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Avocado Salsa (measured for 1 1/2 cups of Arborio rice) 3 avocados (diced) A handful of vine tomatos (diced) 1/2 Shallot (diced) 1 Lime juiced Prep the salsa ahead of time and just fold it in and you’ve got…
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Monday, June 22nd, 2009
Categories: Guidance | Tags: avocado, chardonnay, Risotto, seasonal food, shallots, tomato, Wine | 4 Comments »
A read through the comments on the Foodists post To Review or Not Review will reveal an interesting discourse on the notion that today’s restaurant cannot afford to ignore the online world. What’s said…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Friday, May 8th, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: blogger outreach, r.TL, Regional Tasting Lounge, restaurant, review, Wine | 2 Comments »
Once, when I first moved back to Vancouver, I went on a date to the Sugar Refinery. A boy and I sat on a purple couch and talked about rap music while hipsters posed around us. Both the boy and the venue were unmemorable,…
Posted by: Degan on Sunday, April 26th, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: charcuterie, tapas, tasting menu, wine bar | No Comments »
Many of us Foodists flocked to the opportunity for a private dining evening at an Underground Restaurant known only as “12B”. I was with a fantastic group of 8 diners for the Saturday evening leg of a two…
Posted by: Johnathon Vaughn on Monday, March 30th, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: beverage, champagne, dinner, Wine, wine pairing | No Comments »
/caption] Wow, did Anthony just say that in front of 200 marketing professionals? Yup, seems so. This is how the BCAMA wine & cheese event began recently—an evening promising lessons about how great wine makes…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, March 11th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: anthony nicalo, BCAMA, canada, cheese, event, farmstead, marketing, vancouver, Wine | 2 Comments »
In wine-producing regions around the world, wine is accessible: celebrated in daily life and shared often with family and friends. Why, oh, why is this not the case in Vancouver?
Posted by: Karen Hamilton on Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: Memphis Blues, Raincity Grill, restaurant, Salt Tasting Room, vancouver, Wine | 3 Comments »
It goes without saying that it will rain the day after you take your umbrella out of your purse and by the same token, I should have known that a trendy, tasty Italian restaurant would open up in the culinary dead-zone…
Posted by: Degan on Monday, January 26th, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: chick peas, chinatown, fish, italian, Pasta, polenta, pork, restaurant, review, Risotto, sausage, steak, vancouver, Wine | 2 Comments »
Recently I’ve been researching data visualization design for a project about our exposure to consumer brands and came across this website that explores the various tasting notes commonly associated with different…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Saturday, January 17th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: flavour, taste notes, visualization, website, Wine | 2 Comments »
Every day on the way to work, I walk past a bunch of great restaurants on 4th Ave. Fuel, Gastropod and more recently, Trattoria. The one time I tried to go before, the line up was over an hour long and I’ve never…
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Tuesday, December 16th, 2008
Categories: Worship | Tags: italian, Pasta, restaurant, review, Trattoria Italian Kitchen, Wine | 1 Comment »
Any dinner billed as The Dinner of the Decade has got to have some weight behind it. Not only does this one have some weight but also some of the most recognized names in Vancouver. David Hawksworth, Hidekazu Tojo,…
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Tuesday, December 16th, 2008
Categories: Meditations | Tags: celebrity, chef, dinner, event, french-food, Wine | 3 Comments »
I was running through a great recipe from Rouxbe yesterday, Chicken Saltimbocca, and ran into an all too familiar situation. The recipe called for 4oz of white wine which left…well…almost an open full…
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Thursday, November 20th, 2008
Categories: Guidance | Tags: ingredient, liquid, Wine | 8 Comments »
Who knew that the most influential voice in Asia’s wine market is, well, a comic book character. Manga to be precise. The Drops of the Gods follows 20-something Shizuku, on a quest to learn about wine so he can…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008
Categories: Meditations | Tags: asia, drops of the gods, manga, NY Times, Shin Kibiyashi, Wine, Yuko Kibayashi | No Comments »
Blood? Wine? Thought this image of a grape press would be appropriate for Halloween. I took it on my recent trip to Hornby Island at Carbrea Winery. This is actually a perforated stainless steel cylinder with some kind…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
Categories: Meditations | Tags: Carbea Winery, grape, Hornby Island, Wine, winery | No Comments »
Don’t get me wrong, I love my wine but what I’m not into is the snooty language that surrounds the wine industry. I’m sure you know what I’m talking about, there’s a certain level of…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, August 7th, 2007
Categories: Meditations | Tags: New Jersey, tv, Wine, Wine Library TV | No Comments »
I’ve been away from posting on wines for a while now. Sorry. It’s the rain – very depressing and blog entry-suppressing. But today, I am inspired! This morning was so beautiful, and as I was walking…
Posted by: Colin Coutts on Tuesday, May 8th, 2007
Categories: Meditations | Tags: drink, hot-day-wine, lower-mainland, portugese-wine, summer-wine, value-wine, vinho-verde, Wine | No Comments »