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Vancouver Island

Island Wineries of British Columbia Giveaway!

by Editor 02.17.2011

What do you need to know to enjoy British Columbia’s island wines? You need to know the wineries, what wines they produce, and where the wineries can be found. Did you know there are over twenty-five wineries to explore? A new book created by the contributors to EAT Magazine entitled “Island Wineries of British Columbia” [...]

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CC 2010: Aquaman, Smokies, and Sustainable Campfire Sing-Alongs

by Jacob Galbraith 09.11.2010

One of the perks of being a cook who can also read and write at a fifth grade level is that I’m occasionally called upon to attend events I would never be able to make it to. Last May brought the Vancouver Craft Beer Week, and today I’ll be frolicking amongst approximately five hundred or [...]

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Register Now for Canadian Chefs’ Congress – September 11, 12

by Editor 08.31.2010

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Spring Issue of EAT Magazine

by paulkamon 03.08.2010

The Spring issue of EAT Magazine has just hit the streets! Read the digital edition: click here.

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On the Beer Trail: Saltspring Island Ales Pt 1

by paulkamon 02.20.2010

It started out innocently enough with a single bottle of beer; a nice drinking session with an alluring and tall vessel of Saltspring Island Ale’s dark porter. Not long after that, it was the last drops of their award-winning golden and pale ales that I had also brought home as well, that further prodded me [...]

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Local Travel: Escape to Tofino Edition

by paulkamon 12.08.2009

Every year around the time when the darkness begins to plunge deepest into our days and the falling rain from woolly grey skies seems inexhaustible and permanent, I always feel this strange almost atmospheric wave of anxiety move in.
When it inexorably does extend its unnerving and lethargic-inducing reach, I instinctively know it’s time to escape [...]

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Blind Tasting Review: 2005 Château Roquetaillade La Grange

by paulkamon 12.01.2009

I have been playing a wine game with restaurant sommeliers and wine nerds across town where I show up with a mystery bottle and ask them to review it blind. By not knowing what the wine is or who represents it, hopefully, an honest-no-bs-review is achieved. ~ PK
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A Visit to the Comox Valley Pt 2 ~ Eating & Drinking

by paulkamon 09.12.2009

(Read “A Visit to the Comox Valley Pt 1“)
What would it take to get me to pack up my family and travel 5 solid hours by boat and van to a fairly remote town overrun by wealthy Albertans and military personnel? Good food. And beer.

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Sept/Oct Issue of EAT Magazine Has Hit the Streets

by paulkamon 09.03.2009

Read the latest issue of EAT Magazine online, here.

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A Visit to the Comox Valley Pt 1 ~ Smith Lake Farm

by paulkamon 08.27.2009

For anyone driving to Vancouver Island during the summer months, navigating the inevitable BC Ferries gauntlet of vacationing tourista RV’s, transport trucks and wave after wave of passenger cars, can be a litmus test of planning and patience, especially with kids in tow. If I had a dollar for every time that I have pulled [...]

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Barbecue With The Masters – A Visit to Deerholme Farm

by paulkamon 08.07.2009

One of the most enjoyable meals I’ve had this summer was a communal Farm to Table dinner at Deerholme Farm in the Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island, hosted by local food trailblazers Bill Jones and Don Genova, both learned protégés of The Urban Peasant, the late great James Barber.
Entitled “Barbecue with the Masters”, this informal [...]

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Taste: Victoria’s Festival of Food and Wine

by paulkamon 07.30.2009

The first inaugural Taste, Victoria’s Festival of Food and Wine, took place a couple weeks ago at the revamped jewel of a venue known as the Crystal Garden. I attended the main tasting event of this four day festival while vacationing on Vancouver Island recently and I can’t help but reminisce what an excellent day [...]

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