Speaker Series Continues on Douglas Day

"British Columbia's Second World War in History and Memory" Our next speaker, Scott Sheffield, will present during the annual Douglas Day Dinner on Friday November 17th at the Fort Langley Community Hall (doors open at 5:00 pm). Members can purchase a ticket from Dave at: dalwyneb@telus.net R. Scott Sheffield is an Associate Professor of History at the University of the Fraser Valley who spent the bulk of his career researching Indigenous military service and authored The Red Man’s on the Warpath: The Image of the ‘Indian’ and the Second World War (UBC Press, 2004), and (with Noah Riseman) Indigenous Peoples and the Second World War: The Politics, Experiences and Legacies of War in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand (Cambridge U Press, 2019), as well as numerous articles and book chapters.His current research explores British Columbia’s home front during the Second World War, especially the role of community [...]

2023-11-09T05:43:20+00:00November 9th, 2023|

Christmas Baking Recipes: Edith Adams Style

Once upon a time there was a fictional homemaker named Edith Adams, who was actually a collection of food editors at the Vancouver Sun between 1924 and 1999. The in-house testing kitchen was named Edith Adams' Cottage where thousands of recipes were developed and tinkered with over the decades.  Edith even had her own radio show on CKMO. Marianne Linnell was perhaps the best known of the editors, and huge crowds would turn out at her public appearances. The BC Food History blog has more HERE. The University of the Fraser Valley holds an excellent array of cookbooks in its Heritage Special Collections  -- some 200 of them have been digitized. The Edith Adams Christmas Baking cookbook is available HERE. We've thumbed the pages to feature a few recipes from the book below. It's almost like going to Grandma's house.   Would you believe smoked liver spread? Or corned beef/tongue?   [...]

2022-11-28T15:27:07+00:00November 26th, 2022|
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