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From producing honey to pollinating, the honey bee is an essential farm worker I am handed a little wooden paddle encased in golden honey that catches the light of the summer sun. The syrupy sweetness hits my tastebuds, and a bolt of sugar lights up the pleasure centre of my brain. This honey comes from […]

Quattro at Whistler bridges the past and present “Italians only.”  Those two words accompany the menu listing for Spaghetti Quattro — the longtime signature dish created by late chef and revered restaurateur Antonio Corsi — at Quattro at Whistler. Whether the message was meant to be an inside appeal to Italians or a cheeky challenge,

Where good bugs, fish, tiny toads and a bounty of blooms and produce thrive year-round  The air is warm and fragrant as I inhale the sweet scents of viola, begonia and stock flowers. My coat brushes against deep purples, blushing pinks and pale peaches. It feels as if above me there should be a blue

Sweet alchemy at Turner’s Chocolate

The women behind four local meal delivery services simplify busy lives

The best way to deal with the region’s sweetest invasive species is to pick them, gobble them and cook with them

A fire of learning

At Laughing Crow Organics, the empty spring field is Kerry McCann’s blank canvas Every year, the impossible goal to provision 600 households starts with the same blank canvas: bare earth, covered in snow, and a new crew of farmhands, keen, fresh-faced and committed to the beautiful vision of feeding people with organic food. Kerry McCann