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and in Downtown Courtenay at:

Beyond the Kitchen Door
274-5th Street

Zocalos Cafe
208- 5th St

BROWNIES A LA Nana FRAYNE

4 cups brown sugar             4 tsp. Vanilla           berry sugar
2 cups melted marg.            8 tbs. Cocoa
4 eggs                                  2 cups flour

In a large mixing bowl, put the brown sugar, the melted marg. and the 4 eggs.  Beat for at least 2 minutes.

Add the vanilla, coca and flour.  Beat until mixed.

Pour into a 12 by 8 pan. (My pan is glass.)  Cook in a 340 degree oven for 40 minutes.    Put a tooth pick in the middle and if it’s not liquidly, take out and let stand 5 minutes.  Cut into small squares and roll in berry sugar on all sides of the brownies.

(The recipe can, of course, by cut in 2, if you want; the cooking time would then be less.)

REVIEWER PAULA WILD finds much to like in this new local cookbook.
By Paula Wild - Comox Valley Record
Published: April 21, 2011 2:00 PM

A collection of recipes from mothers, grandmothers, families and friends, LUSH Valley’s new cookbook is chockfull of tasty things to put on your plate. The 126-page book is practical and user-friendly. But best of all, it makes me hungry.

Like most cookbooks, Season Upon Season, contains a selection of snacks, meals and desserts ranging from guacamole to Shepherd’s Pie to lemon cheesecake. But what intrigues me, are the more unusual recipes such as Salmon Wrapped in Skunk Cabbage, Eunhee’s (Seaweed) Birthday Soup and Nasturtium Pickles.

I was especially pleased to find Ruth Masters Gut Grinders.

Ruth once served me these delicious cookies and I’ve often wondered what mix of ingredients produced the flavourful, chewy texture. And the double-duty Alberta Handwarmers sound like just the snack to take along on one of next winter’s hikes.

Season Upon Season also includes an assortment of helpful hints, as well as sections on using leftovers and cooking without an oven. But the most heartwarming additions are the handwritten recipes for Mexican Wedding Cakes and Grandma White’s Homemade Soap.

Season Upon Season is truly a book to savour in more ways than one.

LUSH Valley Food Action Society (www.lushvalley.org) is a charitable, non-profit community organization focusing on food security.

“This cookbook is our way of getting people to think about how much things have changed in the world of food,” LUSH Valley president Bunny Shannon writes in the foreword. “We hope you will adapt the recipes to your own tastes and share them with friends and families.”

Profits from the book will be used to promote and support the mandates of the society.

Season Upon Season (126 pages, softcover) includes colour photographs, and retails for $15.
A few copies of the book were sold at Seedy Saturday. Many of these copies contain printing errors. LUSH Valley encourages anyone who has one of these books to exchange it for a revised edition.