Interesting Locals Sep 18, 2014 Meet the Team: Sol Kauffman I recently sat down with Sol Kauffman — one of our EAT web contributors who also wrote some pieces for the September/October issue. He joined EAT ... Read More
Drink This / Wine Festivals Sep 17, 2014 A Taste of Australia’s Oldest Family Owned Winery: Yalumba in Victoria Imagine you were living in 1847 England. New Zealand was just colonized by the British, Queen Victoria just married her cousin Prince Albert, the ... Read More
Restaurants / Victoria Sep 16, 2014 The Practice of Patronage at Padella Bistro The struggle between quality and cost is at the core of every restaurant. How expensive it is to buy high quality ingredients and to lavish time, ... Read More
First Look / Restaurants / Victoria Sep 16, 2014 First Look: La Tana Italian Bakery Claudio Costi, once a scientist, now runs a focacceria e panetteria on Pandora Street, conveniently for me it is across from my wood shop. For those ... Read More
Farm & Market / Restaurants Sep 15, 2014 From Farm-to-Table at Salt Spring Island Harbour House Dining farm-to-fork (or table) is currently one of the biggest trends in the culinary world. The phrase “farm-to-fork” indicates ... Read More
Culture / Victoria Sep 15, 2014 Glo Restaurant & Lounge Goes to the Dog for a Good Cause The four-legged strut of dog paws hit the catwalk this month for the seventh annual Outlooks Menswear Man and His Dog Fashion Show on September 17 ... Read More
Food People Sep 12, 2014 Ever Wondered Where Your Crab Comes From? Every time I drop by Fisherman’s Wharf, the marina is full of fishing boats. It makes me wonder about the health of the local fisheries, whether ... Read More
Must Have / Restaurants / Victoria Sep 11, 2014 The Amazing Sandwiches and Deli at Italian Food Imports It isn’t as though Italian Food Imports’ sandwiches are a well-kept secret. At lunchtime and throughout the afternoon, there’s a constant ... Read More
Elsewhere / Food People Sep 11, 2014 Five Questions and Answers with Chef Matt Rissling of the Rock Salt Restaurant & Café Just a hop, skip and a jump from the Fulford Harbour Ferry on Salt Spring Island is the popular and well established Rock Salt Restaurant and Café. ... Read More
First Look / Victoria Sep 10, 2014 Tapas at Perro Negro Located above Ferris’ Oyster Bar and Grill is the latest addition to the Ferris’ family, Perro Negro tapas and wine bar. This is the fourth ... Read More
Drink This / Wine Festivals Sep 10, 2014 Top Drop Vancouver There’s a brand, shiny new wine festival happening in Vancouver this month, though, like old vines, the roots run deep and the idea planted years ... Read More
Must Have Sep 9, 2014 Trading Synthetic Carbs for Real Food for Sport | Prima Bars Being an amateur cyclist is pretty strange. You drool over bikes you’d love to own but you’d be too embarrassed to ride. None of your spandex kit ... Read More
