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The Skinny on Luscious Greek Yogurt
It began with a recommendation from your health-conscious friend for better digestion and overall well-being. Then you started seeing it in your small local organic grocery stores, eventually spreading to the larger ones and now, it’s even a Starbucks snacking staple. Greek yogurt has ...
Good Eats on the Road to Tofino
Tofino is an international destination, with visitors from far and wide drawn to great surf conditions and stunning scenery. But getting there from British Columbia’s capitol city is no easy ride. In fact, it’s a long and windy drive that takes approximately five hours to ...
Chef Tips: Waste Not Want Not
Creative Uses for Kitchen By-products and Other Generally Discarded Ingredients While we’ve come a long way from the days when every unused item made its way into our trashcans, there are still many opportunities for us to reduce our impact on the environment by ...
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Magical Mystery Beer Tour During Canoe Brewpub’s Cask Month
It goes without saying that venues offering beer will draw some sort of crowd. But when a venue offers some very special beer, then it follows they will draw a very special crowd. That could not be truer for Canoe Brewpub, which kicked off their ...
5 Romantic Restaurants for your Valentine’s Day Dinner
It might be the most important date night of the year. February 14 is your one chance to really get it right (and perhaps make up for all those other days when you might get it wrong). If you’re out to impress, make it a ...
Valentine’s Day Gifts with Edible “I Love You’s”
Although the gift of love may be the most important thing you can offer this Valentine’s Day, a little token to go with it never hurts. Remember – what pleases the tongue will often please the heart as well. Whether you spend February 14th with ...
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Five Warming Dishes to Dispel The Winter Woes
The weather outside has truly been frightful. While December in Victoria was rather mild, the New Year has brought an unexpected snowfall and some sub zero temperatures that many Islanders aren’t accustomed to. And although the white stuff seems to have subsided (for now), many ...
At Lifestyle Markets Organic Rules
At any given lunchtime, