From the monthly archives:

August 2007

Restaurant Soundtrack No.43

by admin 08.24.2007

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Dinosaur Jr. | Just Like Heaven

Latino Blanco, Olé!

by admin 08.24.2007

by Tara Lee
Here’s a test of your Latin American culinary knowledge. Escabeche? Tajin? Pepitas? And most of all, Nuevo Latino?

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1. Carol Pucci of the Seattle Times visits Vancouver and scares the shit out of potential visitors:
You don’t have to go to Europe to see how the plunging value of the U.S. dollar is pushing up prices for American travelers. Just spend a weekend in Vancouver, B.C.
That’s just nasty. Don’t go to Seattle everyone. It [...]

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From Raincity Grill…

by admin 08.23.2007

SEVEN YEARS OF LOCAL

Vancouver, BC… They’re fresh, they’re local, and they’re back at Raincity Grill. For the seventh consecutive year, Raincity Grill is featuring a Tomato Tasting Menu; Chef de Cuisine Andrea Carlson has created a five-course menu designed to highlight the flavours of tomatoes from local producers

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Revisionist Maw

by admin 08.22.2007

Jamie Maw (interview) writes a brief history of local fine dining in next week’s Vancouver Magazine. As can be expected, it’s a fine and very illuminating read (save for the part where he says 100 new fine dining restaurants arrived in 2007 – a typo?). Attached at the end is a satirical, thoroughly Maw-esque essay [...]

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Carlson to Bishop’s

by admin 08.21.2007

Raincity Grill chef Andrea Carlson (bio) is on her way to Bishop’s to fill the executive void left by the recent departure of longtime chef Dennis Green.

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Swag File No.427

by admin 08.21.2007

Plenty of promotional swag gets delivered to many a media doorstep, and my house sees a small slice of the action (books, wine, beer, fruit baskets, dry aged beef, et cetera). I’m not sure if readers will be interested in a record of that sort of stuff (and there’s a good chance I’ll now never [...]

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A Weekend Away…

by admin 08.21.2007

Three Days and Three Dinners

photo courtesy of Chris Mason Stearns
For the first time in exactly a year, Michelle and I left the kids at home and went away for the weekend, just the two of us (our mothers tag-teamed our boys – thanks!). Well, not exactly the two of us. It was a press trip, [...]

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Restaurant Soundtrack No.42

by admin 08.20.2007

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Easy Dub All Stars | Money

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The Sky Is Falling

by admin 08.20.2007

A rather amusing and well written sturm and drang piece in the Globe today takes an “every man for himself” spin on the talent labour shortage:
With dozens of restaurants opening recently, competition for staff has turned cutthroat – and accusations of poaching are flying in the once tight-knit community. The gloves are off.
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Mallozzi on Peaceful

by admin 08.20.2007

by Joe Mallozzi
Opening a restaurant in any city is a risky proposition. Opening a noodle restaurant in Vancouver is especially so. And opening a noodle restaurant in Vancouver, within strolling distance of this city’s best-known noodle joint is just downright audacious. And yet, this is what the owners of Peaceful Restaurant have chosen to do, [...]

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From Fuel…

by admin 08.17.2007

Fuel Restaurant at Kits Hippie Daze Saturday August 18th, 11am – 6pm
Fuel Restaurant is cooking up something “hippie” this summer. With the return of Kits Days to the West 4th neighborhood, Fuel is excited to take part in

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