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October 2008

Good PR Day

by admin 10.31.2008

 
Boneta receives “Top New Restaurant in Canada” honors from EnRoute and Where Magazine; Glowbal Restaurant Group chefs create a tasting menu at Coast Restaurant; MIX the Bakery is fundraising for the WINS Project; Limited tickets are still available for Hopscotch Festival.
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Cabana Bar & Grille Seeks A Cook

by admin 10.31.2008

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UD Events Coverage

by admin 10.31.2008

 
We are excited to have event specialists Michael Schratter and Fred Lee help work the UD events beat for us.  Check out some of their pictures after the bump…

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Beer, Sweet Beer

by BC Brew 10.30.2008

My test to see if someone would drink porter or stout is to ask them if they like chocolate. Why? Because the dark roasted malts used for those styles of beer often give them a discernible chocolate flavour. As chocolate is a favourite ingredient in desserts, it should come as no surprise that stout is [...]

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Gastrosexual

by Keith Talent 10.30.2008

 
It’s words like this that make me wish I spoke any language but English. And here I’ve been such a fool to believe that foodie was the most offensive term in the culinary world.  No, gastrosexual makes foodie look like the coolest thing ever by comparison. It makes me want to find the exact opposite [...]

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Supporting The Root

by admin 10.30.2008

Every so often, something so simple, smart, and important rolls into the UD inbox that it nudges the world into making sense again. Barb Finley’s Project CHEF (Cook Healthy Edible Food), an expanding experiential curriculum-based Vancouver school program aimed at children in grades four and five, is a perfect example of this.

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Kevin Van Hullebush To Join DB Bistro

by admin 10.29.2008

With over 200 applicants looking to land the coveted assistant sommelier job at the soon to be open DB Bistro Moderne in early December, 20+ year industry veteran, Kevin Van Hullebush (Le Crocodile, LIFT, C Restaurant, and River Café), has taken the position. Congratulations and cheers to Kevin in what certainly will be an exciting [...]

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To Masquerave Or Not To Masquerave?

by admin 10.29.2008

The very popular and “infamous” Masquerave Party is not happening again at Whistler’s Cornucopia this year .  After the last sold out event in 2006 (800 tickets @ $250 per), event organizer and Bearfoot Bistro owner, Andre St. Jacques, reluctantly shut the party down after the BC Liquor Control and Licensing Branch wagged their [...]

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HOPSCOTCH CONTEST Game On! D’oh!!!

by admin 10.28.2008

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Autumn PR Feast

by admin 10.28.2008

Laughing Stock @ Salt Tasting Room!; Bins still leading the way with small plates; Hart House introduces a new autumn menu; Chow’s early evening prix fixe menu now available all evening Sunday with wines paired at cost.
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West: The Cookbook

by Keith Talent 10.27.2008

 
I recently got my hands on a copy of the new book celebrating West on Granville. A job well done to everyone involved. Although the cover says it’s by Warren Geraghty a quick read shows like a great restaurant, it too is a collaboration of many.
I saw Mr. Geraghty on the Noon News the other [...]

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The Bitter Truth

by Simon Ogden 10.27.2008

One of the peculiar traits that unite almost all serious cockticians is our somewhat overzealous adoration of bitters. A sure-fire way to instantly ingratiate yourself with a new bartender is to spark up a conversation about their collection of these splendid cocktail supplements, then let them nerd out for a while on the subject. Bitters [...]

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