Content about Food For Thought

01.31.12
Keshab Sapka: Head Chef at Mountain Tandoor

Christa chats with the popular head chef at Mountain Tandoor at The Stanford Inn in this month's "Food for Thought".

01.23.12
Locals Who Love to Cook with Amy Boeckner

This month Christa features Fernie resident Amy Boeckner, whom is known for her creative ways in the kitchen - bacon jam anyone?

11.22.11
Locals Who Love to Cook - Pat Robertson

This month Christa meets with Pat Robertson of Robertson Estate and shares one of his favourite recipes - Poulet au Vinaigre.

10.28.11
Becky Swanson's Sweetcakes!

Fernie's Sweetcakes have been the talk of the town the last few years and a hot item at the Fernie Mountain Market. Learn more about Becky and how she came up with the idea, and most importantly try one of her most popular recipes!

09.27.11
In Honour of the Great Fruit Pie

Christa provides us with an awesome pie recipe and discusses why it''s one of her favourite desserts. Perfect timing with fall and Thanksgiving coming up!

07.31.11
Sean Kluzac - Okonomiyaki

Sean, a staple at Fernie's renowned Yamagoya, shares his passion with food and one of his favourite recipes.

07.25.11
Mark Butcher - Rib-Eye with Rosemary & Blue Cheese Compound

Mark Butcher shares his barbecue secrets!

04.23.11
Barrie Rebbeck-Elliot’s Prosciutto Wrapped Stuffed Trout

Another great recipe and chef profile in this month's Food for Thought.

03.31.11
Baker Arek Szewc of Loaf

Ever wonder who was behind the amazing bread you enjoy from Loaf? Enter Arek.

02.28.11
Fernie Finest Chefs: Yan Therien

How Yan Therien became a chef and began his career in Fernie, and his Curried Potato cakes with Raiita recipe!

01.29.11
Fernie's Finest Chefs: Paul Haddon

Paul Haddon was surrounded by positive food experiences from an early age. He has fond memories of baking cakes with his grandmother as a child, but the real influence came from having young parents who loved to entertain. During their many dinner parties they would often find Paul in the kitchen helping out.

12.30.10
Fernie's Finest Chefs

Keith Farkas of Picnic shares a recipe and how he fell in love with cooking.

11.30.10
Say Cheese

A local cheese fanatic opens up shop - Le Grand Fromage and its story.

10.29.10
Fernie Foodies

Christa Moffat shares news of a great new Fernie cookbook published by the Fernie Women's Resource Centre - Fernie Foodies - including on of its amazing recipes.

10.03.10
Moussaka - A Gift From the Greek Goddesses

This month Christa Moffat shares a story of celebrations with friends in a mountain town, and a party table - Moussaka!

09.01.10
Lentil Enchiladas

Though we are not a vegetarian family, we eat many vegetarian dishes. Here is one of our favourites.

07.30.10
Sensational Lemon Roll

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The eight years that my family ran a small inn and French restaurant in Mont Tremblant, Quebec were instrumental in creating who we all are today. I worked in the restaurant business for many years afterward while travelling around Canada looking for a place to call home and have always loved food and cooking.

06.28.10
Tomato Butter Recipe and Local Restaurant news

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Tomato Butter is an absolutely delicious addition to any beef dish and recently my mother told me she has friends who love it on fish and hotdogs too! We all still make this every summer – to have on hand year round.

06.01.10
Peach Pie

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Every summer we would get all the neighbours together for a potluck dinner and corn roast. We would fill the front yard with borrowed tables and every one would bring their own chair. My sister and I would pick wildflowers and place them in glass jars for the tables. These gatherings were a celebration of summer and its wonderful bounty of fresh local food. It was in preparation for one of these parties that my mother taught me how to make peach pie- my favourite of all pies.

04.29.10
Caesar Salad Dressing

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Not only did we love to eat out, both of my parents were wonderful cooks and loved to entertain at home. My father would often close the doors to our small kitchen and work for hours, offering us nothing of what to expect, except the mouth watering smells infusing our small apartment. Hours later we would be summoned to the dining room and presented with a five course Chinese dinner!

04.01.10
Fish Tacos with Pineapple Salsa

The three years we spent as a family living in the Bahamas were full of diverse and pleasurable food experiences. Banana and avocado trees grew in the yard of our first home in Freeport. Avocados grow so big they can feed a whole table of guests. My mother would pick them warm from the tree to make “pear sandwiches” - mashed avocado on toast with salt and pepper.

02.27.10
Pumpkin Cheesecake

Some of my earliest childhood memories are of food. When I was 6 years old and living with my family in suburban Toronto my parents sold everything we owned and bought a 27’ Shepherd Cruiser. The family (including my 3 year old sister and 8 year old brother) moved aboard in early spring. We spent the next few of months traveling through the Intracoastal Waterways with a short ocean crossing from Florida to Freeport, Grand Bahamas Island where we settled for a few years.