Food

A package of Paqui OneChipChallenge spicy tortilla chips is seen on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023, in Boston. Authorities are raising the alarm about a OneChipChallenge social media trend that encourages people to avoid seeking relief from eating and drinking for as long as possible after eating the chips, days after a Massachusetts teenager died hours after taking part in the challenge. The dare is popular on social media sites, with scores of people including children unwrapping the packaging, eating the chips and reacting to the heat. (AP Photo/Steve LeBlanc)

Death of U.S. teen raising questions about spicy food challenges

Food challenges have a long history, but have they become too extreme?

 

July 5, 2023 - Roast for a story on slow food. Don Denton photo Food photography

Take it slow…and even slower

Lessons from a slow-food lifestyle

  • Sep 4, 2023

 

An orchard worker picks Red Delicious apples from an Okanagan orchard. Many fruits in Canada are now ripening. (Black Press file photo)

QUIZ: Are you ready for the fruit harvest?

Agricultural workers are harvesting various fruit crops

 

July 25, 2023 - The Chicken Karage dish at Fathom Victoria in the Hotel Grand Pacific. Don Denton photo

Water world

FATHOM delivers unique, seafood-forward experience

  • Aug 24, 2023
July 25, 2023 - The Chicken Karage dish at Fathom Victoria in the Hotel Grand Pacific. Don Denton photo
Denise Marchessault lives in Victoria B.C., and teaches online cooking classes. She’s also the author of two cookbooks. (Photo by Deb Garlick)

Your guide to hosting a simple but memorable dinner party

Denise Marchessault, author of The Artful Pie Project, teaches online cooking classes

Denise Marchessault lives in Victoria B.C., and teaches online cooking classes. She’s also the author of two cookbooks. (Photo by Deb Garlick)
Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during a plenary session of the Russia-Africa Summit and Economic and Humanitarian Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, July 27, 2023. (Pavel Bednyakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin promises no-cost Russian grain shipments to 6 African countries

Putin spoke at the opening session of a two-day Russia-Africa summit

Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during a plenary session of the Russia-Africa Summit and Economic and Humanitarian Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, July 27, 2023. (Pavel Bednyakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
Aspartame was classified as a possible carcinogen to humans, according to the assessments released July 14. (PepsiCo via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT

Aspartame findings shouldn’t change aspartame consumption: B.C. experts

Artificial sweetener classified as possible carcinogen, SFU says consumption levels must be extreme

Aspartame was classified as a possible carcinogen to humans, according to the assessments released July 14. (PepsiCo via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT
May 3, 2023 - Charcuterie plate for Ellie Shortt story on food for entertainment performances. Don Denton photo. Food photography. Food photographer

The show must go on…the table

Theatrically themed foods throughout the ages

  • Jul 24, 2023
May 3, 2023 - Charcuterie plate for Ellie Shortt story on food for entertainment performances. Don Denton photo. Food photography. Food photographer
This combination of photos shows shows soup made with chicken-cilantro dumplings from the freezer and leftover vegetables, left, and stir-fried mushrooms with the cabbage. (Beth J. Harpaz via AP)

Menu planning when it’s time to empty the freezer

Turning a kitchen’s forgotten food into meals takes improvising

This combination of photos shows shows soup made with chicken-cilantro dumplings from the freezer and leftover vegetables, left, and stir-fried mushrooms with the cabbage. (Beth J. Harpaz via AP)
Lettuce is the most wasted food, followed by other produce according to a survey of 1,001 people commissioned by Chefs Plate. (Christine van Reeuwyk/News Staff)

Gen Z in Canada spends the most on food – and wastes the most – says survey

Lettuce is the most commonly trashed food item, followed by other perishables

Lettuce is the most wasted food, followed by other produce according to a survey of 1,001 people commissioned by Chefs Plate. (Christine van Reeuwyk/News Staff)
A customer walks down a grocery store’s drinks aisle in Newcastle, Ont. on Thursday July 13, 2023. The Canadian Cancer Society and Health Canada are reviewing the World Health Organization’s classification of aspartame as “possibly carcinogenic.” THE CANADIAN PRESS/Doug Ives

Stay within aspartame limits, cancer society says in wake of WHO findings

Canadian advice offered after World Health Organization reports sweetener ‘possibly carcinogenic’

