First Look / Victoria Feb 2, 2017 FIRST LOOK: The Empress Hotel’s Q Restaurant The Empress is one of Canada’s grande dames, the westernmost of the railway palaces that include Quebec City’s Chateau Frontenac and Alberta’s ... Read More
Spirits / Victoria Jan 26, 2017 Victoria Whisky Festival: Preview Tasting & Canadian Award Winners Another year of the Victoria Whisky Festival wrapped up this past weekend. While Victorians, et al., came in droves to have a dram of the golden ... Read More
Liquid Assets Jan 25, 2017 Olga Raffault Les Picasses Chinon, Hester Creek Pinot Blanc & Beronia Reserva Rioja OLGA RAFFAULT LES PICASSES CHINON 2011 FRANCE $27.00-30.00 Les Picasses is a vineyard that stands out! Fifty-year-old cabernet franc growing on a ... Read More
Good For You / Victoria Jan 17, 2017 No Fuss Comfort Foods – CONTEST ALERT Happy January my fellow nutritious nibblers! I am back, as promised, with another edition of Good For You Grocery Finds. This “post-holiday” ... Read More
Liquid Assets Jan 16, 2017 Blue Grouse Pinot Gris, Joie Pinot Noir & Passamante Salice Salentino BLUE GROUSE PINOT GRIS 2015 VANCOUVER ISLAND $20-25 With a production of a scant 300 cases a year it would not surprise me if this wine were all ... Read More
First Look / Victoria Jan 9, 2017 Deliverance: Getting the food you want without venturing beyond your front door. OK, sure, soups and stews are great, but at this point can we just be honest and say they’re getting a bit old? When the first whispers of winter ... Read More
2017 Issues / Get Fresh / Victoria Jan 3, 2017 The Mighty Green: Year-round microgreens make any meal healthier. “GET FRESH” My recent visit to a master microgreens grower in North Saanich, where you are literally surrounded in new life, will give ... Read More
Events / Restaurants Jan 2, 2017 Tofino Buzz: January | February 2017 January and February are quieter times to visit the west coast, but you will often be treated to a solid winter storm complete with power outage. The ... Read More
First Look / Restaurants / Vancouver Jan 2, 2017 Vancouver Buzz: January | February 2017 Living in Vancouver at this time of year you can’t avoid the rain (or snow), unless you stay inside all the time but then you miss so much! A ... Read More
First Look / Restaurants Jan 2, 2017 Up Island Buzz: January | February 2017 A new year, and a change of season; make the most of the recent culinary additions on the Island, and take in a couple of premier events while ... Read More
2017 Issues / Magazine Dec 29, 2016 EAT Magazine January | February 2017 Issue READ NOW INSIDE Food Delivery Oad Kee Mao The Food-Obsessed Physicist The Great Unifier: The History of Fried Dough Retro Comfort Food ... Read More
One ingredient / Travel Dec 29, 2016 The Great Unifier: The History of Fried Dough Forget the UN and global summits, the simple pleasure of deep-fried dough unites people from Mongolia to Mexico. What is it about some flour, some ... Read More
