Interesting Locals / Victoria Sep 4, 2014 K & A Chinese Herbs: An Interview with a Master Herbalist For more than 30 years Dr. John Wong has been using herbs to heal his patients. At the foot of China Town sits the unobtrusive building housing K ... Read More Interesting Locals / Victoria Aug 29, 2014 An interview with Chef Fatima de Silva of the Vinoteca at Zanatta Winery We went early on a Sunday morning to visit Chef Fatima de Silva at the Vinoteca on the Vigneti Zanatta Winery’s estates. She was alone in the ... Read More Interesting Locals Aug 28, 2014 What Restaurant Trends Should End I spend a lot of time daydreaming about what type of restaurant I’d open if given the chance. My plan changes often, reflecting current food ... Read More Food People Aug 28, 2014 On Servers and Servitude The server is the front line worker at a restaurant. Servers are the ones who interact most with the customers, from the time that diners are ... Read More Food People / Restaurants / Victoria Aug 21, 2014 First Look: Fat Daddy’s It had taken me six years of living in Victoria, but I had finally figured out what Beacon Hill Park was usually missing: the smell of burgers, ... Read More Food People Aug 18, 2014 Vancouver Island Salt Company in the Running for $100,000 Prize On September 18, Andrew Shepherd finds out if he has won $100,000. As one of only four finalists in the TELUS/Globe and Mail contest “The ... Read More Elsewhere / Out of Towners Aug 6, 2014 Beers and Bikes in Seattle with R+E Cycles Local cyclist and EAT writer Sol Kaufman showed us awhile back that cycling and coffee have a pretty distinct and longstanding connection—few ... Read More Interesting Locals Jul 25, 2014 Acres of Lions’ Top 10 Favourite Haunts of Home Victoria’s Acres of Lions seems like a band perpetually on the verge of something big. From their ongoing success in the Peak Performance Project, ... Read More Interesting Locals / Restaurants Jul 24, 2014 This Pop-Up Doesn’t Exist On a Sunday morning I’m sitting with three individuals in a well-known Victoria coffee shop that I cannot name. . . I think everyone is kind ... Read More Victoria / Winemaker Dinners Jul 23, 2014 Coming Up at Taste: The All Bacon Dinner. Intrigued? Every summer Karen Gillis, the winemaker at Red Rooster in the Okanagan, gets together a bunch of friends for a bacon weekend at her house. That’s ... Read More Food People / Vancouver Jul 19, 2014 20 years of Vikram Vij It’s almost 20 years since I walked into Vikram Vij’s original, tiny room at Broadway and Hemlock for the first time. I’d heard that the ... Read More Interesting Locals / Victoria Jul 10, 2014 Crunching Numbers and Talkin’ Local Snacks with thenumber We’re sitting in the Public Market at the Hudson with sandwiches from Ravenstone Farms. Mid-sandwich, Kevin Ehman tells me why they chose the ... Read More 1...891011121314...30
Interesting Locals / Victoria Aug 29, 2014 An interview with Chef Fatima de Silva of the Vinoteca at Zanatta Winery We went early on a Sunday morning to visit Chef Fatima de Silva at the Vinoteca on the Vigneti Zanatta Winery’s estates. She was alone in the ... Read More Interesting Locals Aug 28, 2014 What Restaurant Trends Should End I spend a lot of time daydreaming about what type of restaurant I’d open if given the chance. My plan changes often, reflecting current food ... Read More Food People Aug 28, 2014 On Servers and Servitude The server is the front line worker at a restaurant. Servers are the ones who interact most with the customers, from the time that diners are ... Read More Food People / Restaurants / Victoria Aug 21, 2014 First Look: Fat Daddy’s It had taken me six years of living in Victoria, but I had finally figured out what Beacon Hill