Celebrate Local Food – 2019 Grand Prize Winner
Our Year-End Local Food Promotion Grand Prize winner is Christine Aikens
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Our Year-End Local Food Promotion Grand Prize winner is Christine Aikens
Celebrate Local Food – 2019 Grand Prize Winner Read More »
This month’s Local Food Promotion winner is… Cindy Breitkreutz This is a Kugel made with local carrots, eggs and wild mushrooms (agaricus and oyster). So
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This month’s Local Food Promotion winner is… Sylwia Motała Saskatoon Berry Cake To make this beautiful Saskatoon Berry cake she used delicious antioxidant-rich berries grown
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This month’s Local Food Promotion winner is… Jeszika Jeszika, has sent us many many photos simply loving Yukon grown and raised foods
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This month’s Local Food Promotion winner is… ANNE HUANG This is my Shanghai style red braised pork belly! We had some local pork belly that
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This month’s Local Food Promotion winner is… Mary Holozubiec Mary wrote: The Yukon just may very well be the kale capital of Canada. Kale is
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This month’s Local Food Promotion winner is… Elise Maltinsky “I saw your page showcasing local food and I don’t know where to start ( so
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This month’s Local Food Promotion winner is… Nadine Peters… and her local high bush cranberry chutney recipe!
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Two Wonderful Submissions! Received From Chef Berna O’Donovan of Cucina Berma Home cured Icy Waters Arctic Char Gravlax with Saffron and Hawaiian Red Salt. (above)
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Delicate and fine, the American Beauty Rose china service was surrounded by gleaming silver cutlery, platters and serving bowls passed down through family generations. All
Jamaican Baked Bananas for Christmas Read More »
“Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens / Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens / Brown paper packages tied up with strings / These
In Bloom for Christmas Read More »
Nuts are a staple product come Christmas time. The Nutcracker ballet is a staple theatre production, too. Combine the two and you have yourself a
A Tough Nut to Crack Read More »
Manufacturing, transportation — even writing styles — have all changed since Clement Moore’s famous ditty, A Visit from St. Nicholas, first appeared anonymously in the
A Christmas Tale Retold Read More »
It was December sometime in the mid-1950s. I was in the Baptist Mission School here in Whitehorse. Behind the fenced-in grounds of the school were
Getting Ready for Christmas Read More »
I’ve got a moose stew I usually throw together in the winter for a party. I get it going on the stove, and when it’s
Eric’s Christmas Moose Stew Read More »
My new job at a remote bush camp kept my wife Pearl and I apart for our first Christmas in 1946. When the spring rolled
The Christmas That I Met Lady Sherry Read More »
For more than a decade volunteers have been bringing bundles of stuff to hundreds of families in need around Whitehorse at Christmas — and making
A Turkey and Some Gifts Can Make a Big Difference Read More »
The stories are as varied as the goods for sale. Yukon has a lot of crafty and artistic people, and this is the time of
Homegrown Hoedown: The Christmas craft fair season is upon us Read More »
My best Christmas ever felt humdrum and boring at first. I was a first-year university student in a Greyhound bus for 10 hours to spend
Christmas Comes to This Read More »
“You pour the brandy on the pudding and set fire to it?! You English are strange”. Whitehorse in the snowy grip of Winter 2001. Basement
Home for Christmas Read More »
The poinsettia plant, also known as the Christmas Star or Christmas Flower, has a history rich with tradition and meaning. In Mexico, the arrival of
Poinsettia: A Cherished Symbol of Christmas Read More »
A battle is raging inside the F.H. Collins Gadzoosdaa Student Residence common room. Potato, turnip and carrot skins fly across the tabletop as 18 busy
Anatomy of a Christmas Kindness Read More »
Cher Yukon, Yes, it is that time of year again. I can’t believe I have been in Montréal almost four months. Of course this festive
Christmas has exploded 12 doors down. Read More »
I love Christmas … the lights that light up Main Street, the smells of Christmas baking, the excitement of wrapping up secrets and putting them
Christmas for Farmers Read More »
Over a mug of root beer, the editor of What’s Up Yukon, Darrell Hoo key, extols his particular Christmas Wish List. Topping the list, Wish
The editor’s Christmas Wish List Read More »
My parents, Bob and Elly Porsild, were from Denmark and we always observed Christmas in the Scandinavian way, celebrating with dinner and pakke on the
A Taste of Denmark Read More »
thimble is a little cap worn on the finger while sewing. Common in past days, maybe not so common today (unless you are a quilter),
A Thimble Full of Christmas Cranberries Read More »
You’ve written to Santa and he’s delivered. How he managed to maneuver that fully assembled nine-foot fishing rod down the chimney is best left a
All I Want for Christmas is a Fishing Rod Read More »
Somebody pinch me. I’m really here in Santa’s Village! Rosy-cheeked elves and reindeer and Norwegian sweaters and tinkling bells. It’s so magical! Although December is
Peppermint Latte at the North Pole Read More »
Christmas Eve is an ecumenical operation in Dawson City, and St. Paul’s Anglican gets the honour of hosting the 7 pm Carol Service because it
Getting in Tune for Christmas Eve Read More »
The poinsettia, or Christmas Star as it is known throughout Europe, is one of the very few plants that bloom during winter and the holiday
Caring for That Christmas Poinsettia Read More »
As we get closer and closer to the epic feasts that are in the near future I can’t help but think of … the Christmas
Have Pig, Will Travel Read More »
Cake Balls are a nice replacement for classic rum balls – lighter in texture because their insides have more cake than icing sugar
Festive Cake Balls Read More »
A new writer submitted a story the other day. A good story, too: well-written, informative, witty. But something in the first paragraph hit one of
I Really Don’t Like Xmas Read More »
Is Logan sick of getting the same old moose bones every year? Would Fluffy like a pink rhinestone-studded collar, or is beaver skin more her
Santa Claus, Pet Whisperer Read More »
Darkness is closing in at 4:30 and it’s finally started to get cold here on the week I’m writing this. The cold is a good
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas Read More »
In Canada, as well as the States and all over Europe, this time of year the smells of cinnamon, molasses and ginger are overwhelming at
A Matter of Texture Read More »
It seems to be that time of year again, when people want to give presents to friends. It’s also that time of year to really
A Pet for Christmas? Think Carefully Read More »
Once the flurry of pre-Christmas activities dies down, there’s no need to feel bored just because school is out and you have a few days
You may be familiar with the partridge in the pear tree and the two turtle doves – counting birds is a longstanding Christmas tradition. The
Counting Birds: A Christmas Tradition Read More »
Spinach Pie This is called Spinach Pie in my house, but it’s actually a no-crust quiche. My mom makes this for me when I visit,
Grateful isn’t a word that automatically springs to mind when I think about myself as a child. My family wasn’t awash in money, but there
The Christmas Visitor Read More »