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We went to Bowen Island over the holidays for an open house. We ended up going back in time to take a fawn from hoof to plate in a few hours.
Posted by: James Sherrett on Wednesday, February 11th, 2009
Categories: Guidance | Tags: Bowen Island, butcher, deer, fawn, meat, story | 20 Comments »
People often ask me about my favourite restaurants in Vancouver, and I always feel like maybe I shouldn’t share too much or word will get out and overrun my secret spots—although I did publicly declare a few faves…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, February 11th, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: Anthony-Bourdain, Cambodian, chinatown, Phnom Penh, restaurant, review, vancouver, Vietnamese | 9 Comments »
It seems that Spam is a “love it or hate it” ingredient; it makes some smile and it makes many people gag, but it’s a selection that Steph and I often consider at our local haunts. It can be found boiled…
Posted by: Stephanie Co & Todd Smith on Wednesday, February 11th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: food, fun, instruction, Meats, recipes, Spam | 5 Comments »
Anybody who knows me, knows that I love food — particularly hamburgers. So after being prodded and poked here is my list of favourite burgers. As a side note my criteria is based around the idea of the original…
Posted by: Alex Leynes on Tuesday, February 10th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: California, cheese, Dick's Drive In, fast food culture, Five Guys, hamburger, In-n-Out, philadelphia, Seattle, Splitz, The Counter | 26 Comments »
Our old friend Mark Holland (coolest radio voice ever) and his colleague Janine de la Salle have published a terrific article entitled Food For Thought in today’s West Coast News section of The Vancouver Sun. In it,…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, February 10th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: article, janine dela salle, local food, mark holland, town planning, vancouver sun | 2 Comments »
Hot beef sundae. Corn dog pizza. French fry-encased hot dog on a stick. Turbaconucken. Deep-fried Coca-Cola. Deep dish pizza vending machine. In-N-out 100×100 burger. Deep-fried twinkie on a stick dipped in chocolate…
Posted by: Stephanie Co & Todd Smith on Tuesday, February 10th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: fat, food, fun, junk, love | 1 Comment »
I would be quite remiss if I failed to write about food books that DO include visuals, whether it be sumptuous food photography by the likes of John Sherlock & Quentin Bacon or excellent how-to, step-by-step demos…
Posted by: Nancy Wu on Friday, February 6th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: Books, bourdain, Cioppino's, cookbooks, Feenie, food, French Laundry, Jamie Oliver, Jeffrey Alford, John Bishop, Martha Stewart, Martin Picard, Masaharu Morimoto, Naomi Duguid, Nigel Slater, Nobu, Nobuyuki Matsuhisa, photography, Pied de Cochon, Ramsay, Thomas Keller, Travel, vij's, Williams-Sonoma | 5 Comments »
Near the conclusion of the wonderful wedding I was best man at in Mexico recently, the parents of the bride gave Andrea and I a lovely gift. Inside we discovered an adorable mini Persian rug, a purse-sized woman’s…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, February 5th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: almonds, dessert, Persian, tradition, wedding | 2 Comments »
A truly inspirational talk by chef Dan Barber recounting a trip that he took to a goose farm in the Extremadura region of Spain run by Eduardo Sousa who not only produces a humane foie gras, but the best foie gras that…
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Wednesday, February 4th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: beliefs, Chefs, ethical, foie-gras, goose_farm, spain, traditional | 3 Comments »
When I was starting out in the kitchen, I was convinced that I was missing something. While I could follow a recipe without too much trouble and only a modicum of charring, anything I tried to make from scratch tended to…
Posted by: Jer Thorp on Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009
Categories: Guidance | Tags: chicken, cooking-tips, stock | 6 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 | 5 Comments »
Lately we’ve been doing all our entertaining over brunch. I think mostly because it’s with couples who also have young kids and this way we can see them, and Lila can play with them. And when I say play, I…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009
Categories: Guidance | Tags: italian, poached eggs, polenta, recipe, tomato, truffle oil | 4 Comments »
My wife had fish ‘n chips last week. She told me we would. Three days later I got an inexplicable craving for them. Took me a moment to realize why. Then we had to have some. This was a Friday night after a long…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Monday, February 2nd, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: eastside, fish 'n chips, vancouver | 20 Comments »
There’s just something so special about those Monday mornings when your client pops by the office unannounced carrying a cardboard box with two plump, frozen geese he recently shot himself on a hunting trip. He just…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Monday, February 2nd, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: BBQ, goose, hunting | 3 Comments »
If you are lactose intolerant, your body does not produce enough lactase to break down all the lactose in the foods that you eat and the beverages that you drink. I have been drinking lactose free milk now for the last…
Posted by: Matt SamyciaWood on Monday, February 2nd, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: lactaid, Lactose free, lactose free yogurt, yogurt | 108 Comments »