Fried Zucchini And Alfalfa Sandwich
Eating this sandwich feels hopeful for spring, and since winter just started, we need all the hope we can muster.
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Community & Farmer Markets
Markets are a way of life in the Yukon. Community-minded artisans, crafters and food producers from all over the territory converge at markets big and small from Beaver Creek to Whitehorse and Haines Junction to Watson Lake to share their locally made wares and promote the spirit of the Yukon!
Old Gardeners Never Die, They Just Go to Seed
Fall is the time when seeds are able to be gathered and stored. And a seed exchange is the perfect place to share some of those seeds.
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Yummy dumplings
Anne’s Dumplings took off in the last year. Anne Huang-Power can’t keep up with the demand for her dumplings.
Providing Provisions
Yukon Provisions is a new collaborative space for local food entrepreneurs
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Bringing BBQ to the masses
Smoke and Sow, from food truck to Whitehorse restaurant. The menu includes beef brisket, pulled pork, racks of ribs and whole chickens.
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Bringing local food to Yukoners
Farming in the Yukon comes with a few other unique obstacles, including producing food with wildlife at the doorstep.
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Hannah Warrington of Half Moon Ice Cream
Meet a maker! What do you make? I make handcrafted, traditional custard style-ice cream. It is made with all natural ingredients – I don’t shortcut
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Twelve days of holiday cheer
As the holiday season rapidly approaches, Yukoners find themselves in the full swing of seasonal craft markets. One of the most highly-anticipated events in the
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Locally grown, raised, harvested, crafted …
The long-running Fireweed community farmers market has grown over the years into a destination event each week, as a multitude of local farmers, vendors and crafters gather to share their products.
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Unfurled: Yukon Fur event
The Unfurled project is a series of events culminating in one full day of workshops, demonstrations, and a marketplace March 2018.
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Twelve days of handmade awesome stuff
Vendors and their crafting friends are gathering for The 12 Days of Christmas Market this December.
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Christmas shopping at the Old Fire Hall
The third annual Christmas Market at the Old Fire Hall will be held Friday, December 1 and Saturday, December 2. Once again the event is
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A community living craft fair
On Saturday, December 2, the Yukon Association for Community Living (YACL) is having its annual Christmas Craft Fair and Open House.
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Gifts for geeks
If you don’t know what to get the geek on your Christmas list, the Yukon Comic Culture Society (YCCS) is coming to the rescue. The
On Market Day, Everything Old is New Again
The way some people talk, you’d think farmers’ markets were a recent invention by eco-conscious millennials spurred to action by reading a book about the
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Fermented, Stewed, Baked and Brewed!
While that cornbread didn’t end up in a gallery, it did inspire did inspire the food oriented event called The Ingestible Festival
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So Good, So Try It
The Yukon Culinary Festival sounds like a good way to celebrate Canada’s 150th anniversary. “The definition of Canadian cuisine that we use is local, seasonal,
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Do the Berry
Cranberries are just one of many berries that you can add to regular recipes for some extra health benefits. But since we are in the
New Ideas on What to do with Old Stuff
The recent closures of the Salvation Army and free stores at Raven Recycling and the Whitehorse Waste Management Facility have made it difficult to source
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The Week That Was…
The week began with my English friend finally making it with her CanaDream Camper – a one-month, one-woman journey from Calgary to Whitehorse. For the
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Watson Lake Farmer’s Market Moves to the Sign Post Forest
Looking for something interesting to do on a Saturday afternoon? Look no further than the Watson Lake Farmer’s Market held at Historic Mile 635 in the famous Watson Lake Sign Post Forest.
