Preserves

In this season’s final episode, we peel back the curtain on the Manitoba Food History Project to talk about memories and highlights as producer Kent Davies interviews co-authors Ki...

Everywhere you go, everyone has a food story. When the Manitoba Food History Project team were in Baltimore, Maryland for the Oral History Association conference, we interviewed pe...

The labour of food production isn’t always appreciated or understood. In this episode, VJ’s Drive-Inn owner John Calogeris and Bryanne Mysak reflect on skilled versus unskilled lab...

Clay vessels hold immense importance in Indigenous foodways due to their natural properties, cultural significance, and role in preserving culinary traditions. In this episode, art...

Food is an important part of holiday traditions. Whether you gather with family and friends to celebrate Christmas, Hannukah, the changing of the seasons, or something else, holida...

‘Fish stories’ have always been synonymous with far-fetched tales, but sometimes in food history, those fish stories turn out to be true. In this episode, we explore the unlikely s...

Farming in Manitoba has a long and varied history, ranging from the agricultural practices of Indigenous people on this land over the millennia, to immigrant farm techniques, to th...

What is Kutia? And what does it have to do with the history of Ukraine? In this episode of Preserves, Allie Skwarchuck cooks Kutia with her grandparents, and learns about Ukrainian...

Candy making was big business in mid-century Winnipeg, involving companies like Cavalier, Galpern’s, Paulin-Chambers and Scott-Bathgate. In this episode, we explore the history of ...

Traces of an earlier era of independent grocery stores dot the landscape of Winnipeg. Riediger’s Supermarket was one such store, catering to a Mennonite clientele in the North End ...

Over the course of the Manitoba Food History project, we’ve encountered many interesting stories, subjects, and recipes that just wouldn’t fit into a full episode. We’ve tasked res...

The University of Winnipeg based Diversity Food Services is an anomaly in the food service industry landscape. As a social enterprise, Diversity is structured like a for-profit bus...