Many moons ago my first posting out of meteorology school was to a remote hamlet in the extreme northwestern corner of B.C. For a ‘city boy’ it was an education (not to mention culture shock) to find myself living 3 hours by gravel road from the grocery store and 10
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Recipes to whet your whistle.
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Ole Without The Ouch
The Spanish had a great idea when it came to beating hot summer afternoon thirst by mixing full-blooded red wine with cooling citrus juices. Called Sangria, literally ‘bloody’, Sangria is a staple in restaurants in Spain and Portugal, as well as popular in Mexican restaurants here in North America. But
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REAL Hot Chocolate
When I was growing up instant hot chocolate was years in the future. With long, damp winters on Vancouver Island, hot steaming mugs of hot chocolate were in constant demand (especially if your parents didn’t allow youngsters coffee!). Making hot chocolate with Fry’s Cocoa may take an extra minute but
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Coffee Elixir of Life
(From the pages of ‘Teeswater.ca’, an online newspaper I published a few years back) In Seattle you haven’t had enough coffee until you can thread a sewing machine while it’s running. – Jeff Bezos What is it about coffee that brings out the best (and worst) of us? That makes
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French Press Summer
When you think of French Presses you think of hot. fresh ground coffee first thing in the morning. But during the Summer, other than storing it away in the cupboard, what do you do on those days when you could fry eggs on the sidewalk (or poach them here in