Edible Canada at the Market: A Tasty chat with Eric Pateman

By |2021-11-15T09:05:37-08:00August 18th, 2011|Belly's Best Bites, Belly's Budget Best, Ocean Wise, Travel|

Cheers! Eric Pateman's original Vancouver culinary concierge business has grown rapidly in just four years, Tim Pawsey photo Now Closed. The other day we checked out Edible Canada at the Market, the new, all-things-very-culinary-Canuckish bistro on Granville Island, that opened—appropriately—on Canada Day. As it turned out, getting there proved to be half [...]

Taste Victoria’s Festival of Food & Wine Yields a Wealth of Local Flavours

By |2023-11-02T17:04:25-07:00July 26th, 2011|Ocean Wise, Travel, Wine|

  Off-leash and delicious Dogfish at The London Chef, Tim Pawsey photo  Taste 2012 runs July 19-22. Read about last year's below—then book this year's here! We’re just back from Victoria, where we took in a couple of days at Taste Victoria—the very successful food and wine celebration organised by culinary tourism maven [...]

Nothing Like a Little Languedoc to Get Your Roussillon — Hey Waiter! There’s Garrigue in my Wine!

By |2018-01-21T15:05:40-08:00June 10th, 2011|Belly's Budget Best, Hired Belly's Best Wines, Top Drops, Travel, Wine|

We had an excellent tasting recently with the folks from Languedoc and Roussillon. It’s a region that gets surprisingly little attention, especially considering the character of the wines and the value they deliver at most price points. Over the years, however, I think the entry level wines in particular have suffered from being [...]

WHERE Vancouver Announces 15th Annual Where to Dine Awards

By |2022-05-05T08:55:23-07:00April 28th, 2011|Belly's Best Bites, Ocean Wise, Sustainable, Travel|

WHERE Vancouver (to whom the Hired Belly supplies considerable calorific content) yesterday unveiled the 15TH Annual Where to Dine Awards. The well attended (and well-run) event was hosted in superb fashion by Blue Water Café, who, as usual, catered to their industry peers with an array of seafood towers, sushi and more, not [...]

Miradoro at Tinhorn Creek Winery: Raising the Bar on Okanagan Dining

By |2024-01-14T11:27:43-08:00April 18th, 2011|Top Drops, Travel|

Newly minted Miradoro blends nicely with the existing barrel cellar, Tim Pawsey photo We finally made it to recently unveiled Miradoro, the new restaurant at Tinhorn Creek Vineyards, in Oliver, BC. We’ve been watching the progress (admittedly, slow at times) of this latest South Okanagan addition with interest, in part because it’s a [...]

Post Olympics Puppy Love? Not Quite.

By |2018-01-21T15:05:41-08:00February 1st, 2011|Travel|

Like most people, we are sickened by the news just out of Whistler, concerning the brutal killing of 100 sled dogs last April, post-Olympics, and ongoing SPCA (Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) investigation. Over the years, we’ve been lucky enough to dog-sled a couple of times, at Sun Peaks, BC, and at [...]

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