When is coffee not “just coffee?” For over 20 years I’ve looked at coffee differently than most. I really watch people’s faces when they sip it and how they handle their cup. Everyone’s face changes depending on who they are talking to whether it’s a parent, friend … and then there’s the “lover look” over […]
by Craig Campbell – I well remember when I fell in love with food and its companion, drink; it was the day I was born, thus out of necessity a combination meal at the time being both food and drink. “Great Demeter, goddess of food,” I thought, “this is the most wonderful moment of my
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by Dan Adair, Branch Manager, Island Savings Brentwood Bay – If there’s an easy way to constantly blow your household budget, it’s the grocery bill. Because eating is a necessity, it’s easy to overlook it in terms of money management. But it’s also undeniably one of life’s pleasures – and that creates a lot of
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by Valerie Green – Today, it is hard to imagine that the busy intersection at West Saanich Road and Wilkinson Road was once farmland with a mere trail connecting the history of two houses in that area. The history also connects five pioneer families of considerable note: the Yales, the Mansons, the Peers, the Grants
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Owner / Publisher Sue Hodgson Chats with Sheri and George Braun, Owners of The Olive Farm on Salt Spring Island There are very few locations in Canada that could even begin to provide the growing needs for good quality and high quantities of olive fruit. What makes Salt Spring Island a desirable place to launch your