Park was usually missing: the smell of burgers, ... Read More Food People Aug 18, 2014 Vancouver Island Salt Company in the Running for $100,000 Prize On September 18, Andrew Shepherd finds out if he has won $100,000. As one of only four finalists in the TELUS/Globe and Mail contest “The ... Read More Elsewhere / Out of Towners Aug 6, 2014 Beers and Bikes in Seattle with R+E Cycles Local cyclist and EAT writer Sol Kaufman showed us awhile back that cycling and coffee have a pretty distinct and longstanding connection—few ... Read More Interesting Locals Jul 25, 2014 Acres of Lions’ Top 10 Favourite Haunts of Home Victoria’s Acres of Lions seems like a band perpetually on the verge of something big. From their ongoing success in the Peak Performance Project, ... Read More Interesting Locals / Restaurants Jul 24, 2014 This Pop-Up Doesn’t Exist On a Sunday morning I’m sitting with three individuals in a well-known Victoria coffee shop that I cannot name. . . I think everyone is kind ... Read More Victoria / Winemaker Dinners Jul 23, 2014 Coming Up at Taste: The All Bacon Dinner. Intrigued? Every summer Karen Gillis, the winemaker at Red Rooster in the Okanagan, gets together a bunch of friends for a bacon weekend at her house. That’s ... Read More Food People / Vancouver Jul 19, 2014 20 years of Vikram Vij It’s almost 20 years since I walked into Vikram Vij’s original, tiny room at Broadway and Hemlock for the first time. I’d heard that the ... Read More Interesting Locals / Victoria Jul 10, 2014 Crunching Numbers and Talkin’ Local Snacks with thenumber We’re sitting in the Public Market at the Hudson with sandwiches from Ravenstone Farms. Mid-sandwich, Kevin Ehman tells me why they chose the ... Read More 1...891011121314...30
Interesting Locals Aug 28, 2014 What Restaurant Trends Should End I spend a lot of time daydreaming about what type of restaurant I’d open if given the chance. My plan changes often, reflecting current food ... Read More Food People Aug 28, 2014 On Servers and Servitude The server is the front line worker at a restaurant. Servers are the ones who interact most with the customers, from the time that diners are ... Read More Food People / Restaurants / Victoria Aug 21, 2014 First Look: Fat Daddy’s It had taken me six years of living in Victoria, but I had finally figured out what Beacon Hill Park was usually missing: the smell of burgers, ... Read More Food People Aug 18, 2014 Vancouver Island Salt Company in the Running for $100,000 Prize On September 18, Andrew Shepherd finds out if he has won $100,000. As one of only four finalists in the TELUS/Globe and Mail contest “The ... Read More Elsewhere / Out of Towners Aug 6, 2014 Beers and Bikes in Seattle with R+E Cycles Local cyclist and EAT writer Sol Kaufman showed us awhile back that cycling and coffee have a pretty distinct and longstanding connection—few ... Read More Interesting Locals Jul 25, 2014 Acres of Lions’ Top 10 Favourite Haunts of Home Victoria’s Acres of Lions seems like a band perpetually on the verge of something big. From their ongoing success in the Peak Performance Project, ... Read More Interesting Locals / Restaurants Jul 24, 2014 This Pop-Up Doesn’t Exist On a Sunday morning I’m sitting with three individuals in a well-known Victoria coffee shop that I cannot name. . . I think everyone is kind ... Read More Victoria / Winemaker Dinners Jul 23, 2014 Coming Up at Taste: The All Bacon Dinner. Intrigued? Every summer Karen Gillis, the winemaker at Red Rooster in the Okanagan, gets together a bunch of friends for a bacon weekend at her house. That’s ... Read More Food People / Vancouver Jul 19, 2014 20 years of Vikram Vij It’s almost 20 years since I walked into Vikram Vij’s original, tiny room at Broadway and Hemlock for the first time. I’d heard that the ... Read More Interesting Locals / Victoria Jul 10, 2014 Crunching Numbers and Talkin’ Local Snacks with thenumber We’re sitting in the Public Market at the Hudson with sandwiches from Ravenstone Farms. Mid-sandwich, Kevin Ehman tells me why they chose the ... Read More 1...891011121314...30
