From the category archives:

Foreign Press

Ouch

by Keith Talent 02.04.2009

The National Post, Canada’s official party organ of assorted paramilitary groups, global warming deniers and The Fraser Institute offers up a summary of opinion from the New York media regarding Susar Lee’s new stateside venture Shang in New York City. ( The website seems a little light on content i.e. there is none outside an [...]

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Cheese Bailout!

by paulkamon 12.16.2008

While we here at home consider an aid package for our ailing automakers, the Italian government is buying 100,000 wheels of Parmigiano Reggiano and donating them to charity to help their struggling cheese producers.
Read the rest of the story here.
(Thanks to Gingerpeachy for sharing this story link in the UD Forum)

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The Fast-Food Race Favours The Brave

by Keith Talent 12.13.2008

The always excellent Doug Saunders at The Globe and Mail forgoes his usual topics of inquiry such as world finance and emergent third world political trends and instead examines fast-food from around the world in today’s edition.
“Fast food may well be the highest plateau of civilization – the expression, in as concise a package as [...]

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Vancouver Chefs Cooking In New York

by admin 09.18.2008

Global TV

Global TV’s Chris Galius reports on his journey to NYC to celebrate the 15th anniversary of Daniel Boulud’s signature “Daniel” restaurant. The weekend series of events culminated in a meal prepared by Vancouver chefs Pino Posteraro, Thomas Haas, Vikram Vij, and Hidekazu Tojo – all flown out courtesy of Dinex, Boulud’s company. [...]

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UD Press Kit No. 832

by admin 08.25.2008

Rather than being lazy as many of you might assume by the quasi-lack of posts of late, I’ve been bordering on the semi-industrious, doing plenty of tappity tap tap plus mid-wifing a book project that I hope you can all read about soon. I’ve put together a little list of recent media for your perusal, [...]

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Slate and Time Review New Wine Movie

by admin 08.09.2008

Bottle Shock

I’m looking forward to this one because Snape/Rickman (the English potions/wine snob) is one of my favourite actors. Watch the trailer above, read the Slate review here, and the Time review here. They’re mixed, sure, but I’m going to check it just the same.

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The Future Of Chinese

by admin 08.08.2008

“Stirring The Pot”

This is straight up fascinating:
Why is it so difficult to find great Chinese food in America? The question is especially vexing when one looks at the culinary renaissance taking place in China itself. Is the problem visa difficulties for Chinese chefs, as Nina and Tim Zagat recently argued?

Is it the ingredients? Or is [...]

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Are Times Tougher?

by admin 08.08.2008

A story in this morning’s Business Edge says times are tough for Canadian restaurateurs. It got me thinking – when have they not been tough?

Today, Bishop’s is a 45-seat fine-dining restaurant that has built a loyal following in its Kitsilano neighbourhood. Diners usually call a week or two in advance to see if they can [...]

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Mackay And Boulud Headed For Beijing

by admin 07.14.2008

Daniel Boulud and Lumiere chef Dale Mackay are headed to Beijing to cook for corporate nabobs:

“People from all over the world will soon be going to Beijing to witness one of the great events of our times for the 2008 Olympic Games. [...]

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Who Else Copies Salt?

by admin 07.12.2008

I saw the above clip after reading the following in the Toronto Star this morning:
No effort has been made to disguise the blatant conceptual borrowing from Vancouver’s Salt. And why not exploit a good idea? It’s a nice option for the neighbourhood; a place to enjoy a glass of wine and snack on unthreatening deli [...]

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High On The Hog

by admin 07.08.2008

From the Department of Hypocrisy comes news that after discussing the global food and climate crises in Japan, world leaders (including our own dunce-in-chief) sat down to an 18 course dinner complete with champagne and wines flown in from North America and Europe. Kampai!

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