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Congratulations to all of our UFV graduates! Wishing you the best and brightest futures. You made it! 🎓🎉

In celebration of the gorgeous Valley weather and summer’s long evenings, we’re kicking off a month of recipes for outdoor dining with this shockingly fiddly recipe from the 1965 Calgary Stampede and Rotary Club barbecue. Spareribs are always a win, as is anything Hawai’ian-inspired (your humble author has, perhaps, a mild bias towards brown sugar and pineapple in all applications) but holy crow, these instructions call for the chef to baste the ribs every two to three minutes for a full hour! The good news is that since spareribs need to be cooked to well-done, they’re pretty difficult to overcook – but it might be an idea to take the cooking in shifts if you’re making this for a crowd. No one wants to be the only person fussing over the meat while your friends are all having the times of their lives playing Flip 7 at the backyard picnic table. Ask me how I know.

Find the full recipe in HarvestIR: Hawaiian Grilled Spareribs and Sauce from The Stampede Barbecue Round-Up for Outdoor Living. https://loom.ly/SGZrIX0

This week we're bringing you not one, but three film-themed staff picks. 🍿

First up: Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. If you’ve watched the movie, you’ll love the book even more! (Seriously, go read the book!) This book is about an unlikely friendship set in outer space and it’s full of hope for humanity.

For any fans of the long awaited Devil Wears Prada 2, check out Lauren Weisberger's novel that inspired the first film.

In the mood for some ancient Greek literature? Check out Homer's The Odyssey before the film adaptation hits theatres later this summer. We have a number of different translations--and even a graphic novel--to choose from.

What's your favourite book to film adaptation? Let us know in the comments. 🎥

Don't miss your chance to visit the St. John Ambulance Therapy Dogs before they go on summer vacation. 😎 Drop by Abbotsford Campus Library between 11:30-12:30 on the following days:
-Tuesday, June 2
-Monday, June 8
-Tuesday, June 16
-Monday, June 22
-Tuesday, June 30

Follow our stories for day of reminders! Stay tuned for announcements about future visits. 🐶

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What is “snappy” cheese, exactly? It’s probably synonymous with sharp cheddar, which is the kind that would certainly stand up best to being subsumed into an equal amount of butter, but doesn’t “snappy” sound a little more fun? I know I’m always partial to the cuter name for a given ingredient. There’s probably not a huge taste-related difference between this spread and the act of just adding the separate ingredients to your sandwich, so this is a texture-based experience: will you add shredded cheddar for that slight variation in mouthfeel, or use some softened MacLaren’s cheddar from the red tub and make one smooth, unified spread? Personally, a mixture like this makes me think of cold roast chicken, tomato, and onion, but this butter is just a foundation for you to build your sandwich masterpiece.

Find the full recipe in HarvestIR: Cheese Butter from Watkins Cook Book https://loom.ly/HCBmGME

This week's staff pick is The Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh. Set in the Sundarbans, a marine biologist and his companions set out in search of a rare dolphin.

Place a hold on this title, or check out one of Ghosh's other novels (we have several)!

There are two excellent lemon butter recipes on this page, and either one would treat your citrus-loving self very well! The choice may come down to personal preference; one recipe uses yolks instead of whole eggs, which will net you a somewhat more custard-y final result, but the other uses more butter and lemon zest (the latter being one of your author’s favourite ingredients). This is the kind of spread that’s best kept simple: add a generous helping to freshly toasted crusty bread, kick up your feet in the sun, and sink into a gorgeous start to your day. Besides, apple butter has had enough of a day in the sun! It’s 2026, and it’s time for other fruits to get their turn in the butter spotlight!

Find the full recipe in HarvestIR: Lemon Butter from Jams & Jellies. https://loom.ly/AKHqshU

In this week's staff pick, roboticists Laura Major and Julie Shah explore human-robot collaboration, looking at how to build robots that can operate in today's world. What To Expect When You're Expecting Robots is available now in print. 🤖