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Serious Beer

by paulkamon 11.02.2009

Have you signed up for PICA’S Beer School with @SeriousBeer? If you haven’t, you should because Beer = Good.

Katherine van der Gracht is a Larousse literate, savvy sommelier, wine consultant, and freelance food, wine, and travel writer. She has spent the better part of the last two decades devouring her way through Europe, including living in 5 of the 20 Parisian arrondisements in 2002.
The quickest palate and wit in the West, Katherine is [...]

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Stella’s Joins the UD Community

by paulkamon 09.23.2009

Today, we welcome Stella’s to the Urban Diner community. Check out their new listing here.

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Jacob Galbraith

by Editor 08.01.2009

A Brief History Of This Young Line Cook
Jake Galbraith, born Jacob but later shortened for ease of shouting, was born and raised on Vancouver Island. Fresh out of high school and genuinely aimless he found himself in the dish pit at a fancy shmancy resort. It took about 8 seconds of doing the dishes to [...]

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Au Petit Chavignol Joins the UD Community

by paulkamon 07.27.2009

Today, we welcome Au Petit Chavignol to the UD community! Check out their new listing: here.

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A Trip to the Market

by paulkamon 07.06.2009

Last week I was invited by Chef Brian Fowke of Monbella to accompany him on his daily trip to Granville Island where he personally shops for his market fresh menu. Fortuitously, I have always been intrigued to learn more of the different techniques chefs use when selecting ingredients for their menus, so I was happy [...]

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Ryan Cheverie

by paulkamon 06.04.2009

Ryan has been slinging drinks across the nation for nigh on 10 years now, beginning his journey in Halifax where he was born and raised. After a brief stopover in Toronto he ended up in Vancity four years ago, plying his trade at the venerable Hamilton Street Grill ever since.
A cocktail geek through and through, [...]

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Delicious Chicken Soup Book Giveaway

by paulkamon 05.30.2009

The first person to correctly name all of the establishments inside this post will win a copy of Chef Andrey Durbach’s “Delicious Chicken Soup“, signed by both Chef Durbach and illustrator, Robert Chaplin.
Good luck! ~ PK

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I Like to Eat Cats

by paulkamon 05.29.2009

I married an American woman with family roots in the Deep South, so eating catfish has become a regular craving and dining ritual whenever we find ourselves south of the 40th parallel. Having missed our annual migration this year, our appetite for catfish was starting to get rather acute. Luckily, we found out the new [...]

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Photo of the Day: Dining on the Great Wall

by paulkamon 05.22.2009

Now that’s what I call a patio! In April of this year, Culinary Capers Bejing (a division of Culinary Capers Catering) served a four-course meal to 120 guests on the Great Wall of China.
A snippet of what was served:
For the first course, servers poured long pepper duck consommé tableside from tea pots around a duck [...]

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