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Morels – brain-like food

Morel mushrooms It was early on in my mushroom career that I was introduced to the morel. Hiking in the foothills of the Rockies, probably searching after an elusive brown trout stream, I saw a mass of spongy spear heads rising from a mossy bank. I knelt down for a closer look and marveled at the textured surface...

Sustainable Seafood

It’s amazing how a little thing called time changes our perspectives. Growing up in Nova Scotia, I vividly remember reading about the early explorers like John Cabot who wrote of cod so abundant you could catch them off the sides of their ships using a wicker basket and a rope. Five hundred years later we witness...

Canadian Chefs Congress Update

Lots of wheels have been churning around meeting tables and kitchen tables in the past few months. Local chefs have taken on the huge task of inviting 500 of Canada’s top culinary professional to the Canadian Chefs Congress to be held September 11-12 at Providence Farm in the fertile Cowichan Valley. The Farm...