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Ben recently mentioned our new friend Don from 700 Degrees, the artisan breads by Chef Prasad of Savory Coast Restaurant. Don’s passion is gourmet foods made with local ingredients and is a huge believer in the…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Monday, March 26th, 2007
Categories: Meditations | Tags: 700, bread, chef, coast, food, line, local, prasad, product, restaurant, romy, savory, vancouver | No Comments »
It’s so good to have foodie friends who call you up and say “Neena feels like making butter chicken recipe – wanna come eat?” And then to have another friend [we love JD] offer his beautiful…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, March 20th, 2007
Categories: Meditations | Tags: story, Wine | 1 Comment »
Last week Mark and I were guests of Don Yiu, Heather Johnston and Chef Romy Prasad of 700 Degrees Bread at Prasad’s Savory Coast Restaurant. We had much to talk about and there are some terrific developments in the…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Monday, March 19th, 2007
Categories: Meditations | Tags: bresse, bresse-chicken, louiseau, Meats, prasad, truffles | 1 Comment »
It’s been a while since I posted to the blog, so I thought I’d return to action by posting about a few culinary finds that I’ve made over the last few weeks. First of is Wedderspoon Honey. Though the…
Posted by: Jer Thorp on Wednesday, March 14th, 2007
Categories: Meditations | Tags: honey, pate, pita | 1 Comment »
Ben and I were honoured to be asked to co-host the Northern Voice blogging conference with our friends Boris Mann, Robert Scales and Jer Thorp. We made a killer salad, cooked delicious pasta, roasted veggies and salmon…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Saturday, February 24th, 2007
Categories: Meditations | Tags: Nothern Voice, Pasta, Puttanesca, recipe | 8 Comments »
I don’t presume to know anything about wine, but I’ll be goddammed if I don’t know when something is delicious. As I make my way into my mid twenties, a nip of the old vino tastes better and better all…
Posted by: Colin Coutts on Saturday, February 24th, 2007
Categories: Meditations | Tags: drink, Honey Moon, Wine | No Comments »
Admit it, it’s fun to tease vegetarians. They’re often so frail and pasty white, each with cute personal rationales why they won’t eat anything with eyeballs. How crazy is that? I’ve even been…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, February 21st, 2007
Categories: Meditations | Tags: Vegetarian | 2 Comments »
This is a very simple but tasty pasta dish. The fresh tomato adds a brilliantly refreshing contrast to the richer tastes of the sausage and fennel. Cubing the cheese rather than grating it on top was inspired by a snack…
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Monday, February 12th, 2007
Categories: Meditations | Tags: italian, Pasta, recipe, Sauces | 1 Comment »
Sometime about 1991, every restaurant in the known universe started to offer raspberry vinaigrette as a dressing option. For a world used to a choice between ranch, italian, and 1000 islands, this cheeky pink number was a…
Posted by: Jer Thorp on Sunday, February 11th, 2007
Categories: Meditations | Tags: orange, pomegranate, raspberry, Salad, salad dressing, vinaigrette | 1 Comment »
Anthony Bourdain is the guest contributor over at food author Michael Ruhlman’s blog, and once again he’s ranting about the state of chefdom and food television. Bourdain’s post begins “I actually…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Saturday, February 10th, 2007
Categories: Meditations | Tags: Anthony-Bourdain, chef, opinion | No Comments »
I picked up some granola at the Farmer’s Market at the Wise Hall in East Van Saturday morning, and it’s deeelish. If it’s ten bucks for a package, it better be good, right? Well, The Granola King…
Posted by: Colin Coutts on Friday, February 9th, 2007
Categories: Meditations | Tags: Breakfast, granola, Granola King | 1 Comment »
On a recent business trip to Miami, I made sure to sample some Cuban food — something that we don’t find often here in Vancouver. I’ve never eaten so much meat, beans, rice and plantains in my life!
Posted by: Erin Kampf on Sunday, February 4th, 2007
Categories: Meditations | Tags: bean, Cuban, David's Cafe II, Florida, Latin American, Miami, plantain, rice | 2 Comments »
If you enjoy BC wines and also tend to travel to the US, you’ll know that it’s rare to see anything from BC on a wine list south of the border. And if you do find one, it’s bound to be an ice wine.…
Posted by: Erin Kampf on Sunday, February 4th, 2007
Categories: Meditations | Tags: Florida, Miami, Okanagan, Travel, vineyard, Wine | 1 Comment »
This week it’s pizza wine! Pizza with the kids last Friday got me thinking about it, and while there’s plenty out there to chose from, you can’t go wrong with this classic from Italy, Ruffino Chianti…
Posted by: Colin Coutts on Friday, February 2nd, 2007
Categories: Meditations | Tags: chianti, pizza, Ruffino, sausage, Wine | 1 Comment »
Happy Robbie Burns Day! Yes, I was reminded of this on my drive into work this morning while listening to a radio interview with an expert on scotch (incidentally, did you know the proper way to taste scotch is with a 50…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Thursday, January 25th, 2007
Categories: Meditations | Tags: chinese, event, fusion, Robbie Burns Day, scottish, suggestions | No Comments »