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From the monthly archives:

September 2009

Cook Book Launch: “A Boy After the Sea”

by paulkamon 09.11.2009

When: Thursday, September 17th 2009, from 5.00pm
Where: Barbara Jo’s Books to Cooks, 1740 West 2 Avenue, Vancouver
How: Tickets cost $65 (including a copy of the book) and are available from www.bookstocooks.com
“An enticing collection of recipes from our oceans, rivers and lakes finds form in a stunning coffee table book, launching this month. Featuring recipes crafted [...]

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Cause of Fat Duck Poisonings Uncovered

by Keith Talent 09.10.2009

Earlier this year we relayed a story about Heston Blumenthal’s Fat Duck being closed due to a food borne illness plaguing diners of the Michelin starred restaurant. Authorities are now confirming that the cause was norovirus infected shellfish, specifically Essex harvested oysters. The tainted bivalves were grown in polluted waters according the the report; A [...]

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Blind Tasting Review: 2006 Van Westen Voluptuous

by paulkamon 09.09.2009

I have been playing a wine game with restaurant sommeliers and wine nerds across town where I show up with a mystery bottle and ask them to review it blind.  By not knowing what the wine is or who represents it, hopefully, an honest-no-bs-review is achieved. ~ PK
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Tweet Cheat Sheet

by Keith Talent 09.08.2009

Hell yeah we’re all on Twitter. What would early 21st century attention whoring be without hourly micro blogged updates of the minutiae of our lives. I’m sorry, was that overly cynical? What I meant to say was we’ve collectively chosen to empower ourselves with the new paradigm of almost instant communication. Anyway, here you go, [...]

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Feast of Fields Contest Giveaway!

by paulkamon 09.08.2009

The first 2 people to complete the following reader challenge correctly will win a free ticket ($85 value) to Feast of Fields at UBC Farm, this Sunday, September 13th at UBC Farm.

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Labour Day Reading List

by Keith Talent 09.06.2009

Spend Labour Day, the holiday in celebration of the common working man by reading ivory tower pronouncements thrown down by the elites in The Nation magazine, who have put together a food issue, but rather than dealing with the pleasures and comradeship of a well set table instead chooses to bang on the same old [...]

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Sept/Oct Issue of EAT Magazine Has Hit the Streets

by paulkamon 09.03.2009

Read the latest issue of EAT Magazine online, here.

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Bacon Day – This Saturday

by Keith Talent 09.03.2009

Yes, the bacon meme that’s tainted the Internet has almost run it’s course of infection, it will soon be consigned to the same place that stores unloved Chuck Norris facts and unviewed dancing baby gifs. We should then give bacon it’s last final hurrah before we file it back into a mind share slot commensurate [...]

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Vodka Marketing: Now That’s the Spirit

by Simon Ogden 09.02.2009

I’m fascinated by the Vodka phenomenon. At least, I think it’s a phenomenon, at the very least an impressive case study in the potential of marketing. In an industry that relies heavily on the expected convenience of offering the “martini list”, and in which the ubiquitous Cosmopolitan still retains a tenuous grip as the dominant [...]

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PR Drop ~ 2009 End of Summer Blitz

by paulkamon 09.02.2009

Riedel tasting and Mission Hill dinner at Cru; Chambar celebrates its 5th anniversary with a street party; Party at The Refinery this Sunday; BC Wines take on the French at Cibo; De Dutch takes a stand agains the HST; Tinhorn Creek Vineyards is Canada’s first Carbon neutral Winery; Quattro Restaurants announce ownership changes and new [...]

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Hit & Run – Brian Boitano Edition

by Keith Talent 09.02.2009

Today’s hit and run has the full gamut of emotion, from the sad to the sublime to the completely shockingly mental. Come on inside, bring Kleenex, for laughing and crying.

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Layton Wins Whistler Beer Cocktail Challenge

by Rick Green 09.01.2009

Give 15 bartenders a mixed case of beer each and what do you get? Some amazing creativity. As a judge in Canada’s first beer cocktail competition, sponsored by Whistler Brewing Company and hosted at The Refinery, I was privileged to be able to sample each entry—a challenge not only to decide the best one but [...]

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