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From Italy, New Zealand, and Argentina: 3 wines with Gregor Mowatt

by Hans Peter Meyer 04.03.2013

“We’re starting with the Prosecco because we all need to be drinking more bubbly.” And that’s how we started the second in this series of wine tastings with some of the people I rely on to teach me about wine. Gregor Mowatt was talking about how most of us treat bubby – Prosecco from Italy, [...]

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News from a Broad – Lunching in the Capital

by Shelora Sheldan 03.21.2013

Spring has sprung and with it, a spate of new and unique dining options in BC’s capital. Focusing on the lunch hour, Victoria’s culinary landscape is rife with great daytime options. The downtown core is a prime example. Weekdays the streets buzz with small independents competing for your hard-earned lunch money. Places like Devour, Clay [...]

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3 BC Whites: Tasting notes with Connie Earl

by Hans Peter Meyer 03.18.2013

Connie Earl is a floor manager at both Avenue Bistro in Comox, and sister restaurant Atlas Cafe in Courtenay. In her 20+ years in the restaurant industry she’s been server, cook, and manager. Along the way she’s done some sommelier training, but most importantly, she’s developed a love for and deep appreciation of wine, particularly [...]

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Mid-Island Food News for March

by Hans Peter Meyer 02.28.2013

First the #DineAroundCV update: Through to March 17 you’ll find great 3-course value and flavours at various price points ($17 – $27 – $37 for 3-course menus) at 21 venues in the Comox Valley region. I was part of a preview team in February and am happy to note that local food is being featured [...]

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Dining Around the Comox Valley – a snapshot of #DineAroundCV Feb 20-March 17

by Hans Peter Meyer 02.21.2013

Most people are familiar with these seasonal “dine around” promotions: marketing packages aimed at getting people into restaurants in the slow season. Now in its 4th season, Dine Around Comox Valley, engages many of my region’s restaurants in that kind of exercise. But I don’t think “cheap seats” or even the special 3-course menues that #DineAroundCV is [...]

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Mid-Island Food News for February

by Hans Peter Meyer 01.29.2013

Valentine’s Day menus and the Dine Around Comox Valley promotion dominate the news. The 4th Annual Comox Valley Dine Around runs Feb 20 – Mar 17 and at time of writing includes 22 venues and 3 hotels (follow the Twitter chatter via #DineAroundCV). The #DineAroundCV focus is on 3-course, prix fixe meals (at $17, $27 or [...]

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Mid-Island Food News for December 2012

by Hans Peter Meyer 11.28.2012

On the Nov 30-Dec 1 weekend it’s a celebration of “Oysters, Bacon, Chocolate” at the 1st Annual Delicious Downtown Courtenay. This is part of a lot of fun happening in my downtown during six weeks of WinterFest. This weekend, it’s all about the great eateries we have in my downtown – and raising funds for [...]

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Road Trip – Young Victoria

by Canucklehead 11.25.2012

A few weeks ago I was seriously burnt out from my day job (do you know hard it is to get the caramel into a Caramilk bar?!) and I really needed a break. I decided to head over to Victoria to get some quiet time. Plus I LOVE the ferry rides. While those who regularly [...]

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Mid-Island Food News for November 2012

by Hans Peter Meyer 10.31.2012

This food news column is about what’s fresh and tasty in my “home region” – the greater Comox Valley / Campbell River area. My biases: local food, local beverages, great service. We’re hosting a #localfoodhero series of contests to celebrate the growers, chefs, bartenders, servers, flavouristas, etc who sustain us and tantalize our palates. There’s [...]

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The James Barber Fundraising Feast at Providence Farms

by Hans Peter Meyer 10.10.2012

Like the bears, I’m on auto-graze at this time of year. The season of feasting started with the 15th annual Vancouver Island Feast of Fields (#VIFeast) in Duncan. Then came the first Flavour – North Island Gourmet Picnic event (#FlavourSept23) in the Comox Valley. Last weekend, the James Barber Providence Farm fundraiser (#JamesBarber) near Cowichan [...]

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Flavour – Savoury, sweet, and we’re so ready for it!

by Hans Peter Meyer 09.30.2012

Flavour. It was a bit of a “coming of age” party. Over 50 food and drink exhibitors – chefs and growers, wine makers, brewers, soda popistas – mostly from the greater Comox Valley-Campbell River region, showing their stuff at one of our grandest venues. It was a confident statement about the flavours being grown and [...]

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Mid-Island Food News for October 2012

by Hans Peter Meyer 09.29.2012

As the harvest season winds down and Thanksgiving feasts are being planned, it’s still picnic on my mind. We just got in from a late September moment at Goose Spit in Comox: salad furnished from the garden and Grassi Point Market [4066 Island Highway South, Royston 250-338-7546], mains from Yummies and Gyros [279 Puntledge Road, [...]

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