Coast Turns 20: 5 Great Reasons to Go

By |2023-02-05T08:56:33-08:00February 4th, 2023|Dining, Latest Posts|

Coast Restaurant just clocked two decades. It’s hard to believe, as I remember vividly the opening. At the time, Coast was a spectacular addition to Alberni Street, which was still pretty low key in those days. A menu centrepiece was the seafood tower, which was all the rage at the time. [...]

Tin Fish Gourmet: A Cookbook for our Times

By |2023-08-01T11:48:18-07:00March 21st, 2020|book reviews, Dining, Latest Posts|

There’s something to be said for holding onto your old cookbooks—well the better ones, anyway. In Tin Fish Gourmet (Raincoast Books, 1998) my long time friend Barbara-jo McIntosh wrote one of the most practical cookbooks ever. Way back then it was pretty innovative. And in these trying times it’s turning [...]

Lure: Ned Bell’s Definitive Sustainable Seafood Cookbook

By |2022-04-16T10:34:35-07:00September 21st, 2017|Ocean Wise, Dining, Lifestyle, Sustainable|

Lure is the latest project from Chef Ned Bell. He’s the founder of Chefs for Oceans, who, in 2014, cycled across Canada. He took time out from his post as executive chef of Vancouver's Four Seasons to raise awareness for seafood sustainability. Since then he’s been even busier with a big career move. And spent [...]

Maji: Bridging Richmond’s Ocean Wise gap

By |2018-01-21T15:05:02-08:00March 1st, 2017|Ocean Wise, Dining, Sustainable|

Maji offers more than a passing nod to Ocean Wise. In the best of all possible worlds, every restaurant I walked into would adhere to Ocean Wise. I know that to realize such a dream may take a while. Ongoing over-fishing, by-catch and compromised habitat threaten seafood stocks that we continue to take so much for granted. Vancouver Aquarium’s game changing [...]

Chefs for Oceans: Here’s to ‘Yew,’ Ned Bell

By |2020-01-26T08:22:07-08:00May 30th, 2016|Dining|

Updated: Chef Ned Bell joins Vancouver Aquarium Ocean Wise Here's the full release: PASSIONATE SUPPORTER OF SUSTAINABLE SEAFOOD CHEF NED BELL JOINS VANCOUVER AQUARIUM’S OCEAN WISE CULINARY TEAM VANCOUVER, B.C. – Eleven years ago, Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre sharpened its focus on protecting the world’s oceans by tackling its biggest issue: overfishing. Now nationwide, [...]

4 Sustainable Tastes at Vancouver Aquarium

By |2023-07-29T09:19:42-07:00February 22nd, 2015|Dining|

No, they weren't on the menu. But isn't everyone mesmerized by jellyfish? There's something very reassuring about walking into Stanley Park on a perfect, almost Spring evening. This night was spectacular. A crystal clear partial eclipse of the moon was framed by a cascade of brilliant stars, Venus and Jupiter. I was on my way [...]

Goodbye Raincity Grill & C: Agents of Real Change

By |2021-11-15T23:39:07-08:00November 17th, 2014|Dining|

Raincity Grill owner Harry Kambolis, at Nu, 2005 Raincity closes Whatever the circumstances, I was saddened by last week’s shuttering of long-running Raincity Grill and, not that long before, of C Restaurant, owned by Harry Kambolis. In the fickle world of dining there are any number of reasons as to why restaurants come [...]

Galicia, Albariño & Seafood: 3 Great Reasons to visit NW Spain

By |2023-08-14T19:28:06-07:00November 6th, 2014|Wine|

A rugged coastline reminiscent of Cornwall, maybe Ireland, even Galicia: I’m resigned to the fact that I’m a wee bit obsessed with the place. I’ve just returned from my second visit. It was whirlwind tour of only three days, into which we managed to pack visits to wineries in three sub-regions; enjoy a smorgasbord [...]

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