Carollyne Yardley
Raised in Victoria, British Columbia, Carollyne Yardley completed two years in the Faculty of Fine Arts, and is a graduate of the University of Victoria, where she completed a double major in Psychology and History in Art. Most recently, she has taken art classes at the Victoria College of Art and studied with Tony Ryder at The Ryder Studio School in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Since 1997, she has been the founder, business owner and creative director of a software application & web development company which provided her with a strong...
read moreMorel Mushrooms in Our Kitchen
Our Chef, Robin Jackson is sharing some excitement about great wild , fresh ingredients he gets to work...
read moreGetting ready to welcome our guests in our dining room on a calm, sunny beautiful evening in August.
The view from every table in our ocean front dining room on a summer...
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www.sookeslowfoodcycle.com Ride. Learn. Discover. Eat. And give fresh-air thanks for the season’s bounty. Community groups sharing a sustainable live/work/eat locally philosophy are banding together to present the first Sooke Slow Food Cycle (SSFC) on Thanksgiving Sunday, Oct. 9, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., rain or shine. Choose between two routes both beginning at the Sooke Harbour House: The 30km “Red Route” traces back roads in the farm belt west of Sooke and is intended for mid-level and advanced riders. The gentler, pedestrian-friendly “Green...
read moreList of edible flowers we grow and use
Edible flowers are a lot of fun to experiment with. Yet little (and much contradictory) information exists about them. This list excludes all known poisonous and questionable flowers as well as most tropical flowers and some edible flowers with little culinary merit. Please note that this list pertains only to the edibility of the flower portion of the plant. Finally, never eat any plant or flower you cannot identify with certainty. Anise Hyssop (Agastache foeniculum) Arugula (Erusca vesicaria) Basil (Ocimum basilicum) Bee Balm (Mondarda...
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Monday August 8th , 2011 Cucumber and Sweet Basil Soup Served chilled, with an Albacore Tuna and sweet pepper salad and flower blossom oil Or Sooke Harbour House Salad Wild & cultivated herbs, lettuces , flowers and blossoms from our certified organic garden served with a Fruit Sage and honey vinaigrette Or Quadra Island Sea Angel Oysters on the Half Shell Served with an apple cider vinegar mignonette with seasonal edible flowers Grilled Lamb Loin Served with a mint-cilantro sauce, smoked ALM Farm fingerling potaoes Roasted turnips,...
read moreJames Atkin
James Atkin has been creating high relief woodcarvings on Vancouver Island for close to twenty years. His calling as a woodcarver was born out of a life long affiliation with wood, a love of art and a need to create. While recovering from a series of surgeries and with a need to channel energy and frustration, he started carving. Completely self-taught, what began as a form of therapy has gradually blossomed into a passion that is almost an obsession. Jim is both tickled and intrigued by whimsy, which is apparent in much of his work. His...
read moreSharon Bussard Grove Pottery
Sharon Bussard Grove was born in Lethbridge, Alberta. Her first experience with clay was ingrained as a child diligently playing in her Grandmothers studio. Mid life she returned to her passion for clay while residing in Tsawwassen. In 1994 She became an active member of the pottery community with the Delta Potters Association and began her career as a fulltime potter. Two thousand and three marked a transition period, after moving to Sooke she spent the following four winters away at school, first at in Ontario at Sheridan College of...
read moreMarilyn Peeters
Marilyn is an expressionist painter working and residing in the Comox Valley, British Columbia. Art has been a strong passion for her from a very young age. In the 70’s, she majored in Fine Art in high school with the dream to further her art studies, but life chose a different path for her at the time. Her and her husband moved to the Comox Valley in the early 80’s. Yet, she continued to put her art dream on hold to start a family. When their children reached elementary age, Marilyn extended her knowledge in art working as a...
read moreNorene Schmuck
A Collector by nature, the discovery of the Pique Assiette style of mosaics was a perfect fit for my creative expression. (Pique Assiette loosely translates as “to steal from plates”) Accumulating stacks of old dishes to use as a palette comes easily for me. Hunting for materials, scouring the Thrift stores for that perfect cup, plate or dish to be broken and re-purposed, flowers become eyes for fish or leaves turn into scales or fins. Exclusivly using broken crockery, hours can be spent in one area,to find just the right blend...
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