Coffee & Tea / First Look / Victoria Dec 5, 2014 First Look: The New Discovery Coffee on Blanshard It’s a chilly, just-about-rainy December afternoon, and I’m doing that cold-hunched-shoulder-walk down Blanshard, past Fort. Walking past Hook, ... Read More
Pantry Dec 4, 2014 Unusual Herbs with Extraordinary Qualities I love herbs. I love the way they smell, how they compliment a dish, and how they make my garden look. Herbs are easy to grow, many are perennial ... Read More
Events / Okanagan / Vancouver / Victoria Dec 3, 2014 The Best Sommelier in BC: From Wine Waiter to Rock Star Celebrity chefs have been around for a while, but rock star sommeliers are a newer phenomenon. The mousey definition of “wine waiter” doesn’t ... Read More
Pantry / SH Dec 2, 2014 Artisanal Chocolate with Eagranie Yuh Craft beer, single-origin coffee, locally-raised bacon — high quality ingredients are a welcome trend these days, transmogrifying our meals into ... Read More
First Look / Restaurants / Victoria Dec 1, 2014 First Look: Traditional Thai Cooking At The Green Elephant Husband and wife, Sathit and Praneet Chumeechai, met while working as chefs at the Marriott Hotel, first in Bangkok and then later in London, ... Read More
Restaurants / Victoria Nov 28, 2014 On The Hunt For Hidden and Unusual Breakfast Locations You can get breakfast all over town. Rather than making a comprehensive list, or count down of what I think are the best breakfast places around, I ... Read More
Interesting Locals / Victoria Nov 28, 2014 Catering to Victoria’s Voracious Developers & the Tech Community As our tourist season winds down and the restaurants revert to the locals-only trade, Victoria’s rich catering industry is coming out of the ... Read More
Recipes Nov 27, 2014 A Mother and Her Son Make Ukrainian Red Borscht A century is a long, long time, especially for a twenty something. When I sat in my great grandmother’s parlour as a preschooler, eating bridge mix ... Read More
Culture Nov 27, 2014 Take it from a Pro: How to Fuel Yourself for Cycling Did you know that Victoria is one of the Canada’s foremost producers of professional cyclists? You’ve probably heard of Olympic gold medalist and ... Read More
Top 5 / Victoria Nov 26, 2014 Johnson’s Jewels – His Ultra Secret Food Spots I’ve been tasked with providing you all with a “Jonathan Johnson’s secrets of Victoria” list. But I really don’t want to. I love these ... Read More
Drink This Nov 26, 2014 Warm Weather, Big Feasts Maybe it’s just me, but when I think down to a big traditional turkey or roast beef or baked ham dinner with the fixins, it’s chilly out. Whether ... Read More
Must Have / Victoria Nov 25, 2014 A Short Primer on Indian Sweets in Victoria I sit down to write this at the beginning of Diwali, the Hindu festival of Lights. This is the time of year when Hindus and Sikhs the world over ... Read More
