by Rosemary Scott, Deep Cove Market – This is one of my favorite recipes to make on a cold winter day … it’s definitely “comfort food.” • 4½ to 5 lbs English-style beef short ribs (8 to 12 ribs) • 3 tbsp vegetable oil • kosher salt • ground black pepper • 2/3 cup medium-diced […]
Island Dish: Red Wine Braised Short Ribs
by Solara Goldwynn, Hatchet & Seed Wintertime on Southern Vancouver Island is the time of year when local food is valued the most. If you’ve lived here for a while, you know that you don’t actually need to put your garden to bed for the winter, but can grow food year-round in our climate. With a
Island Dish: Winter Garden Chili
by Rosemary Scott, Deep Cove Market – This year, prune plums were definitely in abundance. Hopefully like me, you pitted and froze some for later use, be it for jam, crumbles or cakes. I haven’t made this recipe in years and my sister had a large surplus of these purple beauties and asked me if
Island Dish: Plum Rum Conserve
by Solara Goldwynn, Hatchet & Seed – Nothing says autumn like baked squash! This time of year at local farmers markets and farm stands, we’re seeing bright coloured varieties of pumpkins and squash everywhere. Where I work at the North Saanich Farm Market, many of our farmers sell a variety of squash, including some rare
Island Dish: Baked Squash Pudding
by Nathalie Chambers – We are so lucky to live in the rainshadow of the Cascade and Olympic mountain ranges, a world-renowned marine and biological diversity hotspot. We are in the traditional territory of the Coast Salish First Nations, who lived on and stewarded these lands for 8,000 years since the beginning of time until
Eco-Cultural Food Growth: Saanich Peninsula Food Security
