Wineries & Breweries Jul 17, 2014 How to Plant a Vineyard: A Day in the Dirt with Bella Wines If you love wine you’ve probably thought about starting a winery. It’s something most wine lovers think about, whether fleetingly or in earnest. ... Read More
Must Have / Top 5 Jul 17, 2014 Victoria’s Top Five (Plus One) Salad Rolls Gỏi cuốn (or Vietnamese salad rolls) are the quintessential summer food, perfect for picnics and eating light. Salad rolls are typically filled ... Read More
How to Cook / Recipes / Victoria Jul 17, 2014 Smoky, Low and Slow – True Barbeque in Victoria Cold brew in one hand, set of tongs in the other. It’s hard to imagine a better way to spend a languid summer afternoon. Though these days I’m an ... Read More
Events / Wine Jul 16, 2014 Grapes of the World at the New Victoria Wine Festival British Columbia’s vibrant wine industry continues to spoil West Coast residents with an abundance of sipping choices. While Victoria continues to ... Read More
Drink This Jul 16, 2014 Company’s Coming I don’t know about you, but I keep certain wines on hand for certain guests. Or more succinctly, I have styles of wine on hand for styles of ... Read More
Culture Jul 15, 2014 Medium Rare Apparel: “The Black Sheep of the Whites” “Chefs are sexy!” Yes, that’s the word on the street (and in the kitchen) according Chef Cam Dobranski owner of Calgary’s Brasserie and ... Read More
First Look / Restaurants / Victoria Jul 15, 2014 First Look: Friends of Bears The 1300 block of Douglas is a miniature food desert. With convenience stores on each end and three fast food franchises in a row, buffet and bubble ... Read More
Restaurants / Victoria Jul 14, 2014 Bistro 28 Closes Its Doors: A Conversation with Chef Sam Chalmers. You may have noticed the sign on the door at the now closed Bistro 28 on Cadboro Road in Oak Bay and wondered what happened. EAT wondered too and, to ... Read More
Culture Jul 11, 2014 Eat Your Heart Out: The Tribulations of Foodie Dating In the past year, I’ve been on two dates where my dining companions didn’t have enough money to pay for our meal. In both cases I waited ... Read More
Restaurants / Top 5 / Victoria Jul 11, 2014 On The Menu: Victoria’s Hottest Summer Dishes Summer cuisine can be a challenge. Food should make us feel full and restored without leaving us bloated, and the amount of liquids (particularly ... Read More
Coffee & Tea Jul 10, 2014 Yerba Maté Every few years I’ll give Yerba Maté another shot, usually after inheriting a box from a friend’s move. And after giving it ye olde ... Read More
Must Have Jul 10, 2014 The Dim Sum Guide After my last Eat article on dim sum, the magazine asked me to come back with a second piece, a how-to guide for eating dim sum. As usual, this is ... Read More
