Cathi Litzenberger

Potato, Leek and Mushroom Soup is perfect for a Winter Carnival celebration, followed by Old-Fashioned Apple Crisp.

Kitchen Wit & Wisdom: Warming up Winter Carnival

Cathi Litzenberger offers a few tasty dishes that could be considered for the title of "unique to the Okanagan"

Potato, Leek and Mushroom Soup is perfect for a Winter Carnival celebration, followed by Old-Fashioned Apple Crisp.

Kitchen Wit & Wisdom: Chinese New Year is celebrated with food

Celebrate the Year of the Horse with some traditional Chinese dumplings and a delicious dish of General Tso's Chicken

Gluten-free but sweet

Cathi Litzenberger offers some tasty desserts for those who are avoiding gluten, either by choice or for health reasons

KITCHEN WIT AND WISDOM: Let them eat sheet cake

There’s nothing much faster than baking a sheet cake to feed the hordes.

Kitchen Wit & Wisdom: Cooking through the winter doldrums

Cathi Litzenberger offers up a few warm and cozy recipes to get people through the winter blahs

Kitchen Wit & Wisdom: Slow-cooked flavour

The crock pot is a great time-saver that can make tasty and nutritious meals for those who don't feel like sweating over a hot stove

Kitchen Wit & Wisdom: Holiday breakfast begins

Christmas breakfast can be prepared ahead of time, giving you more time with family and friends on the big day

Kitchen Wit & Wisdom: A taste of Christmas in Quebec

Tourtiere is the shining star for a French-Canadian Christmas Eve celebration

Kitchen Wit & Wisdom: An appie exchange fills the freezer

Cookie exchanges have long been a popular Christmas tradition, but an appetizer exchange is a great way to stock up for the holidays

Kitchen Wit & Wisdom: Keep it simple

Appies are a quick and easy treat to serve to your holiday company

Love it or hate it, fruitcake is a long-standing holiday tradition that goes back to ancient Egypt.

Fruitcake is an ancient tradition that endures

Cathi Litzenberger looks at the history of fruitcake and offers a variety of recipes

Love it or hate it, fruitcake is a long-standing holiday tradition that goes back to ancient Egypt.

Kitchen Wit & Wisdom: Make it spooky for Halloween

Cathi Litzenberger offers up some fun treats that the kids can help make and get them set for trick-or-treating

Pumpkins provide a vast array of opportunities for healthy and appetizing meals.

Pumpkins provide vast culinary delights

The following recipes are favourites that you are sure to enjoy.

Pumpkins provide a vast array of opportunities for healthy and appetizing meals.

Kitchen Wit & Wisdom: Try spaghetti squash instead of pasta

Spaghetti squash makes a nice, light change from carbo-heavy pasta

Kitchen Wit & Wisdom: Don’t toss green tomatoes into the compost

It's apple season in the Okanagan and there are recipes galore, including those for people with a gluten intolerance

Vernon Silver Star Quilters members Nonie Davies (left) and Debbie Giles finish up their projects for the Legacy of Quilts VIII Show, taking place Sept. 27 and 28,

Quilters work to leave a ‘Legacy’

Legacy of Quilts VIII Show begins Sept. 27 and runs to Sept. 28 at the Vernon Recreation Centre

Vernon Silver Star Quilters members Nonie Davies (left) and Debbie Giles finish up their projects for the Legacy of Quilts VIII Show, taking place Sept. 27 and 28,

Kitchen Wit & Wisdom: Don’t toss green tomatoes into the compost

Cathi Litzenberger said there are so many things that can turn unripe tomatoes into a tasty treat

Kitchen Wit and Wisdom: Salmon’s healthy rep is well-deserved

Salmon has a multitude of health benefits, but it's also delicious and versatile

Kitchen Wit and Wisdom: Make some spicy gifts

Cathi Litzenberger says it's not too early to get started on Christmas gifts of the homemade variety

Kitchen Wit and Wisdom: Indulge in late summer harvest

Fresh tomato soup recipe pairs nicely with slow cooker caramel poached pears.