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Menu review: Breaking the fast at Seb's Market Café
Banana bread French toast, elk medallion bennys, scrambled eggs with caribou meat and sundried tomatoes, bacon and caramelized apple omelettes... for interesting takes on traditional breakfast fare,...
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Ask, and I will find: red velvet cake
Tiffany said... Do you know any place in Vancouver that sells red velvet cake by the slice? I know two places that occasionally make red velvet cupcakes. They make cakes too but then you have to buy...
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Who knew?: Coprophagy, or, eating poop
Me: Guess what I won't eat?AA: I dunno... manure?Me: Uhh... that too, but...I was all set to write this post on the things I won't eat (based on another conversation I had with AA about eating...
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Candy-gram: Introducing.... headers!
If you've been keeping up with my posts and happen to look back on past entries, you'll notice that I've added some nifty new headers to help you find your way through the buzz of food conversations...
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Eat me! / Menu review: The Clubhouse Restaurant
Before heading to bed to rest up for EAT! Vancouver tomorrow,I feel compelled to stay up and let you in on an old "secret spot" of mine I'd forgotten about until today, when D. stopped there to grab...
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EAT! Vancouver -- Part 1: The Samples
EAT! Vancouver happened this May 22 to 24, and I just so happened to be there for almost all of Saturday (as a customer) and Sunday (as a volunteer at the Grapes and Hops Pavillion).For those...
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EAT! Vancouver Part 2: 21 Ways to Make the Most of Your EAT! Experience
EAT! Vancouver has raised its ticket prices again -- and for $15 (plus the cost of food tickets), you'll want to maximize your experience.The best advice I can give is to volunteer for the event: in...
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Food 'file (aka EAT! Vancouver Part 3): Jane from EAT! Vancouver
She helps run the show at EAT! Vancouver, but for Jane Tang, "[her] job really isn't that exciting. It's the finished product, the on-site festival that is glamorous and exciting... everything...
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Eat me!: Maple Twist cones
In less than three months, I will be just a bus ride away from one of Canada's hottest food spots -- Montréal!For nine whole months (from September to May), I'll be working as a "Language Assistant" in...
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Candy-gram: Now, anyone can comment!
Till this very moment, only people with google accounts could comment on my posts.(My apologies to those who couldn't post comments in the past -- I hadn't realized that I could open the section to the...
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Menu review: Doña Cata Mexican Foods / EAT Vancouver volunteer appreciation...
I'm still on a high from last night -- great food and great people do that to you. In roughly three and a half hours, I sampled more than twenty as-close-to-authentic-as-you-can-get-in-Vancouver...
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Candy-gram: Happy one-month anniversary!
Just checked the date of my first post today, and whaddaya know? Let's Talk about Foodis a month (and a day) old!Thank you everyone for being a part of it!It's hard to believe that what started out as...
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Food 'file: Wine Diva Daenna Van Mulligan
When I first met Daenna Van Mulligen at EAT!'s volunteer appreciation party, I had no idea I was talking to one of Canada's biggest names in the wine industry. As her numerousonlinebios indicate, "In...
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Menu review: La Grotta Del Formaggio
La Grotta Del Formaggio (1791 Commercial Drive) is known for making some of the best sandwiches in Vancouver, so I had high expectations when I tried my first one today.Unfortunately, I was kind of let...
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Ask, and I will find: Latvian food
Rosanne said... So my mother wants to know about Latvian food. Is there any in Vancouver? May 22, 2009 7:05 PM "Truly Latvian cooking" has been described by aboutriga.net and numerous other sites as...
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Who knew?: Ronald McDonald, lady's man
Believe it or not, that creepy-looking fellow up there is Ronald McDonald the First, starring in McDonald's first commercial.He may have been beaten out of the role of the national Ronald McDonald by...
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Menu review: Marcello Pizzeria and Ristorante
I don't normally make repeat visits to restaurants. Usually, it's never as good the next time I try it, and if I didn't like it, it doesn't get any better -- even if I really, really want it to be.So I...
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Ask, and I will find: A good paella place
J said... Find me a good paella place, preferably in the cheap-moderate price range, good value, family atmosphere, etc :)May 27, 2009 9:40 AM According to studyspanish.com, "Paella is a traditional...
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Who knew: Canada on a platter
Happy Canada Day, folks!Time to bust out some maple syrup for your pancakes, opt for a 100% Canadian beef or salmon burger, and treat yourself to a big, chocolately nanaimo bar for dessert.I don't know...
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Eat me!: Deep-fried ice cream
The things I do for my readers!Over a span of six days, I've tried three different kinds of deep-fried ice cream -- on a full stomach -- just so that I could give you accurate comparison of the...
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