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  • Provençal Soup [Soupe Au Pistou]

    Provençal Soup [Soupe Au Pistou]

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    Heidi Richter
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    Early March denotes the changing of seasonal tides, the time when we’re all too tempted to believe the old saying, ‘spring is just around the corner’. And while spring’s arrival is inevitable, here we are with snow on the ground and only a few curious buds emerging in expectation of next season. In British Columbia,…

  • Spiked Mulled Cider

    Spiked Mulled Cider

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    Marcella DiLonardo
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    As the temperatures drop & the nights get longer, there is nothing that warms me up more then a hot glass of mulled cider. There is something so comforting about sipping cider on a cold winter night over the holiday season. This drink is one of the many reasons I love the holidays. I am…

  • Winter Cellar Cake

    Winter Cellar Cake

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    Sofia
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    There’s something strangely satisfying about sneaking root vegetables into cake, don’t you think? Carrot cake has been part of my repertoire for so long that I sometimes even forget that it’s made with carrots. Today it’s time to get a little sneaky with another root vegetable, the parsnip, which can show some resemblance to a carrot but has a starchier flesh and a slightly…