Food People Aug 28, 2014 On Servers and Servitude The server is the front line worker at a restaurant. Servers are the ones who interact most with the customers, from the time that diners are ... Read More Food People / Restaurants / Victoria Aug 21, 2014 First Look: Fat Daddy’s It had taken me six years of living in Victoria, but I had finally figured out what Beacon Hill Park was usually missing: the smell of burgers, ... Read More Food People Aug 18, 2014 Vancouver Island Salt Company in the Running for $100,000 Prize On September 18, Andrew Shepherd finds out if he has won $100,000. As one of only four finalists in the TELUS/Globe and Mail contest “The ... Read More Elsewhere / Out of Towners Aug 6, 2014 Beers and Bikes in Seattle with R+E Cycles Local cyclist and EAT writer Sol Kaufman showed us awhile back that cycling and coffee have a pretty distinct and longstanding connection—few ... Read More Interesting Locals Jul 25, 2014 Acres of Lions’ Top 10 Favourite Haunts of Home Victoria’s Acres of Lions seems like a band perpetually on the verge of something big. From their ongoing success in the Peak Performance Project, ... Read More Interesting Locals / Restaurants Jul 24, 2014 This Pop-Up Doesn’t Exist On a Sunday morning I’m sitting with three individuals in a well-known Victoria coffee shop that I cannot name. . . I think everyone is kind ... Read More Victoria / Winemaker Dinners Jul 23, 2014 Coming Up at Taste: The All Bacon Dinner. Intrigued? Every summer Karen Gillis, the winemaker at Red Rooster in the Okanagan, gets together a bunch of friends for a bacon weekend at her house. That’s ... Read More Food People / Vancouver Jul 19, 2014 20 years of Vikram Vij It’s almost 20 years since I walked into Vikram Vij’s original, tiny room at Broadway and Hemlock for the first time. I’d heard that the ... Read More Interesting Locals / Victoria Jul 10, 2014 Crunching Numbers and Talkin’ Local Snacks with thenumber We’re sitting in the Public Market at the Hudson with sandwiches from Ravenstone Farms. Mid-sandwich, Kevin Ehman tells me why they chose the ... Read More 1...891011121314...30
Food People / Restaurants / Victoria Aug 21, 2014 First Look: Fat Daddy’s It had taken me six years of living in Victoria, but I had finally figured out what Beacon Hill Park was usually missing: the smell of burgers, ... Read More Food People Aug 18, 2014 Vancouver Island Salt Company in the Running for $100,000 Prize On September 18, Andrew Shepherd finds out if he has won $100,000. As one of only four finalists in the TELUS/Globe and Mail contest “The ... Read More Elsewhere / Out of Towners Aug 6, 2014 Beers and Bikes in Seattle with R+E Cycles Local cyclist and EAT writer Sol Kaufman showed us awhile back that cycling and coffee have a pretty distinct and longstanding connection—few ... Read More Interesting Locals Jul 25, 2014 Acres of Lions’ Top 10 Favourite Haunts of Home Victoria’s Acres of Lions seems like a band perpetually on the verge of something big. From their ongoing success in the Peak Performance Project, ... Read More Interesting Locals / Restaurants Jul 24, 2014 This Pop-Up Doesn’t Exist On a Sunday morning I’m sitting with three individuals in a well-known Victoria coffee shop that I cannot name. . . I think everyone is kind ... Read More Victoria / Winemaker Dinners Jul 23, 2014 Coming Up at Taste: The All Bacon