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Just a wee taste of Scotland

AS is the case with English cuisine, the food of Scotland has never been touted as being among the world's finest.

Free range or farmed

THE RAW TRUTH Wondering if that salmon sashimi you ordered is wild or farmed? Unless it is identified in the menu as wild (or sockeye, coho or some other Pacific species), and costs a buck or two more, then you're likely eating farmed Atlantic salmon

School success needs more than just age

Every year parents ask me this question. Just because the calendar says that a child is ready to start her formal schooling doesn't necessarily mean that your child should be enrolled this year.

Waste not want not

Since she spends so much time thinking about the energy required to produce, ship and package food, Heather Johnstone is acutely aware of what's going into her garbage can.

Is fish farming harming our oceans?

What's a responsible seafood lover to do? On the one hand, environmentalists caution that the world's oceans have been massively over-fished. But fish farming, a large and growing industry in B.C., has been dogged with controversy.

No cars ready for Electric Avenue

LOCAL businesses and government on the North Shore are eager to start moving forward with electric vehicles - they just need automakers to catch up.

Nourishment

ZEN JAPANESE RESTAURANT With an elemental dependence on ingredients from the sea, it makes sense that purveyors of Japanese cuisine would want to take care of the ocean.

Nature part of designs

- Expressive Modern, by Amy Lau, The Monacelli Press, 216 pages, $60. LOOKING at the photographs of homes that interior designer Amy Lau has worked on is to witness a study in precision.

Kids' stuff

Baby Storytime: Free dropin for children ages two and younger, Thursdays, 10: 15-10: 45 a.m. at the North Vancouver City Library, 120 West 14th St. Info: www.nvcl. ca.

A taste for local

The story is local at one North Shore food retailer.