Vancouver Listel’s Chris Whittaker Goes Even Greener with Forage

By |2018-01-21T15:05:31-08:00November 9th, 2012|Belly's Best Bites, Sustainable|

Forage Chef Chris Whittaker. Vancouver's greenest chef? Reinventing a legendary room is never easy but when the Listel Hotel decided to close long running O'Doul's, the move afforded no shortage of opportunities. In 10 days or so they'll pull the wraps off forage (1300 Robson St, 604-684-8461), a smaller and considerably more casual [...]

Gastown’s Bitter: Sweet Destination for a Perfect Pint

By |2019-02-10T11:04:02-08:00March 23rd, 2012|Beer, Belly's Best Bites, Belly's Budget Best, Sustainable|

Encounter with a perfect pint, Tim Pawsey photo If there’s one thing the Hired Belly finds hard to resist it’s a decent pint, particularly when it's properly poured, and at the right temperature.  I’m sure it’s one of the many very sound traits inherited from my dad—who I still sorely miss. Growing up, beer [...]

Why the food at Vancouver Trade & Convention Centre is, well, unconventional

By |2018-01-21T15:05:36-08:00March 6th, 2012|Belly's Best Bites, Ocean Wise, Sustainable|

We reckon we’ve eaten our fair share of meals on the rubber chicken circuit. But I don’t know why I’m even saying that here, because the food at Vancouver Trade & Convention Centre is just about as far removed from standard convention fare as you can possibly imagine. Last week's Vancouver Playhouse International [...]

Going Haywire (with a little BS thrown in) at Edible Canada at the Market

By |2021-01-29T18:40:44-08:00December 20th, 2011|Belly's Best Bites, Hired Belly's Best Wines, Sustainable|

Cutting edge: Haywire and Bartier Scholefield vial samples, Tim Pawsey photo (Edible Canada is now closed. Yesterday we took time out from our pre-holidays deadline whirl, and Zagat Survey wrap-up (hence the lack of posts here), to catch lunch with the Okanagan Crushpad gang and consulting winemaker  Alberto Antonini. His best quote [...]

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