Dinner. Intrigued? Every summer Karen Gillis, the winemaker at Red Rooster in the Okanagan, gets together a bunch of friends for a bacon weekend at her house. That’s ... Read More Food People / Vancouver Jul 19, 2014 20 years of Vikram Vij It’s almost 20 years since I walked into Vikram Vij’s original, tiny room at Broadway and Hemlock for the first time. I’d heard that the ... Read More Interesting Locals / Victoria Jul 10, 2014 Crunching Numbers and Talkin’ Local Snacks with thenumber We’re sitting in the Public Market at the Hudson with sandwiches from Ravenstone Farms. Mid-sandwich, Kevin Ehman tells me why they chose the ... Read More 1...891011121314...30
Food People Aug 18, 2014 Vancouver Island Salt Company in the Running for $100,000 Prize On September 18, Andrew Shepherd finds out if he has won $100,000. As one of only four finalists in the TELUS/Globe and Mail contest “The ... Read More Elsewhere / Out of Towners Aug 6, 2014 Beers and Bikes in Seattle with R+E Cycles Local cyclist and EAT writer Sol Kaufman showed us awhile back that cycling and coffee have a pretty distinct and longstanding connection—few ... Read More Interesting Locals Jul 25, 2014 Acres of Lions’ Top 10 Favourite Haunts of Home Victoria’s Acres of Lions seems like a band perpetually on the verge of something big. From their ongoing success in the Peak Performance Project, ... Read More Interesting Locals / Restaurants Jul 24, 2014 This Pop-Up Doesn’t Exist On a Sunday morning I’m sitting with three individuals in a well-known Victoria coffee shop that I cannot name. . . I think everyone is kind ... Read More Victoria / Winemaker Dinners Jul 23, 2014 Coming Up at Taste: The All Bacon Dinner. Intrigued? Every summer Karen Gillis, the winemaker at Red Rooster in the Okanagan, gets together a bunch of friends for a bacon weekend at her house. That’s ... Read More Food People / Vancouver Jul 19, 2014 20 years of Vikram Vij It’s almost 20 years since I walked into Vikram Vij’s original, tiny room at Broadway and Hemlock for the first time. I’d heard that the ... Read More Interesting Locals / Victoria Jul 10, 2014 Crunching Numbers and Talkin’ Local Snacks with thenumber We’re sitting in the Public Market at the Hudson with sandwiches from Ravenstone Farms. Mid-sandwich, Kevin Ehman tells me why they chose the ... Read More 1...891011121314...30
Elsewhere / Out of Towners Aug 6, 2014 Beers and Bikes in Seattle with R+E Cycles Local cyclist and EAT writer Sol Kaufman showed us awhile back that cycling and coffee have a pretty distinct and longstanding connection—few ... Read More Interesting Locals Jul 25, 2014 Acres of Lions’ Top 10 Favourite Haunts of Home Victoria’s Acres of Lions seems like a band perpetually on the verge of something big. From their ongoing success in the Peak Performance Project, ... Read More Interesting Locals / Restaurants Jul 24, 2014 This Pop-Up Doesn’t Exist On a Sunday morning I’m sitting with three individuals in a well-known Victoria coffee shop that I cannot name. . . I think everyone is kind ... Read More Victoria / Winemaker Dinners Jul 23, 2014 Coming Up at Taste: The All Bacon Dinner. Intrigued? Every summer Karen Gillis, the winemaker at Red Rooster in the Okanagan, gets together a bunch of friends for a bacon weekend at her house. That’s ... Read More Food People / Vancouver Jul 19, 2014 20 years of Vikram Vij It’s almost 20 years since I walked into Vikram Vij’s original, tiny room at Broadway and Hemlock for the first time. I’d heard that the ... Read More Interesting Locals / Victoria Jul 10, 2014 Crunching Numbers and Talkin’ Local Snacks with thenumber We’re sitting in the Public Market at the Hudson with sandwiches from Ravenstone Farms. Mid-sandwich, Kevin Ehman tells me why they chose the ... Read More 1...891011121314...30
