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I frequently crave a certain kind of food from a specific place. Fish and chips from Pajo’s in Steveston, tacos from Dona Cata, rendang beef from Pondak, etc. Sure, there are times when I want to go to a particular…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Wednesday, March 19th, 2008
Categories: Meditations | Tags: best-food, dishola, food-review | 3 Comments »
This morning I was scrolling (as opposed to strolling, which is generally more rewarding, especially when done at farmer’s markets) and I came across A Huge Depository of Unusual Meals and Foods, a gem of food and…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
Categories: Meditations | Tags: food_ephemera, huge_depository | No Comments »
One of my favourite things to do on the weekend is to drop into Tonina’s Italian Deli & Cafe in my old neighbourhood at 25th and Main Street. Depending on the time of day I might just be picking up supplies for…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Friday, February 8th, 2008
Categories: Meditations | Tags: appetizer, deli, pizza, Risotto, Seafood, tapenade, Tonina's | 4 Comments »
Every once in a while I head down to our local Belgium-influenced restaurant Stella’s on Commercial Drive. Usually it’s because I’m craving mussels and frites and a pint of Stella Artois. However, they…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Wednesday, December 5th, 2007
Categories: Worship | Tags: beer, Belgian-beer, Commercial-Drive, drink, golden_dragon, gulden_draak, review, Stellas, stella_artois | No Comments »
Last holiday season my wife received a wonderful and very personal gift from her mother; a binder filled with all the recipes she enjoyed from her childhood right up to the present. It was all neatly typed, laid out and…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Wednesday, November 14th, 2007
Categories: Guidance | Tags: blurb, bon_appetit, book, cookbook, epicurious, gourmet_magazine, TasteBook | 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 of…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
Categories: Meditations | Tags: Carbea Winery, grape, Hornby Island, Wine, winery | No Comments »
On a recent weekend jaunt to Hornby Island just off the east coast of Vancouver Island, my wife and I were wandering around inside the single small store on the island. We were there expressly to pick up snacks for the…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Monday, October 29th, 2007
Categories: Guidance | Tags: appetizer, Hornby Island, Sahale Snack, snack, vancouver | No Comments »
My wife reluctantly sent me a link to Meatpaper, a new print and online publication featuring everything and anything to do with meat. Why was she so reluctant? As a lapsed vegetarian and someone constantly trying to…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Thursday, October 11th, 2007
Categories: Meditations | Tags: aging_room, food_ad, magazine, meat, meatpaper | No Comments »
Hey all you real Southern-style low ‘n slow barbecue fans, if you’re near Langley, BC this Sunday, September 9th check out the BBQ on the Bypass. The good stuff (i.e. eating) starts at 11am with the first…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Friday, September 7th, 2007
Categories: Meditations | Tags: BBQ, bbq-championship, grilling, langley, Meats, summer | No Comments »
Those of you familiar with Industrial Brand know about our slightly unnatural fondness for small rodents. In fact, we’ve even featured the preparation of, and recipe for, squirrel. Thus, imagine our delight when we…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Tuesday, September 4th, 2007
Categories: Meditations | Tags: F-Word, Gordon Ramsay, Hell's Kitchen, television | 1 Comment »
This weekend is the Canadian National BBQ Championships in Whistler BC. I’m heading there this weekend and will report back on this and the competition barbecue course I recently took and taught by competitors Brian…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Friday, August 3rd, 2007
Categories: Meditations | Tags: barbeque, BBQ, bbq-championship, Whistler | No Comments »
If you love grilling and crave flavour, then you might want to consider going back to charcoal. Here’s what happened to me… At the beginning of the grilling and bbq (yes, there is a difference between these…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Friday, August 3rd, 2007
Categories: Meditations | Tags: barbeque, bbq-championship, charcoal, Cobb, Hardware, house-of-q, meat, slow-cooking, Weber, well-seasoned-gourmet | No Comments »
…Ice cream! Gelato actually. As someone who owns and fairly regularly uses his ice cream maker, I’ve got a great appreciation for what goes into a quality ice cream or gelato. This is both a good and a bad…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Wednesday, July 25th, 2007
Categories: Worship | Tags: dessert, gelato, grom, italian_company, italy, old_fashioned | No Comments »
The problem with Giant Pocky is the chocolate to stick ratio is off (too much stick).
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Monday, July 9th, 2007
Categories: Meditations | Tags: chocolate, dessert, glico, Japanese, pocky, pretzel, snack | No Comments »
I love innovative car commercials, especially when they involve confectionary and cake! This ad for Skoda has a rather large team creating a life-size replica of the car, complete with engine and interior. Reminds me a…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Friday, June 1st, 2007
Categories: Meditations | Tags: cake, Canstruction, commercial, dessert, marketing | No Comments »