Canadian Recipes : Soups, Stews and Chili

Kat, Curator at the Park House Museum, cooked her first full meal at the museum for "Christmas at the Parks", a new event she created. She prepared a full Victorian Christmas dinner over the fireplace, inspired by her research into seasonal ingredients—especially root vegetables, which stored well through winter. She spent over six hours cooking, but only four visitors came due to the weather.

Feeling crushed, Kat’s amazing volunteers lifted her spirits. After the museum closed, they gathered downstairs to enjoy the meal together. They laughed, shared stories, and turned a disappointing day into a beautiful moment of warmth, belonging, and joy—one Kat will always treasure.