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For thousands of years, people have made and enjoyed wine. But if it’s been around so long, why is it so difficult to learn about wine? Why is wine so intimidating? At Swallow Tail, we know how to demystify this delicious and ancient beverage for the modern consumer. Whether you’re new to wine or someone…

Fishing & lunch at the seashore anyone? Your chance to learn what you can sustainably catch in BC oceans without a boat. Your wildcraft guide will discuss how to forage for seaweed, fish, crab, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, clams, scallops, oysters, geoduck, mussels and lots more seafood in BC. Chef Robin will be talking about…

In the Pacific Northwest, there are spring flowers, tasty leaves, salty seaweeds and savoury mushrooms that come up from March to May.  The wonderful thing about harvesting your own ingredients is the journey it takes you on, out into the fields and forests to explore and then home to your kitchen to cook with family…

Where do you find the best dumplings in Vancouver? I’m a dumpling addict, because these tasty little bites that are a true labour of love.  I come by it honestly, watching my mom roll out and pinch dozens of perogies for hours only to have us devour them in 30 minutes displayed nothing but love…

I was inspired to create some more new recipes this rainy November (I cook to stave off the cloudy weather blues).  In my new coastal foraging cookbook I have a recipe for bullwhip kelp furikake, so having lots of this spice mix around I thought I’d try it as a flavour accent to handmade dhalpuri…

In a lifetime of living between the Pacific Ocean and the Coast mountains, I’ve gathered a pocketful of delicious local plants, mushrooms and seafood into my little green recipe book. The resulting cookbook is a family heirloom where original recipes from my mother, grandmother and chef friends mingle with my own experiments with wild ingredients….

Spot prawn season is short in BC, only 4-6 short weeks starting in May so you better make the best of your precious catch.  Here are 3 great cooking methods that preserve the sweet, delicate meat of the prawn, the key is to not overcook them.  I would suggest trying one prawn by itself so…

Come bake and forage with me!  Try this elderflower sumac hot cross bun recipe, I guarantee you’ve never tasted these beauties before.  My family are hot cross bun lovers, my grandma makes amazing ones and I get voracious cravings for them every year.  I had a lot of fun playing with a recent sourdough hot…

If you want to follow my culinary adventures online, I’ll be posting weekly videos on my YouTube Channel below.  Lots of recipes and handpicking ingredients from the coasts and mountains of BC. https://youtu.be/meJqlLocG5w

My mom and her bro – Birthday cake triggers nostalgia in many Comfort food feeds our souls, eating a dish from our childhood can create a calm, happy glow.  These kinds of foods take a wide range of forms (my partner loves Old El Paso Taco kits!!!), but what makes them memorable?  It’s definitely not…