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Pinotage is not my favorite grape variety. The high-toned, often bitter examples I’ve had in the past mean that it doesn’t even make the top twenty. But if there were more wines like the Graham Beck…
Posted by: Colin Coutts on Monday, January 22nd, 2007
Categories: Meditations | Tags: drink, Graham Beck, pinot, Wine | No Comments »
Confused yet? In his recent article in the London Review of Books, Stephen Shapin gives us his thoughts on Bill Buford‘s rather lengthily titled Heat: An Amateur’s Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook,…
Posted by: Jer Thorp on Friday, January 19th, 2007
Categories: Meditations | Tags: Bill Buford, Books, heat, literature | No Comments »
The Cookbook Store just sent out its Best Seller list for 2006. If you’ve never visited The Cookbook Store in Toronto you are in for a treat. It’s a specialty bookstore dedicated to all things great in food…
Posted by: Alexa Clark on Wednesday, January 17th, 2007
Categories: Meditations | Tags: book, cookbook, Toronto | No Comments »
It’s that time of the year, again. The time of year when I forget to make reservations for Dine Out Vancouver, and then spend two weeks grumbling about it under my breath. I checked out the site this morning, and…
Posted by: Jer Thorp on Monday, January 15th, 2007
Categories: Meditations | Tags: Aurora Bistro, Dine Out Vancouver, Figmint, restaurant, The Cannery | No Comments »
My cheap wine find this week is Simonsig Chenin Blanc 2005, from South Africa (SKU# 613414). Its deep gold colour promises a rich experience, and the wine delivers with lovely aromas of beeswax, pineapple, minerals and…
Posted by: Colin Coutts on Saturday, January 13th, 2007
Categories: Meditations | Tags: drink, suggestions, Wine | No Comments »
Back in November, I took a one day Thai cooking class from the Vancouver School Board. It was a great experience — one where I learned new things, tried new dishes, tasted new flavours and came home stuffed! To…
Posted by: Erin Kampf on Wednesday, January 10th, 2007
Categories: Meditations | Tags: Dong Thanh, grocery, market, vancouver, Vietnamese | 2 Comments »
When Brandon and I moved to Victoria we left behind our favorite coffee shop, JJ Bean. So when we came across Union Pacific Coffee Co. in Chinatown it was a pleasant suprise to see that they brewed JJ Bean coffee. Union…
Posted by: Erin Kampf on Wednesday, January 10th, 2007
Categories: Meditations | Tags: coffee, drink, Victoria | No Comments »
Often I’m found inventing recipes that keep me guessing, but few times are they good enough to test among an audience; Christmas eve showed up and decades of family history was turned upside-down with a…
Posted by: Stephanie Co & Todd Smith on Tuesday, January 9th, 2007
Categories: Meditations | Tags: appetizer, experiment, recipe | No Comments »
If you are looking for a tasty snack to pack in your lunch tomorrow, pick up some 80g cans of Callipo tuna. The fish is canned in olive oil, which makes for a much tastier snack than water-tinned tuna. I eat it straight…
Posted by: Jer Thorp on Saturday, January 6th, 2007
Categories: Meditations | Tags: Callipo, Seafood, tuna, tuna can | No Comments »
Long before the In the Kitchen blog existed, there was Betty Fuller and her ground (beef)-breaking alternatives to your typical holiday fare. We have all studied her methods (Ben more so than the rest of us) and admire…
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Friday, December 22nd, 2006
Categories: Meditations | Tags: beef, Betty Fuller, cookbook, holiday, recipe | No Comments »
Speaking of wines, wouldn’t it be great if each month a delivery arrived with various wines for you to enjoy? Well it can! Wine clubs like The Okanagan Wine Club offer regular newsletters, special offers, tastings,…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, December 21st, 2006
Categories: Meditations | Tags: drink, Wine | 1 Comment »
Here’s a few reasonably priced holiday wine recommendations (either for giving or drinking, or both) from among the many wines I’ve tried in the past few weeks. For the whites, both the Seven Hills Viognier…
Posted by: Colin Coutts on Wednesday, December 20th, 2006
Categories: Meditations | Tags: drink, holiday, suggestions, Wine | No Comments »
My friend Diane, chef and Food & Beverage Manager at Saint John’s Imperial Theatre, heard I was sick this week and sent me her recipe for the traditional Maritime remedy for all that ails me: a Rum Toddy!…
Posted by: Alexa Clark on Monday, December 18th, 2006
Categories: Meditations | Tags: cinnamon, drink, rum, therapy, tradition | No Comments »
I’m headed to San Francisco for the weekend. I know it is somewhat of a mecca for foodies in North America, but I have done only a little bit of exploring on my own. I’d love to hear recommendations for some…
Posted by: Jer Thorp on Thursday, December 14th, 2006
Categories: Meditations | Tags: bar, California, Ferry Building Marketplace, san francisco, Travel | No Comments »
I recently had pals Monica and Andrew over from Victoria, where they run Ottavio, only the best little deli/gourmet food store on the whole of Vancouver Island. For an afternoon, they took me along on their trapline of…
Posted by: Colin Coutts on Friday, December 8th, 2006
Categories: Meditations | Tags: deli, macaroni, Ottavio, parmigiano, Pasta | No Comments »