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Vancouver Island

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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24 Hours In Victoria

by Keith Talent 07.23.2009

This past weekend my lovely wife and I spent a night in Victoria. I had bought return tickets on Harbour Air at a silent charity auction, and decided to celebrate my completion of another trip around Sol by overnighting. We booked a room at the very pleasant Oswego Hotel, which I’d recommend with the proviso [...]

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Comox Welcomes Craft Beer

by Rick Green 03.31.2009

^ From left to right, Ken Snyder of RBC, Mayor Paul Ives, Bob Surgenor, and John Watson, Executive Director of the Comox Economic Development Society toast the opening of Surgenor Brewing.
Seven years and $2 million dollars later, Bob Surgenor’s dream has come true. On March 21, family, friends, and local dignitaries gathered at Surgenor Brewing [...]

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BC Maitre’d To Serve 13 Years For Murder

by admin 08.10.2008

For nearly 2 years this has been a tragic story, only now it’s getting an even sadder conclusion…
The former maitre d’ at the luxury resort The Airie [sic - it's spelled "Aerie" - jeez] told the court that for 60 years he has lived a peaceful and productive life.
“I’d like to say I’m deeply sorry [...]

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Off To Meet Isabelle

by admin 07.24.2008

Just come off a hardcore work week: a multitude of micro pieces, columns, book stuff (working on a second “Vancouver Cooks” cookbook with the Chef’s Table Society), web mountains, and a variety of other considerations. I’m learning that writing is a tidal pursuit, with moments of intense shitting-of-pants blending into serene holidays with family and [...]

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Family Victoria Trip

by admin 07.07.2008

Click the video above for a quick run through of our trip to Victoria.

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Victorian Dispatches

by admin 07.05.2008

I would have loved to have posted more while away but I’ve been quite busy keeping myself busy. We’re staying at the new and very boutique-ish Oswego Hotel just off the inner harbour in James Bay. Its not far from my mother’s house, which is where our kids have been staying. We’ve been out to [...]

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Returning To Tofino

by admin 06.05.2008

We’re taking the kids up to Tofino this weekend, camping again in the Westfalia (home movie of my last trip up here). We’ll be having dinner at Sobo tomorrow night and staying on the beach. Hot dogs, marshmallows, the whole bit. Saturday is the 6th annual Tofino Food & Wine Festival (linkage). It may be [...]

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Q&A With Kira Rogers

by admin 04.26.2008

A five minute interview with Kira Rogers, Director of my favourite event on the BC calendar, the annual Tofino Food and Wine Festival. If you’ve never been before it’s like a dreamy, moveable feast out of doors in Tolkien’s Rivendell. Something to behold, to be sure, and pure magic to be a part of.
How did [...]

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Go Well Bert Bevis

by admin 04.12.2008

From the Times-Colonist obituaries:
BEVIS, Herbert (Bert) William July 16, 1932 – April 2, 2008

It is with immense sadness that we announce the sudden passing of a deeply loved husband, father, grandfather and friend […] Bert had a love of travel, taking him to various countries including Spain, France, Italy, and ultimately to Canada. Landing in [...]

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