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Q I love your column and your approach to food and recipes. In this morning's paper, I was delighted to find out how to test baking soda for its effectiveness. I do have one burning question.

In the wake of the Japanese disaster, it pays to remember the same thing can happen here

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Restaurant work cannot content every culinary professional

Q Could you investigate and write about cooking moghrabieh? I bought some from the local Mediterranean market and the manager and a customer both told me it's fantastic.

Life is pretty good here in Lotusland. There are many obvious attractions, such as mountains, ocean, wilderness, a mild climate and the benefit of looking down our noses at the rest of the country. Now add one more thing to the list: craft breweries.

Q I made some chili and it was unbearably spicy. I checked my supply of chili powder and found I had two different packages. One chili powder was from the bulk section at Save-On-Foods, which I found quite mild.

Island butchers link consumers to local farmers and processors

Vancouver Island has a connection to that famous Jack Nicholson scene in Five Easy Pieces where Nicholson's character tells the waitress to "hold the chicken". Tom Hawthorn has the details at globeandmail.

Q My granddaughter was diagnosed with the celiac gene last fall, and now my daughter has also tested positive. Her family of five has to become a glutenfree household, and we have to provide gluten-free meals when they visit.