A customer walks down a grocery store’s drinks aisle in Newcastle, Ont. on Thursday July 13, 2023. The Canadian Cancer Society and Health Canada are reviewing the World Health Organization’s classification of aspartame as “possibly carcinogenic.” THE CANADIAN PRESS/Doug Ives
A “best before” date is shown on a food container in Toronto, Tuesday, July 4, 2023. A report from a House committee is recommending the government take another look at its rules around best before dates in an effort to cut down on food waste. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Giordano Ciampini

Ottawa urged to reconsider best before date system to reduce grocery waste

‘A lot of people think that best before dates are expiry dates’

A “best before” date is shown on a food container in Toronto, Tuesday, July 4, 2023. A report from a House committee is recommending the government take another look at its rules around best before dates in an effort to cut down on food waste. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Giordano Ciampini
Chicken salad dishes made from Good Meat’s cultivated chicken is shown at the Eat Just office in Alameda, Calif., Wednesday, June 14, 2023. For the first time, U.S. regulators on Wednesday, June 21, approved the sale of chicken made from animal cells, allowing two California companies to offer “lab-grown” meat to the nation’s restaurant tables and eventually, supermarket shelves.(AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

US approves chicken made from cultivated cells, nation’s first ‘lab-grown’ meat

‘Cultured’ meat set to emerge from the laboratory and arrive on American dinner plates

Chicken salad dishes made from Good Meat’s cultivated chicken is shown at the Eat Just office in Alameda, Calif., Wednesday, June 14, 2023. For the first time, U.S. regulators on Wednesday, June 21, approved the sale of chicken made from animal cells, allowing two California companies to offer “lab-grown” meat to the nation’s restaurant tables and eventually, supermarket shelves.(AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Portrait of Glowbal CEO Emad Yacoub. Photography by Lia Crowe

Top of the food chain

Glowbal CEO Emad Yacoub is passionate, deliberate and hands-on when it comes to running his highly successful group of restaurants

  • Jun 21, 2023
Portrait of Glowbal CEO Emad Yacoub. Photography by Lia Crowe
Alvaro Lario, president of the International Fund of Agricultural Development, participates in the Global Citizen NOW conference in New York, Friday, April 28, 2023. The head of a UN agency working to shore up rural food systems says richer countries need to focus on delivering proactive aid to developing countries instead of shifting to humanitarian work after crises have happened. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Seth Wenig

Richer countries like Canada must deliver proactive aid: head of UN rural food agency

Price of all essential and non-essential goods and services spiralling

Alvaro Lario, president of the International Fund of Agricultural Development, participates in the Global Citizen NOW conference in New York, Friday, April 28, 2023. The head of a UN agency working to shore up rural food systems says richer countries need to focus on delivering proactive aid to developing countries instead of shifting to humanitarian work after crises have happened. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Seth Wenig
March 1, 2023 - Canadian passport and food for Ellie Shortt food story. Don Denton photo

Transport your taste buds

Travel the globe without leaving your kitchen

  • May 26, 2023
March 1, 2023 - Canadian passport and food for Ellie Shortt food story. Don Denton photo
Grandpa J's Seasoning. Lia Crowe photography

Taste of Greece

Vancouver sisters turn to their roots to spice up the seasoning industry

  • May 3, 2023
Grandpa J's Seasoning. Lia Crowe photography
January 16, 2023 - Illustration for food story on using food in your pantry. Story and recipes by Ellie Shortt.. Don Denton photo

Pantry to plate

Recipes for a rainy day

  • Apr 14, 2023
January 16, 2023 - Illustration for food story on using food in your pantry. Story and recipes by Ellie Shortt.. Don Denton photo
Farm fresh eggs from a vending machine? Who would have thought? And, yet, Doug Groenendijk has made it a reality. (Photo by Don Bodger)

B.C. farmer comes out of his shell to sell vending machine eggs

Vancouver Islands’ Doug Groenendijk says timing right to get cracking with a new venture

Farm fresh eggs from a vending machine? Who would have thought? And, yet, Doug Groenendijk has made it a reality. (Photo by Don Bodger)
Kelowna’s Lakehouse Home Store has opened Lakehouse Kitchens Cooking School with Lakehouse’s culinary director, Chef Bernard Casavant. Darren Hull photo

Romancing the stove

Date night at Lakehouse Kitchens Cooking School

  • Mar 31, 2023
Kelowna’s Lakehouse Home Store has opened Lakehouse Kitchens Cooking School with Lakehouse’s culinary director, Chef Bernard Casavant. Darren Hull photo