Harsh Climate: Northerners

Exploring The North Dept: Genest is the Whitehorse-based author of The Boreal Gourmet Harbour Publishing, 2010 - part memoir, part cookbook about exploring the North and cooking with its bounty of food. Yes, there is a bounty of food in the North. That's where the foraging comes into play, according to Vancouver Sun. At the heart of northern cuisine for Genest, and most northerners, is the foraging known as berry picking. Berries grown in such a harsh climate are precious, and so the experience of picking them is something to share - as first nations and western cultures often do - as are the berries themselves and foraging for food on city streets doesn't seem like an ordinary thing to do, but for someone like Michele Genest, it's a welcome activity, particularly if there are berries involved. "Foraging is a great way, in the spring and fall, to get out into the bush and just experience it. And feed yourself at the same time," Genest says. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.