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Poisonous berries of BC

Learn about poisonous berries to avoid in the wilds of BC

Green figs grow like mad in Vancouver, so what do you do with them all? Here’s a simple recipe for Persian style green fig preserves which are traditionally eaten for breakfast with bread, butter and nuts.

How to harvest bamboo shoots

There are hundreds of species of bamboo, all of which are edible. Some are better than others, many species only grow tough, bitter shoots, which must be cooked for a long time to be edible. Black bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra) grows well in our lower mainland (BC) climate and is very tasty, just make sure you […]

Best Fish and Chips recipe

How to make the best fish and chips

Foraging for stinging nettles in BC

Chef Robin Kort sows you how to forage for stinging nettles in BC with tips on how to cook them.

Foraging for currants in BC

Learn how to forage for wild currants in BC

Fiddlehead foraging

Fiddleheads are the tasty edible part of a young fern shoot. All curled up in a tight green ball, you pick these delicacies in springtime. In our area (Vancouver), bracken fern and lady fern are the two that are found (ostrich fern is the commercial variety, you can find in Northern BC). To hunt for […]