Ben Kiely
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
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- Aug 2, 2026
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- Jul 14, 2026
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Richmond Garlic Festival gives a kitchen staple its flowers (opens the original)
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At first, it sounds like an unusual idea: a festival dedicated entirely to… garlic? We understand festivals celebrating cherries, spot prawns, blueberries and wine. Their seasons are short, eagerly anticipated and people happily drive across British Columbia to enjoy them. Garlic feels different. It quietly sits in the corner of the kitchen, waiting to be called upon. Most of us use it almost every day without giving it much thought. Yet, remove garlic from a professional kitchen, and suddenly h
Dungeness crab season returns: From False Creek Crab Fest to the dinner table (opens the original)
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This summer, crab lovers will once again gather at Vancouver’s waterfront for False Creek Crab Fest, a celebration of one of British Columbia’s most iconic ingredients. There is something fitting about a festival dedicated to crab. Nobody has ever looked at a live crab and thought, “That looks like an efficient way to get dinner.” Crab arrives wearing armour, hides its best meat behind a maze of shells, and somehow convinces us to spend twenty minutes dismantling it for five minutes of eating. Y
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