Edible Vancouver Island November/December 2023

NOV/DEC 2023 CONTENTS No. 24

1 welcome letter 4 FIELD NOTES Edible news + notes worth sharing 6 Holiday Gift Guide 8 EDIBLE Guide 14 current craving Christmas Merri-mint by Heidi Richter 19 Feature Article Christmas in Ukraine by Oksana Firak 22 EDIBLE Design Hosting the Holidays by Jessica McKeil 24 Holiday experience Guide 28 Celebrations The Playfully Decadent Table by Emily Lycopolus 32 Island Experience A Mug of Holiday Cheer by Danielle Steiner

35 LOCAL LIBATIONS Mocktails Making Spirits Bright by Gabrielle Plonka 40 Feature article

"Brrr"-ing on a New Year by Danielle Steiner

48 Listicle

10 Top Things to do this Holiday Season by Karen Elgersma

RECIPES IN THIS ISSUE

16 Mint Chocolate Icebox Cookies

17 Crispy Fried

Cauliflower Bites with Yogurt Mint Sauce

21 Ukrainian Winter Salad

31 Farro Stuffed Pumpkins

43 Polar Plunge Lunch

46 Thermos Love

The Art of the Winter Feast by Teddy Cosco

ON THIS PAGE: Thermos Love. Photo by Derek Bissonnette

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