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    Health Benefits of Tea

    Regular tea drinkers may be getting more in their cup than they realize. Tea contains a family of natural ...

    Regular tea drinkers may be getting more in their cup than they realize. Tea contains a family of naturally occurring chemicals – polyphenols – that researchers suspect may prevent disorders such as h ...

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    Spices: The Scents of the Season

    Snickerdoodle cookies, gingerbread houses and cookies, pumpkin pie and hot apple cider give rise to some ...

    Snickerdoodle cookies, gingerbread houses and cookies, pumpkin pie and hot apple cider give rise to some of the scents of the holiday season. Our memories are profoundly infused with the tastes and sm ...

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    The Sweet Health Benefits of (Raw) Honey

    Honey is often described as nature’s candy. In recent years, as we seem to move towards raw and less proc ...

    Honey is often described as nature’s candy. In recent years, as we seem to move towards raw and less processed diets, raw honey has found its time in the spotlight and with good reason; the benefits o ...

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    Nutrition Should be Your First Priority

    Years ago I began my fitness career as an instructor and personal trainer. I coached my clients to improv ...

    Years ago I began my fitness career as an instructor and personal trainer. I coached my clients to improve their health with physical activity. It was gratifying to witness their positive health chang ...

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    Feeding the Children

    The irony of children going to school hungry in the heart of one of BC’s most acclaimed food and wine reg ...

    The irony of children going to school hungry in the heart of one of BC’s most acclaimed food and wine regions is not lost on Fatima Da Silva, chef-operator of the vineyard-based gourmet restaurant Vin ...

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    Chef Tojo: Bridging Cultures

    “Cooking is an art, but all art requires knowing something about the techniques and materials.” The phras ...

    “Cooking is an art, but all art requires knowing something about the techniques and materials.” The phrase is attributed to Nathan Myhrvold, the American author of the six-volume series Modernist Cuis ...

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    Date Anyone?

    If you have ever thought that a date is, well just a date, think again.  A visit to the date markets in t ...

    If you have ever thought that a date is, well just a date, think again.  A visit to the date markets in the Middle East will soon change your mind as you discover the various types.  Purveyors of date ...

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    Eat, Drink, Travel

    Meal by meal, spice by spice, sip by sip, nothing is so satisfying as exploring a country through your ta ...

    Meal by meal, spice by spice, sip by sip, nothing is so satisfying as exploring a country through your taste buds. From the exotic spice markets of the Middle East and Asia to the bustling cafes of Pa ...

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    Stay Cool with Ceviche

    It’s refreshing, diet-friendly and best of all, incredibly yummy.  If I could pick a recipe to beat the s ...

    It’s refreshing, diet-friendly and best of all, incredibly yummy.  If I could pick a recipe to beat the summer heat it would be ceviche.  This dish requires no oven, only a marinade that cures the raw ...

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    Kale: A True Superfood

    “Superfood” is a term that has been tossed around a lot in recent years, but some items in this category ...

    “Superfood” is a term that has been tossed around a lot in recent years, but some items in this category have more superfood cred than others. One food that is not only a superfood but may be the king ...

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    No Need to Avoid Lectin

    Move over gluten, lectin is the new dietary bad guy. However, there is much evidence supporting the benef ...

    Move over gluten, lectin is the new dietary bad guy. However, there is much evidence supporting the benefits of eating plant foods, including plants like legumes that contain lectins. Lectin, a plant ...

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    What's Cooking?

    Does this tempt your taste buds? Locally-sourced roast pork with rich gravy served with braised red cabba ...

    Does this tempt your taste buds? Locally-sourced roast pork with rich gravy served with braised red cabbage and apples, cauliflower gratin, buttered peas and roast potatoes — with a mocha chocolate mo ...

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    Glühwein

    Fortunately, tasty glühwein is easy to make, and you can doctor it to your liking.  Here’s the basic ingr ...

    Fortunately, tasty glühwein is easy to make, and you can doctor it to your liking.  Here’s the basic ingredients to get you started. For about 6 servings, combine ¾ cup water, ¾ cup white sugar, 1 cin ...

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    4 Stops to Keep Your Spirits Up in Kelowna

    Kelowna, of course, is known for its established vineyards and world-class wine. What’s less known is tha ...

    Kelowna, of course, is known for its established vineyards and world-class wine. What’s less known is that it is also home to a blossoming craft spirits industry. As a farming community, accessing fre ...

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    The Comfort & Connection of Food

    Since the beginning of time, food has been important not just to fuel the body, but as an integral part o ...

    Since the beginning of time, food has been important not just to fuel the body, but as an integral part of celebration, connection with family and a source of comfort. But in the last few years, food ...

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