Open Garden’ to feature mid-island fruits

The Bowen Island Garden Club's Open Garden this month will be hosted by Jlonka Bally-Brown and Marcel Bally at 1055 Harding Road from 2 - " 4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept, 27.

A Smooth Solution

Sure, you know greens are good for you. You occasionally toss a broccoli stalk or two into your chef salad - after all, anything tastes good with ranch dressing on it, right? And you often eat spinach when you ...

The Best Fruits and Vegetables for You

We all know that it is important to eat out fruits and vegetables in order to stay healthy, fit and well balanced.

Slide Show: 10 no-fail fruits you can grow in your backyard

Yes, there are fruits that take a lot of fiddling to get a decent crop or are not reliable year after year in our area.

In Season: Soft fruits and stone fruits are nearly gone

The soft fruits and stone fruits of summer, such as peaches, nectarines, plums and figs, are about to end for this year.

Weddings require a huge food effort

This has been a busy time in the Eicher household. For starters, we attended the wedding of niece Mary Jane and Amos on Thursday in Indiana.

Mayapples can add contrast to a woodland garden

"Mayapple" seems an unlikely name for a plant that ripens in September and isn't an apple at all.

Book celebrates heirloom tomatoes

Amy Goldman's gorgeously photographed ode to heirloom tomatoes arrived late this summer with all the jaw-dropping beauty of a coffee table tome.

5 more items infected

The affected items are Dutch Lady banana flavoured milk, Dutch Lady honeydew flavoured milk, Silang - House of Steamed Potato - potato cracker, Puffed Rice Rolls - butter corn flavour; and Puffed Rice Rolls - ...

Yet another use for cookie dough: Apple crisp

Cookie dough isn't just for ice cream anymore. In this revision of apple crisp, prepared sugar cookie dough is used to create a chewy, crispy, sweet and all-but instant topping for the classic autumn dessert.

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