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
Recipes Aug 27, 2014 How to: Eggs Benny at Home Whenever we go out for breakfast with friends, it seems like the meal of choice is Eggs Benedict; that tasty dish consisting of the perfectly poached ... Read More
Drink Academy Aug 27, 2014 Peppery, Perfumed and Finessed: Cabernet Franc VINcabulary : Cabernet Franc {cab-er-nay FRAWNK} It’s easy to mistake cabernet franc for cabernet sauvignon lite. On paper, all signs point that ... Read More
Pantry Aug 26, 2014 Pickle Magic: A Quick Into to Making Pickles I first started pickling in 2004. At that time I understood very little about the process. My first pickles were fermented in pure vinegar and ... Read More
Health / Victoria Aug 26, 2014 Nourishing Traditions Author Sally Fallon Morell at Pacific Rim College Nourishing Traditions with Sally Fallon Morell, October 4-5, 2014 Course Information: Saturday NOURISHING TRADITIONAL DIETS: THE KEY TO ... Read More
Culture / Victoria Aug 26, 2014 What Makes a Restaurant #1 on Yelp, Urbanspoon and Trip Advisor? In the city with the second highest number of restaurants per capita in North America, it’s the most tiresome question you can ask. Where the hell ... Read More
Restaurants / Victoria Aug 25, 2014 First Look: The Renovated Paul’s Restaurant Recently, I sat down for a first look at the newly renovated Paul’s Restaurant (located in front of Paul’s Motor Inn) and it felt very much the ... Read More
Culture / Elsewhere / Restaurants / Vancouver Aug 25, 2014 Eating Squamish Festival Have you ever wondered what Eminem eats before a performance? How about Arcade Fire or Bruno Mars? I spent a weekend at the Squamish Valley Music ... Read More
Events Aug 22, 2014 Sip & Savour Salt Spring 2014 I know it’s early to be thinking about fall – I loathe leaving summer behind before it’s even started – but still the memory ... Read More
Restaurants / Victoria Aug 22, 2014 de’lish Fine Foods and Catering For an eatery to succeed in today’s economy, marketing is vital. You need to be on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, the works, posting your menus and ... 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
Events / Victoria Aug 21, 2014 Adventures at the Gobind Farm Berry Festival Biking up the Lochside Trail to visit Gobind Farm, I was struck by memories of my childhood when it used to be possible to drive out of Toronto and ... Read More
