It’s pretty impressive just how much Ethan and I packed into our three day sojourn to and from the Okanagan. It helps that the list of things to do in a relatively small area is pretty impressive: wineries, orchards, farms, small producers… As we were told while we were there, you hear a lot about the 100mile diet but the Okanagan is more like the
An Okanagan Food & Wine Journey Part 2
After giving you the tour of our first day in the Okanagan, it was high time to reappear with day two. Day two was our only full day in the area and we packed as much in as we could. We started out the day at the Okanagan Lavender Herb farm. If you love lavender, then this is the place to be. The scent permeates
The Magical Okanagan Valley Part 1: Wine, Cheese & Being a Farmer
The Okanagan Valley is a special place in BC – I think it has a little bit of magic surrounding it. In summer and early fall, it becomes the fruit basket and wine glass of Canada. Orchards, and vineyards as far as the eye can see – dotting the shores of Okanagan Lake, home of the mythical Ogopogo Sea Monster. Interspersed in all that lush
The Best Thing I Ever Ate: Peaches and Feta
When I was small, every summer we would head up to the Okanagan Valley to visit my Grandma in her little house near Okanagan Lake in a sleepy little town called Kelowna. I remember two things very clearly from those visits. The first was the candies in the jar on my Grandma’s coffee table… those candies in that jar have turned into inspiration for a