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A Look at the New Wild Rice in New Westminster [video]

by paulkamon 11.19.2011

Check out this ‘behind the scenes’ video with restaurateur Andrew Wong, as he gives a guided tour of his brand new Wild Rice restaurant–soft opening this week in the renovated River Market in New Westminster.
With Re-Up BBQ also staking a claim in the market building, expanding from the wet, cold and cramped quarters of their [...]

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Prohibition Lesson

by Editor 10.17.2011

If you missed the premiere of “Prohibition”, the three-part, five-and-a-half-hour documentary film series directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick that tells the story of the rise, rule, and fall of the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and the entire era it encompassed, there is a fantastic website click here that [...]

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Fungi Overlords or “6 Ways Mushrooms Can Save the Planet”

by Editor 01.19.2011

I stumbled across this fascinating TED talk by Mycologist Paul Stamets, where he shares his research and theories on mycelium — and lists 6 ways that fungus can help save the world. Brilliant!

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The Worlds Most Expensive Wine

by Keith Talent 11.24.2010

Sonoma micro-vintner Bill Wertzberger introduces a unique and exclusive offering, the most EXPENSIVE WINE ON EARTH. Head over to his site to get the details. The only flaw in his plan is the LDB will take his million dollar wine, add their markup and it’ll cost you or me three million to get some. Hell, [...]

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The Great Food Revolution, Online

by Keith Talent 08.04.2010

The constant low level nagging irritant of being denied streaming media a la Hulu in the states due to backward thinking copyright law and parochial Canadian rights holders is mitigated somewhat by CBC’s streaming media. Not enough to ease the sting of not being able to watch 30 Rock at any time, but baby steps [...]

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Dirty Water, Dangerous Fish

by Editor 07.22.2010

~ Thanks to Ian Angus from the UD Forum for sharing this very thought-provoking and disturbing video of catfish farming on the Mekong River in Vietnam.

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I Am a Canadian Craft Brewer

by paulkamon 04.22.2010

Let’s get this beer revolution started! Come inside and see the official Vancouver Craft Beer Week video.

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Tonight’s Viewing

by Keith Talent 04.21.2010

Food Inc., the documentary about what we eat and where our food comes from is on PBS tonight at 9:00 p.m. (Future screening times available here.)

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My New Favourite Beer Commercial

by paulkamon 03.30.2010

[flash http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCwI82JED4I&feature=player_embedded w=262 h=165]
What can I say? They could put Bud Light Lime in these bottles and I would still automagically think it was precious nectar from the Gods.
That my friends is the power of creative advertising funk.
Thanks to Matthew Rissling for sharing this in the UD Forum. ~ PK

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Home is Where the Food is

by paulkamon 11.05.2009

Fabulous video by Vancouver-based animator Jody Kramer (The Juki Museum) produced for the 100-Mile Diet Society.
Also, check out the Vancouver 100-Mile Diet Foodshed Map, to get a lovely visual of where our local food is coming from. Buy a copy of the map here.
Thanks to Jackie Connelly for the link. ~ PK

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The Naturist

by paulkamon 08.27.2009

LMAO. I am so buying Teva shoes.

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Tour of The Refinery “MTV Cribs Style”

by paulkamon 04.04.2009

This video recently appeared in my inbox from Peter Raptis, one of the owners of The Refinery on Granville Street. Having spent much of my misbegotten youth hanging out at the bar drinking draft during the heydays of its former incarnation as the Sugar Refinery, I am amazed at what these guys have down with this [...]

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