Some of our Favourite Recipes

Family heirloom recipes, plus creations inspired by local or global foods, sometimes both

As jubilados (Spanish for retirees) and foodies, we frequent farmers’ market and search out creative chefs to zest up our own cooking.

Lettuce Reduce Food Waste

A few weeks ago at Trout Lake Farmers’ Market, Magellan and I bought $185! worth of tomatoes from Milan Djordjevich of Stoney Paradise Farm. At

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Get the Scoop

A cone, a dish, a bar—how will you have your ice cream today—the 40th anniversary of Ice Cream Day in Canada? Canadians, on average, each

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Our Favourite Rhubarb Dessert

“What’s in this?” Whenever I serve my favourite rhubarb dessert, this is first question someone asks. The recipe’s Italian title, Millefoglia con crema alla grappa

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Fishing in Gwaii Haanas

“When is fishing?” “Is fishing today?” “I go fishing now?” A UNESCO World Heritage site of 138 islands, centuries’-old totems, abandoned Haida villages, pristine waters,

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