FROM THE WILD – S1E5 – DEFLECTION

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This trip was intended to be easy. We were supposed to be going into a part of the province where game was rampant and our pockets burst with big game tags. Do a little fishing. Set up camp. It only ended up being a handful of those things. One reality that didn’t make the edit but had a big impact on the … Read More

FROM THE WILD – S1E4 – JASPER

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One bucket list item down. I’ve been wanting to do a trout fishing trip, in a canoe, in Jasper National Park…for years. When planning the From The Wild production schedule for the year, this trip’s inclusion was therefore a must. And it didn’t disappoint. Four lakes in three days, with Jeff Senger and Brayden Kozak from Three Boars. Brayden had … Read More

FROM THE WILD – SPRAY

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I’m not even sure where to start on this one. ‘From The Wild’ will be a 12-part/season series exploring wild food outdoors – hunting, fishing, foraging, and the inevitable adventures they send you on. They’re 22 minute shows, and this is the intro/trailer for episode 1, which we just finished shooting on the epic Spray Lakes. The full length shows … Read More

1867 – Oyama Sausage Co. [Ep 62]

Kevin1867, Charcuterie, Dry Cured Meats, From the Cellar, Kevin TV, Pork, Saucisson Sec, Whole Muscle8 Comments

Many a romp through France got me very dearly attached to saucisson sec. The count of Albertan charcutiers in business back then, and still, added up to a disheartening zero. There was, however, hope. Every visit to the west coast meant pilgrimage to Oyama’s stall at the Granville Island Market to get a fix. I’ve adored their rillettes, confits, terrines, … Read More

Lactuca Urban Farm Spring Update

KevinFood Politics, From Local Farms, From the Garden, Gardening, Kevin TV, Lactuca Micro Farm, Spring Veg, Veg, Vegetables5 Comments

Sadly, our really early spring shoot got kiboshed by the site location – the one we’ve been working on in Inglewood all winter – getting tied up in politics. We had a cool shoot with snow around, cold frames doing their spring thing, and alas, it wasn’t in the cards to become our first vid of 2013. The story with … Read More

1867 – Joy Road

Kevin1867, Backyard Chickens, Charcuterie, Cheese, Dry Cured Meats, Foraging, From the Cellar, From the Garden, From The Wild, Greens & Stuff, Kevin TV, Spring Veg, Vegetables5 Comments

On a recent [amazing] trip down to the Slow Food Canada national meeting, I happened to end up in a restaurant for dinner in Penticton, Cam and Dana happened to be there as well, and the restauranteur happened to introduce us. They’d just been back from foraging, and had a van full of watercress and nettles destined for the dinner … Read More

Episode 53 – Duck

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Confession: I packed in waterfowl hunting for a number of years for a few reasons. First reason – the more I learned about appropriate practices around animal slaughter in general, the less it made sense to shoot a hundred+ pellets at any and all of the prime cuts of an animal, have it fall from the sky to bruise on … Read More