Interesting Locals Jul 25, 2014 Acres of Lions’ Top 10 Favourite Haunts of Home Victoria’s Acres of Lions seems like a band perpetually on the verge of something big. From their ongoing success in the Peak Performance Project, ... Read More Interesting Locals / Restaurants Jul 24, 2014 This Pop-Up Doesn’t Exist On a Sunday morning I’m sitting with three individuals in a well-known Victoria coffee shop that I cannot name. . . I think everyone is kind ... Read More Victoria / Winemaker Dinners Jul 23, 2014 Coming Up at Taste: The All Bacon Dinner. Intrigued? Every summer Karen Gillis, the winemaker at Red Rooster in the Okanagan, gets together a bunch of friends for a bacon weekend at her house. That’s ... Read More Food People / Vancouver Jul 19, 2014 20 years of Vikram Vij It’s almost 20 years since I walked into Vikram Vij’s original, tiny room at Broadway and Hemlock for the first time. I’d heard that the ... Read More Interesting Locals / Victoria Jul 10, 2014 Crunching Numbers and Talkin’ Local Snacks with thenumber We’re sitting in the Public Market at the Hudson with sandwiches from Ravenstone Farms. Mid-sandwich, Kevin Ehman tells me why they chose the ... Read More 1...891011121314...30
Interesting Locals / Restaurants Jul 24, 2014 This Pop-Up Doesn’t Exist On a Sunday morning I’m sitting with three individuals in a well-known Victoria coffee shop that I cannot name. . . I think everyone is kind ... Read More Victoria / Winemaker Dinners Jul 23, 2014 Coming Up at Taste: The All Bacon Dinner. Intrigued? Every summer Karen Gillis, the winemaker at Red Rooster in the Okanagan, gets together a bunch of friends for a bacon weekend at her house. That’s ... Read More Food People / Vancouver Jul 19, 2014 20 years of Vikram Vij It’s almost 20 years since I walked into Vikram Vij’s original, tiny room at Broadway and Hemlock for the first time. I’d heard that the ... Read More Interesting Locals / Victoria Jul 10, 2014 Crunching Numbers and Talkin’ Local Snacks with thenumber We’re sitting in the Public Market at the Hudson with sandwiches from Ravenstone Farms. Mid-sandwich, Kevin Ehman tells me why they chose the ... Read More 1...891011121314...30
Victoria / Winemaker Dinners Jul 23, 2014 Coming Up at Taste: The All Bacon Dinner. Intrigued? Every summer Karen Gillis, the winemaker at Red Rooster in the Okanagan, gets together a bunch of friends for a bacon weekend at her house. That’s ... Read More Food People / Vancouver Jul 19, 2014 20 years of Vikram Vij It’s almost 20 years since I walked into Vikram Vij’s original, tiny room at Broadway and Hemlock for the first time. I’d heard that the ... Read More Interesting Locals / Victoria Jul 10, 2014 Crunching Numbers and Talkin’ Local Snacks with thenumber We’re sitting in the Public Market at the Hudson with sandwiches from Ravenstone Farms. Mid-sandwich, Kevin Ehman tells me why they chose the ... Read More 1...891011121314...30
Food People / Vancouver Jul 19, 2014 20 years of Vikram Vij It’s almost 20 years since I walked into Vikram Vij’s original, tiny room at Broadway and Hemlock for the first time. I’d heard that the ... Read More Interesting Locals / Victoria Jul 10, 2014 Crunching Numbers and Talkin’ Local Snacks with thenumber We’re sitting in the Public Market at the Hudson with sandwiches from Ravenstone Farms. Mid-sandwich, Kevin Ehman tells me why they chose the ... Read More 1...891011121314...30
Interesting Locals / Victoria Jul 10, 2014 Crunching Numbers and Talkin’ Local Snacks with thenumber We’re sitting in the Public Market at the Hudson with sandwiches from Ravenstone Farms. Mid-sandwich, Kevin Ehman tells me why they chose the ... Read More 1...891011121314...30
