOLIDARITY SOUP: Making borscht to remember and support Ukraine
Thinking about my grandparents in January and making a Solidarity Borscht to show our ongoing support for the people of Ukraine.
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