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The Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival kicked off last week at the Shore Club where Executive Director Harry Hertscheg welcomed media and gave an introduction to the festival. Seventeen wines were opened,…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Sunday, January 23rd, 2011
Categories: Worship | Tags: event, festival, fortified, playhouse, port, sherry, tickets, Wine | No Comments »
I’ve always thought of Steveston as the land of fish and chips. The seaside town they forgot to close down that was perfect for a sunset summer motorcycle ride with a greasy dinner at the end of it. The trouble is,…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Wednesday, November 24th, 2010
Categories: Worship | Tags: bistro, fish, Richmond, Seafood, Steveston | No Comments »
Way back when the Irish Heather first moved to their new digs, they had a tomato basil gnudi on the menu – a dish that was invented at the Spotted Pig gastropub in New York City and appropriated by various eating…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Wednesday, October 6th, 2010
Categories: Guidance | Tags: cheese, gnudi, italian, Pasta, ricotta | 2 Comments »
The sockeye were here in record numbers this year and not only that, were tastier than previous years too… nice and fatty. I even got out for some fishing action myself a couple of weeks ago with fishchilliwack.com…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Tuesday, September 21st, 2010
Categories: Guidance | Tags: fishing, ikura, Japanese, locavore, nigiri, salmon, sushi | 3 Comments »
Sockeye salmon have been returning to the Fraser River in record numbers this year – the largest run in almost one hundred years – and while outdoorsy sports news is usually the type of information that makes…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Friday, September 3rd, 2010
Categories: Guidance | Tags: chilliwack, fish, locavore, salmon, sockeye, sustainable | 10 Comments »
Since I am very rarely further than arm’s length from my iPhone – in or out of the kitchen – I’ve amassed several food and drink related apps. Here are some of my favorites. What are yours? <…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
Categories: Guidance | Tags: app, internet, iPhone, tool | 7 Comments »
Trafalgar’s Restaurant in Kits, best known for having the largest dessert menu in the city, is changing gears with a specially organized Ocean Wise Dinner this Sunday, July 25th. They’ve had an Ocean Wise…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Thursday, July 22nd, 2010
Categories: Worship | Tags: oceanwise, Seafood, sustainable | 1 Comment »
With the almost cult following that bacon has, I always figured there had to be similar pockets of food obsession so I was quite tickled to see an invite to an “endive gala” in my inbox a few weeks ago. A…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Tuesday, June 29th, 2010
Categories: Meditations | Tags: endive, event | No Comments »
Market at Shangri-la’s first winemaker’s dinner saw French-styled Okanagan favorite Le Vieux Pin – including an inaugural sip of a syrah/viognier blend from the barrel – paired with some delectable…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Monday, June 7th, 2010
Categories: Worship | Tags: dinner, market, Okanagan, pairing, Wine | No Comments »
Photo Credit: Gruntzooki It’s rhubarb season. Last week at the farmer’s market the guy in front of me loaded up on no less than 11 bundles and I watched anxiously, hoping there would be some left.…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Friday, June 4th, 2010
Categories: Guidance | Tags: pie, pudding, recipe, rhubarb, spring | 2 Comments »
Photo credit: Todd Smith It all started with a pig called Wanda. Then some members of the Foodists collective went on a road trip to Clinton, BC to pick out some lambs from Cutter Ranch. Now one of their fine animals has…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Friday, May 28th, 2010
Categories: Meditations | Tags: angus, angus II, angusII, butcher, butchers of gastown, butchery, cooking, Cutter Ranch, lamb, meat, video | 8 Comments »
Maybe your comfort food is macaroni and cheese, maybe it’s tomato soup. For Andrew Wong, the owner of Vancouver’s esteemed Wild Rice, it’s congee and sui mai and barbecued pork cha siu…the favorite…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Thursday, May 13th, 2010
Categories: Worship | Tags: asian, Comfort, culture, festival, heritage | 1 Comment »
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Posted by: Degan Walters on Friday, March 26th, 2010
Categories: Meditations | Tags: poll, prize, questions, survey | No Comments »
Charlie’s, newly opened in Yaletown, thinks there’s an alternative to the 4 AM drunken, soggy pizza by the slice. Instead, they’ve opened a swish little lounge in the old Pinky’s space that has…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Thursday, March 18th, 2010
Categories: Worship | Tags: lounge, pizza, Yaletown | No Comments »
One of the most talked up restaurants of the summer finally opened with a page of press before they even got started, and it seems like it’s now about to get some more. Corner Suite Bistro de Luxe opened in time for…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Sunday, March 14th, 2010
Categories: Worship | Tags: Anthony Sedlak, bar, bistro, cocktails | No Comments »