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Winning with Granville Island Winter Ale

by BC Brew 11.09.2009

On November 3, Granville Island Brewing and the Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts held their first annual “Winter Ales and Fare” cooking competition on Granville Island. Four teams, consisting of one culinary and one pastry student, worked together to each create an entrée and a dessert using GIB’s Lions Winter Ale.

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In Defense of Food

by BC Brew 06.26.2009

^ Michael Pollan speaking on North America’s dysfunctional relationship with food (Jackie Connelly photo).
Berkeley author, Michael Pollan, was in Vancouver recently to promote the paperback release of his critically-acclaimed book, In Defense of Food. Barbara-Jo McIntosh invited him to speak at UBC Farm as part of a fundraiser to protect the 24 hectare farm from [...]

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Culinary Tourism: Are We on the Map?

by BC Brew 03.17.2009

(Photos by: Karen Hamilton of tinybites.ca)
No matter where people go, we all have to eat. While the global spread of American fast food means one isn’t forced to eat grasshopper tacos, jellied moose nose, cooked duck embryo, grilled guinea pig, sheep’s eyeball, or witchetty grub soup, food is often a memorable (good or otherwise) aspect [...]

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