Flavour

– by Moira Gardener – Local resident Linda Beller decided to have some fun seeking out the absolute BEST of the best chocolate chunk cookies, her personal passion. So after three and a half years of collecting recipes from award winning chefs and bloggers she decided to have a cookie contest to find the most […]

– by Lara Gladych – This is the second in a six-part series of profiles on some of the Saanich Peninsula’s wonderful restaurants and pubs. If you haven’t yet eaten at Canoe Cove Joe’s, then this patio season is the perfect time to take a drive out to Canoe Cove Marina for a bite to

– by Steve Sheppard – Spring and summer are the time of year when things change and become alive once again. The same can be said for the coffee industry at the largest annual Specialty Coffee Association of America show in Seattle this past April. The SCAA show brings companies from all over to the

It’s June and that means two things on the Saanich Peninsula: the Peninsula Country Market opens and June strawberries have arrived – the long wait for REAL strawberries is finally over! The large, red, juicy Peninsula berries are a seasonal favourite throughout the capital region at farm gates and farmers’ markets, and we’re happy to

Wherever we go these days, we are encouraged to “Buy Local” or “Eat Local”. However, the roots of this movement were set down on the Saanich Peninsula by a visionary group of residents nearly 25 years ago when the Peninsula Country Market opened on a sunny Saturday morning in July 1991 at the old Saanich

– by Lara Gladych – This is the first in a six-part series of profiles on some of the Saanich Peninsula’s wonderful restaurants and pubs. It’s round two for me at the Prairie Inn, local favourite in Saanichton. This time, manager Jamie Day bows out of the spotlight, and I have the pleasure of sitting

– by Lara Gladych – This is the last in a six-part series of profiles on some of the Saanich Peninsula’s wonderful restaurants and pubs. Pausing to take in all the sweets and treats at the counter, as well as the menu hanging above, the Fresh Cup baristas and I talk for a few moments

– by Doreen Marion Gee – Spend a mellow afternoon under an African sun while shopping or sipping tea at the Tea Emporium in the Saanich countryside. Be swept away to faraway lands when you stroll through their doors. Their products infuse the exotic charms of other cultures into our community. Many items from overseas

– by Steve Sheppard – It is hard to tell if anyone’s paying attention to what’s been happening in the Coffee House scene these days because of the fixation with smart-phones. People are less observant than ever before with their heads cranked downward staring lovingly into their screens, so here’s an update: Women are the