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Your West Coast Culture. A magazine about the people and places that make the Saanich Peninsula the little piece of paradise we call home.

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Book Review: Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking: A Memoir of Food and Longing, by Anya Von Bremzen

– reviewed by Cathy Sakiyama – Based on the cheery yellow cover with a smiling girl and the reviews of ‘delicious’ and ‘rollicking’ I was expecting a happy romp through Von Bremzen’s foodie recollections. The title seemed to suggest that Soviet cooking was the main subject matter. It was not. It ran a distant second to […]

Book Review: Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking: A Memoir of Food and Longing, by Anya Von Bremzen

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Somewhere in Time … The Latch

– by Lara Gladych – This is the fourth in a six-part series of profiles on some of the Saanich Peninsula’s wonderful restaurants and pubs. After wrapping up my interview with proprietors Valeria and Luigi Cisotto, I walk away from the rustic character of The Latch Inn and Restaurant, and think to myself, I so

Somewhere in Time … The Latch

Peninsula Baseball and Softball Association: Teaching Life Lessons at the Field of Dreams

For over 25 years kids have been playing ball at the Rotary Park Field of Dreams. The Park, located just off Victoria Airports’ runway 31, is a place kids can dream of becoming a pilot, playing in the big leagues, or just getting a burger and fries after the game. The Peninsula Baseball and Softball

Peninsula Baseball and Softball Association: Teaching Life Lessons at the Field of Dreams

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A Bad Case of the Runs

– by Michael Forbes – My wife Lisa is the most disciplined person I know. We could be on the eve of the apocalypse and she wouldn’t miss her exercise workout day, out there running alongside the four horseman dodging lava flows and stuff. The fact that she takes care of herself means that I too

A Bad Case of the Runs

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