Been a bit churlish, we have, of late towards BC’s beloved burger-monger and family resto chain White Spot—due mainly to the presence of its large chicken mascot on BC Ferries the other weekend. (White Spot supplies a portion of BC Ferries food requirements...) Somebody in the Twitterverse took offence when we suggested (in jest) the [...]
It’s just a couple of weeks until Tales of the Cocktail on Tour rolls into Vancouver, Feb 12-14, to no doubt repeat its highly successful inaugural show from last March. Not familiar with this pretty awesome salute to the wood? Read all about last year's here. This year’s program is greatly expanded. From the 2012 release: [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Just what is Canadian cuisine, anyway? Here come the Feds to the rescue... At some ungodly hour yesterday morning, the Ministry of Agriculture threw a breakfast bash featuring some of the country’s top chefs preparing dishes of locally sourced ingredients from across the land. No seal meat or caribou, though, as the ‘True’ North [...]