RECIPE: DIY cocktail bitters
Victoria bartender, cocktail expert and booze writer Nate Caudle shared this recipe for making smoky orange bitters at home.
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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
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Jun 3, 2022
COOKING: Classic Canadian recipes for a Canada Day feast
Celebrate Canada Day with this coast-to-coast menu of Canadian recipes. Oh Canada, our home and Native land!
Cinda Chavich
May 15, 2022
COOKING WITH FIRE: Outdoor wood-oven envy
I've got wood oven envy and want to learn everything about the hottest new appliance for outdoor dining. Some advice from owners & experts.
Cinda Chavich
May 1, 2022
EASY ENTERTAINING: Summertime is taco time
A bit of grilled food, spicy salsa and crunchy vegetables, wrapped up in a tortilla, makes a fun, portable and endlessly adaptable meal.
Cinda Chavich
Apr 10, 2022
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 9, 2022
TUNA: The sirloin of the sea
Figuring out how to buy sustainable tuna can be confusing. Here's a primer, with a focus on the safest bet — BC albacore tuna.
Cinda Chavich
Apr 7, 2022
RECIPES: Cooking with beans
Try these bean-centric recipes — from a white bean dip with goat cheese, to cassoulet, Greek bean salad and spicy Spanish chickpeas + shrimp
Cinda Chavich
Apr 7, 2022
Recipes: Cooking BC herring, sardines and anchovies
Curious about how to cook local herring and other Pacific pilchards? Try these recipes from top BC chefs.
Cinda Chavich
Apr 6, 2022
Recipes: Cooking with Mushrooms
From mushroom pesto and pate to Oyster Mushroom 'Wings", chanterelle risotto and mushroom bisque, these recipes are sure to inspire.
Cinda Chavich
Apr 6, 2022
EATING WELL IN THE NEW NORMAL
Cooking during a pandemic has all of the hallmarks of classic crisis management — "strategies to help an organization deal with a sudden...
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