Category Archives: Locally Sourced Food

Ah… August has left, September is here and we are happy!!  Fall means plenty of wild mushrooms, including chanterelles, lobster, hedgehog, morels and cauliflower.  There are lots more but these are our favourites!  Tonight we made a chicken fricasse which … Continue reading →

Here is my tennis partner and friend Deb standing by her corn that she is growing in her amazing garden in Chemanius – home of the famous murals.  Deb grows and shares her corn, beans, peas, squash, zucchini, watermelon, garlic … Continue reading →

  Our guests enjoyed our sockeye salmon that we caught in Port Alberni.  We brought it to a local cannery that made it into lox which we are enjoying for breakfast, lunch and dinner!! We appreciate knowing where our food … Continue reading →

We love our neighbours… Today I went to Gabriola and bought garlic from my friend Ken from Gabriola Gourmet Garlic so that I could put it into my “famous” garlic antipasto.  I couldn’t stop there, so I made my more … Continue reading →

After a beautiful evening of playing tennis in Saltair, Lynda stopped by her friend Deb’s house to pick up a zucchini and some gorgeous garlic. We are growing garlic too as you can see in the container, but Deb’s got … Continue reading →

Now that beets are starting to make an appearance, this is a very simple and delicious way to enjoy them right from your garden. One bunch fresh dill (to yield approx 6 Tbsp. when chopped) 500 g. raw beetroot (julienne … Continue reading →

It doesn’t get any fresher than this!  Ted and Steve were out in their skiff, dropped in their line and pulled out a beauty – a ling cod from Lasqueti Island (off Vancouver Island). After the fish was gutted and … Continue reading →

If you have to smoke something…. it may as well be freshly shucked oysters!  We collected these lovely specimens from Lasqueti Island over the Easter weekend then after sitting in a brine for a few hours we smoked them on … Continue reading →