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Are You Ready To Rock? [video]

by Editor 04.12.2012

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How Much Do You Know About Seafood?

by Hunter Moyes 04.12.2012

I thought that I knew quite a bit, before doing a little talk at a UBC sustainability conference, run by students and involving people from the environmental community. At the time I was half-involved in Vancouver’s environmental community and full-time-involved in its restaurant scene (running Burgoo as a “Head Chef” up on West 10th) – [...]

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Don’t Sully Your Spirits

by Rick Green 04.11.2012

I distinctly remember my first experience learning that what mixer you use can significantly affect the taste of your cocktail. I was at a friend’s party, testing out the Cosmopolitan recipe from my latest acquisition at the time, The New York Bartender’s Guide. The Cosmos were popular and we ran out of limes. My friend [...]

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Getting Started – The Revolution Begins at Home!

by Ron Berezan 04.10.2012

As a child of the sixties, I can’t help but have this strange compulsion to want to “get back to the land” – that is, to run away from everything that annoys me about city life and embrace that elusive Shangri-la lying somewhere out beyond the suburbs. I know I am not alone in this [...]

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Spring PR Blossom

by Editor 04.05.2012

Spring Into Easter at Thierry; Aprons for Gloves; The Glowbal Restaurant Group is committed to its team and guests;
Bittered Sling Bistro: April 2012 with Okanagan Spirits; Pink Elephant Thai turns one in April; Wild BC Spot Prawn festivals in BC; Mission Hill Family Estate presents ‘An Evening with Chris Botti’ June 24; ORU – the [...]

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Maple Syrup, It’s Not Just For Breakfast Anymore

by Canucklehead 04.05.2012

Martin Picard was recently in town at Barbara Jo’s promoting his new cook book, Au Pied de Cochon Sugar Shack with a book signing. I am not afraid to admit that I am a pretty gushy fan of his. When Au Pied de Cochon self published their first cookbook, I called the restaurant in [...]

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Mid-Island Eating and Drinking: April 2012

by Hans Peter Meyer 04.01.2012

A land of plenty
The greater Comox Valley is a “land of plenty” (from the local Salish word Komoux, meaning “land of plenty). With neighbourhing Campbell River, our region is rich in agricultural, horticultural, and marine food resources. To put it simply, we grow and harvest great food here. Over the years this great food has [...]

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Pizzeria Barbarella

by Canucklehead 03.29.2012

Not that many moons ago – people in Vancouver were pining away for good pizza. Even Seattle, with Serious Pie and Delancey were killing us in the pizza department. How could the Economist say that we were the best place in the world to live, when our pizza was so completely shitty?
Well, [...]

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Real Regional Cuisine of the Deep South

by Canucklehead 03.21.2012

On a recent trip to the US South, I got to try out some of the what the locals love to eat. But let’s face it – for all of my obsessions over organic and seasonal foods, the vast majority of Americans are more interested in local restaurant chains. And their loyalties are [...]

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March PR Waves

by Editor 03.13.2012

(Image by: Roger McLassus)
Award winning Cobre restaurant is on the move!; Enjoy live Jazz every Wednesday night at Uva in March; Jour du Macaron @ Thierry; Le Vieux Pin releases 2nd vintage of Syrah and Viognier; The return of Glowbal Collection’s passport program; Hawksworth embarks on Hong Kong culinary adventure; Market by Jean-Georges presents “Return [...]

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Wine Festival Will Continue Without the Vancouver Playhouse Theatre

by Sheila Whittaker 03.10.2012

On the coattails of a successful wine festival, the Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Company announced March 9th that it will wind down operations. The last performance will be tonight, March 10th, at the end of Hunchback. This announcement ends 49 seasons of the company’s regional theatre in Vancouver.

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Central City Rauchbier Launched with a Bacon Explosion

by Rick Green 03.08.2012

^ l to r, Sous Chef, Matthew Nichols, Executive Chef, Carl Sawatsky, Brewmaster, Gary Lohin.
Ever since Central City Brewing brewmaster, Gary Lohin, learned of the The Bacon Explosion, he’s been looking for an appropriate excuse to make it. (What took you so long, Gary?) The occasion finally came on February 25 when Central City launched [...]

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