by Travis Petersen | Aug 31, 2021 | Chefs Notes
Alberta Taking a turn through the mountains of CrowsNest Pass, we approached this beautiful glacier made lake nestled away on the side of the road. With temperatures pushing 30, it was an easy decision to pull over, get out and strip down to my Saxxs and jump in....
by Travis Petersen | Aug 11, 2021 | Chefs Notes
Taking the ferry to Vancouver Island from the mainland had become a regular routine over the long lockdown winter of the global pandemic. My wife and I spent a lot of time on Quadra Island, the Comox Valley and in Victoria patiently waiting for restrictions to ease so...
by Travis Petersen | Jun 18, 2020 | Chefs Notes
When you think of lavender, what comes to mind? I think of beautiful purple flowers, calming cosmetic creams, relaxing bath products and sweet desserts. All these attributes help describe this week’s highlighted Terpene, Linalool. Wikipedia states Linalool is...
by Travis Petersen | Jun 9, 2020 | Chefs Notes
I love the smell of fresh cracked pepper. That step of seasoning a beautiful New York Striploin is poetic when you consider all you really need to make that piece of meat pop is a little salt & pepper. The aroma you get from fresh cracked pepper comes from the...
by Travis Petersen | Jun 2, 2020 | Chefs Notes
Did you know that if you were to eat a mango 30 minutes before using cannabis, that the mango would increase the effects of the THC in your body? Studies dating back to the 1970s have found that Myrcene improves the ability of cell membranes in the body to absorb...
