From the monthly archives:

January 2008

The Adventures Of A Happy Eater + War

by admin 01.26.2008

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An oldie but a goodie. Food writer, poet, and political genius Calvin Trillin of the New Yorker and The Nation visited Charlie Rose back in 2003. A fine and funny interview on vernacular eating, the Iraq War, pork, and the Bush Administration.
More poignant irrelevance after the jump…

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CTS At The BC Foodservice Expo

by admin 01.26.2008

Chefs’ Table Society Authors Corner at the BC Foodservice Expo
Come down to check out the Chefs’ Table Society Author’s Corner this Sunday January 27th and Monday January 28th at BC Place Stadium.
Visitors can enter a raffle to win one of the last seven Vancouver Cooks Books, signed by the Chefs’ Table Board of Directors [...]

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Inside Café Medina

by admin 01.26.2008

I forgot my little camera when I paid Medina a visit for my column this week, but I just remembered that I took some reference snaps with my Blackberry. If you haven’t been yet, take a look after the jump.

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Wine Festival Poll

by admin 01.26.2008

After answering today’s forum poll question on whether you plan on attending the Playhouse Wine Fest, you can use the follow-up thread to elaborate on your answers. We’d love to hear what you like about the festival, what you dislike about it, and how you think they can make it better.

If you’re not a member [...]

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The Battle of Midway

by admin 01.25.2008

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From Mr Bean’s Holiday
It’s the second weekend of Dine Out Vancouver: the mid point, the crucible, the storm before and after the calm. Soak it up and enjoy.

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Opening Soon | Uva

by admin 01.25.2008

UPDATE: It’s open and lovely. Footage here.

The new wine, cheese, and charcuterie bar going into the Moda Hotel will be called Uva. The name comes from the Italian word for “grape”. According to staff, it will launch in a little under a month (we broke the news last week that this new place will come [...]

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From Urban Diner…

by admin 01.25.2008

As mentioned in an earlier post, we are expanding the Urban Diner listings beyond restaurants and into the entire F&B industry to become the one stop resource for all things good to eat and drink in BC. With this in mind, we are excited to welcome Canadian Olympic caterer, Culinary Capers, to the [...]

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Jobs Omnibus No. 3

by admin 01.25.2008

The following positions are currently in the offing by members of the Urban Diner Community:

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“The Wine Islands”

by admin 01.25.2008

An illuminating (if transparently advertorial) four-part television special brandfest from Victoria’s Chek News:
Part One
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Part Two
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Part Three
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Part Four
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Le Goff To Reprise Role As Teacher

by admin 01.25.2008

It looks like Sebastien Le Goff, recently departed GM of Feenies and Lumiere, will be teaching a wine course at the Imperial Hotel Management College.

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Boneta Catches Eye Of UK Independent

by admin 01.25.2008

The first overseas press mention of the little restaurant that could comes by way of the UK’s Independent:

In Vancouver, Canadians of Scottish descent will assemble in the Boneta restaurant, for a five-course meal including whisky-smoked cod brandade and wraps with Arran-scorched Scottish caramel, washed down with rare Scotch [...]

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Chef Rob Clark On Sustainability

by admin 01.24.2008

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YouTube turns up all manner of things, in this instance a quick April talk on sustainable seafood given by chef Rob Clark of C Restaurant.

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