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Food Media & Reviews

Punch In The Face Is Not A Look

by Keith Talent 12.23.2008

Over coiffed and under shaved Food TV personality Guy Fieri wants you to help him pick his new look. That’s right, your input is requested to help determine tomorrows horribly dated 2009 equivalent of bell bottoms and a white disco suit. Just go here and help Guy pick what pin headed Nascar dads will look [...]

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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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BC Brew Review: Gaymers Original Cider

by Rick Green 12.03.2008

A taste for traditional cider (not the cloying, over-carbonted varieties) seems to be making a slow comeback in B.C., reflected in a growing number of imports and domestic brands. Given the province’s history of apple production, there is certainly room for growth and the development of greater variety.
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The New Yorker Food Issue Is Out

by Keith Talent 11.20.2008

The New Yorker’s always excellent eagerly anticipated (at least by me,) food issue is now on news stands. (Table of contents here.) Look for the November 24 issue for Calvin Trillin on Texas barbecue. Fuschia Dunlop profiles locavors in Hangzhou China. Chris Ware contributes one of those pointless mildly wry and ironic comic strip favoured [...]

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Panama Piccolo’s Premier Pick

by Rick Green 11.06.2008

Vince Piccolo and Caffè Artigiano President Willie Mounzer have purchased the entire 200lb lot of the Best of Panama winner, Panama La Carleida. Having achieved a cupping score of 93.16, it is considered one of the best coffees produced in the world this year according to judges from Costa Rica, Europe, Japan, and the United [...]

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The Fortune Cookie Chronicles

by Keith Talent 11.06.2008

I just finished reading a strange book, The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food by New York Times writer Jennifer Lee. It wasn’t strange in that it was boring, or poorly researched or arrived at strange conclusions but strange to a Vancouverite to read of Chinese cuisine that is completely foreign [...]

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The November Issue Of EAT Has Arrived

by admin 11.03.2008

The latest issue of EAT Magazine has hit the streets. Click here to read it online Enjoy!

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enRoute’s Best New Restaurants For 2008

by admin 11.01.2008

Air Canada’s enRoute Magazine has just released their annual “10 Best New Restaurants in Canada” awards list for 2008. A big congratulations to all of our BC winners!
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Q&A with Frank Bruni of the NY Times

by Keith Talent 10.24.2008

The New York Times restaurant critic has been answering questions all week from readers at the papers website. Find the ongoing dialogue here. Semi-interesting insights with the most powerful critic in the land.The questions run from the banal (“How much weight have you gained since starting to write about restaurants?”) To the intriguing;
“Q. As you [...]

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Raincity Grill Totally Crucified By Gill

by admin 09.18.2008

The Globe’s food critic Alexandra Gill ripped into Raincity Grill yesterday, pretty much stating flat out that chef Peter Robertson wasn’t up to the job. I had to read it again just to make sure I was getting it right.
I am truly sad to discover that the restaurant has gone downhill. And that Peter Robertson, [...]

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Van Mag Buffs Up Its Food Coverage

by admin 09.16.2008

The new food and restaurant-heavy issue of Van Mag is not yet on the streets, but they’ve just put it up on their website. Inside you’ll find:
101 Things To Taste Before You Die | a list of dishes, bites, drinks, and licks plucked from the palates of local chefs, food writers, and suppliers. There [...]

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