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 Looking for an appetizer that appeals to the senses? Try the scallops with breadcrumbs, a variation upon a Galician recipe from the Casa Moro cookbook. Baking scallops in their own shells makes sense, as the shells serve as little baking dishes for each one. For a sustainable option select Pacific off bottom farmed scallops. Ingredients: 1 ¼ cup white breadcrumbs . . . → Read More: Scrumptious Seafood: Scallops with Breadcrumbs  Jeff Wall has received worldwide recognition and is most well-known for his staged photographic scenes around the Lower Mainland. Next month, the Vancouver Art Gallery will be hosting an auction as a fundraiser for educational programming in February, and a Jeff Wall panoramic landscape photograph of the Steves’ Farm is one of the many art . . . → Read More: Jeff Wall’s panoramic landscape, Steves’ Farm, to be auctioned at Vancouver Art Galley fundraiser  A number of ocean loving conservation groups, like SeaChoice, in Canada and the United States have launched a Facebook page called Be Happy. The campaign raises awareness about ocean-friendly seafood, harmful harvesting practices, and protecting marine environments. Facebook users canpledge their support for ocean-friendly seafood and to find answers to questions they may have . . . → Read More: Join “Be Happy” on Facebook and Pucker Up, Buttercup!  Now’s the time to collect recipes for all those tasty dishes you tried over the holidays. The Gulf of Georgia Cannery Store has just the thing for you: brand new recipe boxes. Coming in a variety of fun and funky designs, from colourful floral designs to simple geometrical patterns, these boxes come with 36 matching cards . . . → Read More: Cannery Store Feature: Decorative Recipe Boxes  According to the World Fishing and Aquaculture website, Alaska is North America’s largest source of wild-caught salmon. The fishery is comprised of chinook, sockeye, pink, coho and chum, all caught in the state’s coastal waters. Alaska was an early participant in the MSC program beginning in 2000 and continuing until October 2012, at which time their certification . . . → Read More: Alaska salmon fishery pulls out of MSC certification programme  In honour of National Pie Day, which falls on January 23rd every year, we are featuring a pie recipe today. Fish pie is a traditional British dish that usually features haddock; we’ve substituted it for line-caught halibut, which is a more sustainable choice. Although this is a pastry-less pie, it is very tasty . . . → Read More: Scrumptious Seafood: Fish pie  If you have yet to see the Coho Salmon Incubator set up in the Cannery lobby, consider coming soon. The coho salmon eggs we are rearing are beginning to physically change; we have spotted tails on a few of our eggs. As a natural part of their growth, eggs will develop tails and heads, and then move to protective areas like the redd (nest-like . . . → Read More: Exciting changes with the Cannery’s salmon eggs  There is plenty to do at the Cannery this weekend: Tin Can Challenge – runs from now until February 28th – The Tin Can Challenge is an event hosted by the Cannery as a way to raise awareness of the Food Bank’s ongoing need for non-perishables after the holiday season. Local Richmond youth, . . . → Read More: Cannery Events this Weekend  The Gulf of Georgia Cannery has recently set up a photo kiosk accessible free for visitors to the Cannery and the Cannery Store. Using touch screen technology, take a photo of yourself, select a Steveston or Cannery themed background, type in your ”hellos”, and send it off as an e-postcard to your friends or loved ones far away. Would you like it . . . → Read More: Cannery Store Feature: Gulf of Georgia Cannery Photo Kiosk  Canadian conservationists suggest that salmon ranching in Alaska is having a negative impact on BC wild salmon stocks. They are recommending that the MSC program re-cosnider Alaska’s certification, as the groups do not believe the Alaskan fisheries are adequately fulfilling their certification requirements. Ocean-ranched fish are first reared in freshwater after hatching, then they are raised in . . . → Read More: Could Alaskan ocean-ranched fisheries be impacting BC wild salmon? |
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