Vejlby Klit, Denmark
I came to Denmark for a family reunion on my mom’s side. After a week on my own in Copenhagen, I met up with my mom, brother and niece for the short journey to the Jutland Peninsula to join the rest...
View ArticlePølse med Brød in København (Copenhagen)
Street food is some of my favourite, especially when I’m traveling. There’s no better way to immerse yourself in a city’s culture and meet some local foodies. Ramen in Tokyo, Tacos in Puerto Vallarta,...
View ArticleWinner of The Serpent and the Pearl
Congratulations to Shauna, who won a copy of The Serpent and the Pearl by Kate Quinn. Please email me your physical address, Shauna, and I’ll get it right to you! Thank you all for participating! The...
View ArticleDon’t Eat This
I saw an ad for this for the first time this morning, and I thought: “Fibre + Chocolate…isn’t that Ex-Lax?” EAT REAL FOOD, not this. PLEASE. The post Don’t Eat This appeared first on Island Vittles.
View ArticleMy Great Cajun Day Out
2013 has been a very good year. As if adventures in Scotland, Denmark and Paris earlier in the year weren’t enough, I spent last week in the great state of Louisiana with a family that has become very...
View ArticleA Night in New Orleans
For a chef and food lover, there’s no greater culinary Mecca in North America than New Orleans. Influenced by cultures that have converged upon this great city on the Mississippi over its 300 years...
View ArticleMy Bokashi Experiment – Week 1
Recently, the residents of the Southern Gulf Islands, including Pender, as well as everyone living in the Greater Victoria Area (aka the Capital Regional District), were given notice that as of...
View ArticleMy Bokashi Experiment – Update 2
We’re now about 4 weeks into using our new Bokashi composting system. Bokashi is a Japanese method for breaking down ALL kitchen food waste, including meat, dairy and cooked food. This is different...
View ArticleMy Bokashi Experiment – Update 3
We’re two months into our new composting regimen using Bokashi, a hundreds year old system that uses the power of fermentation to reduce ALL of your kitchen waste to rich, black soil ready for the...
View ArticleOnwards and Upwards
After about 18 months of indecisiveness, I’ve finally decided it’s time to put Island Vittles out to pasture. It was a tough decision to come to, because this blog has taught me so much about writing,...
View ArticleTuesday Dooze – The Pender Island Dog Show
Dog lovers from across the Penders (all 13 square miles of them) gathered in early August to celebrate all things canine. It was a day full of drama and beauty. Think Toddlers and Tiaras but with dogs...
View ArticleQualicum Beach – Sleeping in Trees & Spelunking in Caves
We skipped our little island a couple of weeks back and took a road trip up the Malahat Highway on Vancouver Island to Qualicum Beach, a small, picturesque town on the east coast of the Big Island,...
View ArticleTaking Stock of the Basics – Meat and Poultry
The Canadian Thanksgiving bird has been brined, stuffed, roasted and eaten. Other than a few more sandwiches, another food holiday is done for the year. Only one question remains: What are you going...
View ArticleHomemade Pear Infused Brandy
I got back from walking the dog this morning to find a 25lb frozen tuna on our welcome mat….and the funny thing is, I wasn’t really all that surprised. Almost since the first day I started this blog 23...
View ArticleSoft & Pillowy Hamburger Buns
Did you know that some of your favourite foods came about by mistake? Here’s a couple of my favourite examples: While making chocolate cookies, Ruth Wakefield, owner of the Toll House Inn, discovered...
View ArticleFish & Chips at the Invergarry Hotel
Fish & Chips is a must have on a trip to Great Britain. And while they’re served at every establishment under the English, Welsh and Scottish suns, I’m very choosy about where I order them. I...
View ArticleScottish Salmon for My Birthday at the Lovat Hotel in Fort Augustus
After two days in Inverness, we left our cozy B&B to pick up the boat we hired from Caley Cruisers and began our journey down the Caledonian Canal, between Inverness and Fort William in the...
View ArticleBreakfast at The Circus in Edinburgh and a Solo Parade up the Royal Mile
What is your favourite time of day? There’s no doubt that I’m at my best first thing in the morning, directly after my first cup of coffee. The dog gets walked, a short post like this gets written,...
View ArticleBarley Risotto with Rocket at Panholes Cottages Blackford, Scotland
From Inverness, we hopped in our rental car for the three hour drive south to the village of Blackford, about twenty minutes outside of Stirling, in Perthshire. Ideally located near at least a half...
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