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Cool to be kind
Meg Rodgers is a self-proclaimed “whole food junkie” who exudes kindness in everything she does. It’s not only in the name of her baking company,
Great Food from the College Kitchen
This past fall they also did the Government of Yukon Agricultural Branch’s North of 60 Conference banquet and sourced almost 90 per cent of the
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About a Fair
From stunning jewelery, fine arts and unique crafts to quality prepared foods and personal care products hand made by Yukon artisans, the 12 Days of
Imagination & Artistry at the Whitehorse Etsy Sale
Etsy.com’s coast-to-coast pop-up event is back in Whitehorse for a second year, celebrating local artisans. Over a dozen vendors will be there with wares for
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A Market for the Whole Community
Whitehorse chef and cookbook author (and What’s Up Yukon columnist) Miche Genest has a wonderful description of the Fireweed Community Market: she calls it “community
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The Yukon Culinary Festival Tells a Story of the Yukon, Through Food
The Yukon is filled with culinary hidden gems, according to Eric Pateman. A culinary expert, Pateman had no idea how rich the Yukon food scene
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Only woodfire for this ethical bean
The best cup of coffee I’ve ever had was at the table of Philippe and Leandra Brient in the log-hewn home they built themselves. Outside
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Saturday is Market Time in the Klondike
Saturday in Dawson’s Waterfront Park means it’s time for a couple of markets to open for business. The Farmers’ Market has been running for many
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The Strange Story of Mary Hanulik Garden
Dawson City blooms in the summer. It’s a process that begins in some local commercial greenhouses and explodes after the horticultural booths at the Gold
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Tastes of Home
Conquering exotic culinary worlds is exhilarating, but the dispiriting lack of some foods can make home feel very far away, indeed. For some people, a
Farmer Robert’s: The business of nature
From the outside, Farmer Robert’s Store looks like a market in the middle of farm country. And that is exactly what it is… and much
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Saturday at the Front Street Markets
Front Street is lined with vehicles and shoppers from late morning to midafternoon each Saturday during the summer, even on days when there’s a smoky
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Frolic for Foodies
At the end of July, foodies from across the country will travel north to take part in the 2015 Yukon Culinary Festival. Now in its
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Now’s a Good Time to Help Farmers Feed Us
Now that spring has officially sprung, local farmers are waiting for the ground to warm up enough to put seeds and seedlings into the earth.
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Food Security
Winter; a season many people dread. The extra work of shovelling snow, the layers of clothing, the cold temperatures, and even the shorter daylight hours
Local Food, Local Politics
Food has been in the news. A lot of it has to do with the issue of food security, food safety and the costs of
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No Future for Food, If There is No Future in Food-
From farm to plate, our food travels many miles and touches many hands. My generation saw the traditional farm gobbled up by corporate agri-business and
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Dreams Achieved: The Fireweed Market is back
When we first moved to the Yukon 16 years ago I told my family that if I would like to have a market garden. The
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Burrito Business is Booming
Ray Mazurak was studying at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver when the idea of owning and operating his own portable food stand first
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To Market, To Market …
I usually plant more vegetables than I am going to personally use because I like to attend the farmers’ markets in Whitehorse. It started out
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Kerr-razy for Taste
Pat McKenna takes a cook’s tour of famous, infamous and soon-to-be famous Yukon chefs. Featured today is Mary-El Kerr of Whitehorse. Mary-El Kerr, owner and
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Thailand on the Yukon River
From my seat, I could see a toboggan hill, trees, mountains and blue sky. Not such a bad view for my lunch in the middle
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From the Arts: A Large Show of Small Works
Rosemary Piper’s work is familiar to Yukon audiences. She’s a faithful exhibitor at the Yukon Artists @ Work Cooperative Gallery while the North End Gallery
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From Israel to Shipyards Park
He was a staple of this summer’s Fireweed Market, held every Thursday in Shipyards Park. At the far end of the market’s stalls, you’d find
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Artrepreneur: Spruce Bog in the Summer
One of Whitehorse’s favourite Christmas craft fairs has reproduced. About 40 different craft makers, artists, authors and artisans will showcase their work at the Yukon
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A Time to Be Thankful
Summer ended abruptly this year. When the first snowfall came, I was very thankful that all of our veggies had been harvested. Harvesting is backbreaking
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Making a Mark(et)
From swiss chard to arctic charr, from jelly to jewelry – all this and more is on offer at the Fireweed Community Market at Shipyards
Hands-On Harvest Celebration
The Celebration of the Harvest takes place at Shipyards Park again this year on Thursday, this time with a special visit from mythologies past. Demeter
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