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Foreign Press

On Jihad and Donuts

by admin 05.31.2008

Burn, America, Burn!!!!!

Dunkin’ Donuts is pulling an ad that featured Food Nutwork’s Rachel Ray because right-wing nutjobs complained that she was wearing a Palestinian scarf, which she wasn’t (20 bucks says Arafat never wore paisley).
The best commentary I’ve read on this that really captures the absurdity comes from DailyKos:
To bring America to its knees, all [...]

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Conde Nast Singles Out Van Restaurants

by admin 05.29.2008

Vancouver restaurants profiled in today’s Conde Nast Portfolio piece on solo dining include Salt Tasting Room, Italian Kitchen, Floata, and Yew:
Vancouver is literally a city on the rise. In anticipation of the 2010 Winter Olympics, the Canadian metropolis tucked between the Pacific Ocean and the verdant Coast Range is engaged in a building boom: A [...]

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The Story of Joie

by admin 05.24.2008

NW Winecast on Joie

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Pet Peeve No. 827

by admin 05.24.2008

I know you’ve long suspected this to be the case, but UD can now confirm that ridiculously expensive burgers – those tricked out with black truffles, kobe beef, foie gras, cocaine mayonnaise, and gold flakes on the bun – are most often gobbled by gullible jackasses and “look at me” douchebags. The same people who [...]

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Electoral Disfunction

by admin 05.23.2008

Hillary Clinton Gets Roasted

I know this is best reserved for The Bastard Thread in our community forum (the one UD conversation that’s never about food, booze or restaurants), but political implosions like this just need to be seen. It’s a “special comment” by MSNBC News’ Keith Olbermann on Hillary Clinton’s referencing of Bobby Kennedy’s 1968 [...]

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Morning Notes No.521

by admin 05.21.2008

Yew at the Four Seasons wins an award. For woodwork.
The skyrocketing price of rice hits…Wild Rice.
Vancouver foie gras spat gets a teeny bit of press in Toronto. Key graph:
In Canada, the foie gras issue was raised last month in Vancouver after animal rights group Liberation B.C. protested outside fashionable restaurants serving the liver.
At least one [...]

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Robert Mondavi Dead

by admin 05.16.2008

BREAKING: From the AP Newswire, Napa legend Robert Mondavi has passed away, aged 94.
Mondavi died peacefully at his home [Friday] in Yountville, Robert Mondavi Winery spokeswoman Mia Malm said.
He was 52 and a winemaking veteran in 1966, when he opened the winery that would help turn the Napa Valley into a world center of the [...]

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The Best Starbucks Press In Years

by admin 05.15.2008

A San Diego based Christian group ambitiously styled as “The Resistance” is calling for a Starbucks boycott over the company’s new retro cup logo (pictured above):
The Resistance says the new image “has a naked woman on it with her legs spread like a prostitute,” Mark Dice, founder of the group, said in a news release. [...]

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Chicago Foie Gras Ban Overturned

by admin 05.14.2008

“The Reassuring Hand of Mom”

BREAKING: In what amounts to a landslide decision, the city of Chicago has just voted to overturn its unenforceable and incredibly silly ban on foie gras. Yes indeedy do, it’s shaping up to be a sad day for the “we want to control what you put in your mouths” set:
With Mayor [...]

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Cascade On Conde Nast’s 2008 Hot List

by admin 05.10.2008

Condé Nast Traveler has named Main Street’s Cascade Room as one of the world’s 28 Hot List night spots for 2008. See their brief write up here.

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The Globe Loves Van

by admin 04.23.2008

Beppi Crosariol in this morning’s Globe wonders if Vancouver has edged out Toronto to become Canada’s culinary capital (hit tip to reader LM). Of course, it had to be with an assist from the hash marks courtesy of Daniel Boulud and Jean-Georges Vongerichten (UD was the first to break the news in both cases, huzzah!), [...]

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