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5 Reasons Why Provenance Matters

Seared Tenderloin with braised spinach, tomato confit, tomato powder and peanut veloute. This lovely looking dish is actually death on a plate. In the past year there have been massive recalls of spinach, tomatoes, beef…

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Posted by: Anthony Nicalo on Wednesday, March 10th, 2010
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Bringing New Orleans Home: Crawfish Etouffee

New Orleans is a special place for more reasons to count, but its gastronomy certainly ranks pretty high up there (followed closely, perhaps, by its open-container outside drinking laws). It is, after all, where…

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Posted by: Laura Siciliano-Rosen on Thursday, March 4th, 2010
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Dougie Dog Street Meat

There’s a new dog in town, just in time for the Olympics. For the roving hordes on Granville Street who don’t want slices of pizza, there’s now Dougie Dog. All natural dogs served up in L.A. rockstar…

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Posted by: Degan Beley on Thursday, February 25th, 2010
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Designer Eating in Vancouver

Travel is often defined by memories of food. Perhaps it’s the multi-sensory aspect of the experience, but it’s often the meals and snacks we try when on an adventure to some far away place that stick with us…

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Posted by: Mark Busse on Sunday, February 7th, 2010
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Designer Eating in Vancouver

Travel is often defined by memories of food. Perhaps it’s the multi-sensory aspect of the experience, but it’s often the meals and snacks we try when on an adventure to some far away place that stick with us…

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Posted by: Mark Busse on Sunday, February 7th, 2010
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Home is where the food is

[/caption] I can’t count the times I’ve heard Mark say, “There’s something about being creative and loving food that goes hand-in-hand.” On top of that, I certainly can’t count the…

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Posted by: Stephanie Co & Todd Smith on Sunday, January 17th, 2010
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Eating Provenance- My family’s “weird diet”

Some of you know that my 2010 resolution is to not eat or drink anything of which I don’t know the origins. It is a ton of research. It seems impossible to eat at a restaurant- yes, the best ones know most of their…

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Posted by: Anthony Nicalo on Friday, January 15th, 2010
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Offally Pretty 2: Lampredotto and Trippa Carts

The biggest bummer about wandering the markets while travelling is not having a kitchen to cook the enticing ingredients in.  My eyes sparkled when I saw the lovely innards displayed proudly throughout Mercato…

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Posted by: Melody Fury on Sunday, January 3rd, 2010
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Hone Your Food Photography Skills

Are you one of those people who brings out the camera at dinner, not to photograph your dining companions, but to capture the gorgeous food on your plate? We’ve all been guilty of it and here’s a chance to…

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Posted by: Degan Beley on Monday, November 23rd, 2009
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Defending In Defense of Food

I often fail to finish reading a book because of I have an attention span of a pigeon, and I get so overly excited about a new book that I jump onto it forgetting that the other book was unfinished.  This wasn’t so…

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Posted by: Pailin Chongchitnant on Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
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Adobo Chicken

As the leaves start to fall and there is a chill in the air, my mind turns to warm comfort foods to take me through the winter. I feel a warm hug just thinking about my mom’s adobo chicken. I’ve made it…

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Posted by: Andrea Busse on Monday, October 12th, 2009
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Where to eat in Chicago?

I used to live in Chicago. I also used to cook professionally there and did more than my fair share of eating around town. Once a month someone I know is going to Chicago and asks for suggestions. Here they are, in no…

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Posted by: Anthony Nicalo on Friday, October 9th, 2009
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Pour for Four at Pourhouse

It’s Saturday night and I find myself consuming a healthy plate of pork and beans. But this isn’t your typical Libby’s beans out of the can.  The comfort food I’m talking about is part of the menu at…

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Posted by: Erin Mussolum on Sunday, September 27th, 2009
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Kate Zimmerman Hates Food Bloggers

I find Kate Zimmerman’s dismissal of food bloggers and social media not only distasteful, but confusing. What is she on about exactly? Food bloggers? Smart mobile devices? Rude people? BBQ? The stupidity of Twitter…

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Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, August 4th, 2009
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Bite-sized bagels? Why didn’t Timmy’s think of this first?

With apologies to all those who worship at the throne of Tim Hortons, I’ve never really understood the appeal…EXCEPT for Timbits. You can fit quite a variety of flavours into a box, and somehow eating these…

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Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, July 23rd, 2009
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