Samantha Bacchus McLeod

“I was never really good at making people smile, like with a sense of humour or any other way, but as I got better and better at cooking and I fed people I saw their smiles, so I thought wow this is a good way, my way to make people…

This is my 10 must-do activities list when I visit Victoria, BC, Canada. If you love people, travel and glorious food, and you haven’t visited Victoria, then you are missing out! How many times have you visited a place for work and never actually visit the place? Cryptic question, I…

Global campaign to showcase the true taste and tradition of Italy comes to Vancouver The days of self-isolation and social distancing triggered by the COVID-19 crisis has had many of us spending more time in our kitchens, dusting off old family recipes and honing our culinary skills. It has also…

Every season is separate and distinct in Filoti, and every season has its reasons for being, for celebrating the gifts of the land and its people. Filoti Village was built in an ingenious way to allow the inhabitants to hide away in the mountains when they saw marauders heading in…

The pressure on a voter is exhausting…do I vote for a party because I am a ride or die kind of voter? Do I vote for individuals because they speak to me? Do I vote because I must? Before I start, they all have the same platforms, just worded differently…

Woman, be free from the myths we were fed! Here’s the truth of what it means when we say Freedom-45 for Women… I always heard when women hit the forty-year milestone life is a smooth ride to the end. We will be kinder, we will have less body image issues,…

We need to spread awareness of the good food being grown in BC, of the massive opportunities available to us right now…before it is too late. Over the last few decades our relationship with food has been rapidly changing, we were losing sight of our food in its natural forms;…

Despina and Costas, 44 Miles Restaurant, used to operate Duetto Restaurant on Filoti’s main drag, if you should look up their reviews you will get an inkling of how well known they are for serving up fantastic food and good service. 44 Miles Café/Restaurant is a paradise in the midst…

I read that if humans live within a capsule away from friends and family then their appetite for actual food will fade away, that is a horrifying future – Chef Han, Sai Woo by Kosoo Group of Restaurants. Sai Woo Building in Chinatown is a place that is an integral…

I am ashamed to be Canadian, I live on stolen land, I took the lives of the babies, their land, their future, their children’s children…I live off their pain. Watching in horror the sadness being unearthed in Canada…mass graves full of the remains of babes…that shame, pain and horror we…

The alpha and omega of chicken soup – no matter what research you conduct you will always return to one profound thought…it makes me feel so damn good! The beginning – Chicken soup has been around for over 12,000 years when farming became a part of cultures. Traditionally, a good…

But pandemic or not, we must be strong and resilient, because one day soon when “this plague” has passed we will recover and limp onwards, triumphant. Fifty+ years of being in and around kitchens and at the ripe old age of 52 I lost a part of my finger. Yes,…