Recipes / Vegetarian / Vegan Apr 29, 2011 Spring vegetables in a Court-Bouillon A wonderful melange of fresh spring vegetables prepared simply - in the French ... Read More
Recipes / Soup Apr 29, 2011 Spring Asparagus and Sorrel Soup Heidi Noble writes: "This soup can be served for a treat with a bit of fresh Dungeness crab meat or a piece of seared salmon in the center of the ... Read More
Beer & Cider Apr 28, 2011 BC Brewers Create ‘All-Women’ Brew Vancouver, BC – This month, some of BC’s top female brewers will pool their talents to collaborate on a special ‘all-women’ brew in the name ... Read More
Travel Apr 28, 2011 The Snail Trail Continues to Edmonton Mara Jernigan’s Canadian travel journal, “On the Snail Trail” continues….Our train through the Rockies arrived at 11:30 pm at the Edmonton ... Read More
Food Events Apr 26, 2011 Cow Bay Prepares for Spot Prawn Festival The idea was for the Spot Prawn festival was originally hatched between local prawn fishermen and chefs to promote one of the most amazing and ... Read More
Red Wine Apr 26, 2011 Brancaia Tre 2006 I love cellar surprises. Hunting around in the racks this past weekend I came upon this lovely little Tuscan red that had been out of sight, out of ... Read More
White Wine Apr 25, 2011 Young & Wyse Amber 2010 Great name, great packaging, great story. We’re on third base before we even taste this wine – always a good sign. Winemaker Stephen Wyse hails ... Read More
Beer & Cider Apr 24, 2011 Mt. Begbie Brewing Company Nasty Habit India Pale Ale Revelstoke’s Mt. Begbie Brewing Company is named after majestic Mt. Begbie, which was in turn named after BC’s famed hanging Judge Matthew ... Read More
One ingredient Apr 21, 2011 Baingan Bharta Of all the dishes in the vastness of Indian cuisine, none has my number like baingan bharta. Silky in consistency, smoky on the nose and roaring with ... Read More
One ingredient Apr 21, 2011 Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing photos: left: Gary Backlund, upper right: drilling the hole, lower right: tap collecting sap from a Bigleaf all images: Jill Patterson Crouched below ... Read More
One ingredient Apr 21, 2011 Sweetbreads We understand Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth likes a fruit bowl. We also wonder what was passing through her head last June 17, when Heston Blumenthal, ... Read More
Apr 21, 2011 Etiquette and Table Manners: At Home, in Restaurants and in the News photos: left: The Hotel Grand Pacific‘s The Pacific Restaurant, decorated for the Chinese New Year. right upper: children colouring a reusable ... Read More