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Has anyone ever tried 505 Southwestern Chili? Their Green Chili Sauce looks amazing. Any idea who sells it in the Vancouver area?
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Friday, July 21st, 2006
Categories: Meditations | Tags: 505 Southwestern Chili, chili, mexican, Sauces | No Comments »
The other week I accompanied our friend Richard to two new Deman Street cafes in Vancouver he was reviewing for his site TheCafeGuide.com. This was probably the first time I’ve purposefully gone to eat somewhere…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Tuesday, June 6th, 2006
Categories: Worship | Tags: cafe, cheese, Denman, fondue, italian, vancouver, website | No Comments »
> We have a fondness for all things abattoir related, like these cool plates from Sprout Home. Imagine a nice arrangement of lamp chops, potatoes and some fresh peas, or maybe some bbq pork? Yes, learn from your place…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Thursday, June 1st, 2006
Categories: Meditations | Tags: butcher, guide, meat, plate, Sprout Home | No Comments »
Warning: Conventional foodies with weak stomachs and those easily offended may want to skip this one, but Vice Magazine recently put out The Food Issue. As can be expected from these twisted folks, this issue is chock…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Wednesday, May 31st, 2006
Categories: Meditations | Tags: gross, literature, strange food, twisted, Vice Magazine | No Comments »
The weather hasn’t been great here for over a week. With June around the corner it’s a bit of a bummer and then today we get a taste of summer, quite literally. A vendor asked us to lunch so we suggested Gord…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Wednesday, May 31st, 2006
Categories: Worship | Tags: Gord Martin, restaurant, review, Seafood, vancouver | 1 Comment »
Those of you familiar with Timothy McSweeney’s may not associate the publication with food, however I recently came across this gem: Reviews of New Food. These are short, well-written and quirky essays on various…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Thursday, May 18th, 2006
Categories: Worship | Tags: author, essay, review, Timothy McSweeney | No Comments »
From a branding perspective, serving the food your restaurant pushes out of the kitchen in miniture toilet bowls is questionable, but that’s exactly what this toilet restaurant does. In fact, the entire place is…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Wednesday, May 17th, 2006
Categories: Meditations | Tags: bathroom, restaurant, toilet | No Comments »
As far as powdered addicting substances go, green is the new white. Lately we’ve become hooked on the buzz we get drinking iced matcha lattes. Matcha is a powdered green tea first discoverd over 900 years ago. It…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Tuesday, May 16th, 2006
Categories: Meditations | Tags: Drinks, green te, Infuze Tea House, matcha, tea | No Comments »
Recently I came across a cool site called Cooking For Engineers. Engineers aren’t always known for being great designers, but this blog has some unique information design in the presentation of the recipes. Very…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Sunday, May 14th, 2006
Categories: Meditations | Tags: engineer, recipe, website | 1 Comment »
Mark and I have been cooking successfully for years, but never with any formal training. Last year we decided it would be a good thing to take a class or two and enrolled in the basics of French cooking classes offered at…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Saturday, May 13th, 2006
Categories: Worship | Tags: chef, Chef Eric, Seafood | No Comments »
A little while ago I was researching Ikan Bakar (grilled fish) online and came across this most fantastic blog, Masak-Masak. Boo_licious, as she dubs herself, lives in Kay-El, Malaysia and takes every opportunity to…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Wednesday, April 26th, 2006
Categories: Meditations | Tags: fish, grilling, ikan bakar, Masak-Masak, Mayalsia | No Comments »
Gotta love Donna Hay. Five years ago I bought Off the Shelf: Cooking from the Pantry which is filled with decent recipes all accompanied by her trademark high-key photos. Ever since then I’ve been meaning to make…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Wednesday, April 19th, 2006
Categories: Meditations | Tags: cookbook, dessert, Donna Hay, milk, pudding, rosewater, syrup | 3 Comments »
If you love food, then it goes without saying that you’ve seen the movie Choc0lat starring Juliette Binoche. If you haven’t seen the movie and claim to love food, then you better hit the rental store. On your…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Tuesday, April 18th, 2006
Categories: Worship | Tags: chocolate, Chocolatl, Desserts, vancouver, Yaletown | No Comments »
Serves 8 8 large oranges, cut into segments 8 pink grapefruit, cut into segments 8 large basil leaves, cut into Chiffonade Option – for a dessert, substitute mint for basil Simple Syrup: 1 cup sugar 4 cups water
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Friday, April 14th, 2006
Categories: Guidance | Tags: appetizer, dessert, Fruit, grapefruit, orange, Salad | 1 Comment »
Over the weekend I was invited to attend Grocery Showcase West, an industry event featuring a massive number of food and food-related manufacturers and importers. Most were sampling their latest packaged food products…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Tuesday, April 11th, 2006
Categories: Meditations | Tags: dessert, Grocery Showcase West, ice cream, T&T, Tropical Treets | No Comments »