Edible Vancouver Island March/April 2024

Make it at home BORSCHT FROM UKRAINE

First, if you like to cook, some of the featured cuisines can be recreated at home by simply finding and following a good recipe. Borscht, the Ukrainian beetroot soup, is a good place to start. Many traditional recipes call for meat, but you can also make a vegetarian version and still conjure up the spirit of this dish. Serve with some dark rye bread, a dollop of sour cream if you fancy it, and you can enjoy this colourful, fortifying and tasty soup that’s very budget-friendly. These tiny little balls of semolina are exceptionally easy to prepare (from a box, unless you want to have a go at it from scratch) and are the ideal sponge for the flavours of North African cuisine. A good recipe, a tagine if you have one–those glazed pots with the narrow spout on top available in any good cookware shop–and you can have the rich, sweetly aromatic taste of Northern Africa at home. Will it be the same as eating on a rooftop in Marrakesh with the sights, sounds and smells of the bazaar in the distance–no, but you can close your eyes and imagine. THE GASTRONOMIC MEAL OF FRANCE This is fairly accessible if you have some cooking skills and a good cookbook. As with the previous example, it won’t take you to the French countryside, having a two-hour lunch en plein air with a local bottle of French wine, but we’re looking for reasonable reproductions here. While you’re at it, you could try finding a French baguette (also on the list) at one of the finer bakeries in your area that use high-quality ingredients, which will get you as close to a boulangerie as possible, without having to board a plane to France. Try it at a restaurant MEDITERRANEAN DIET Another broad category on UNESCO’s list is “The Mediterranean Diet,” with specific attention paid to Spanish tapas. Having not been to Spain (yet), I can’t vouch for authenticity, but I do know that the tapas and accompanying Spanish wines and sherries at Perro Negro are absolutely delicious. Other popular spots for tapas in Victoria are Bodega and The Tapa Bar. Located next to each other, you could try them both in one night. COUSCOUS IN ALGERIA, MAURITANIA, MOROCCO AND ALGERIA

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30 MAR/APR 2024 EDIBLE VANCOUVER ISLAND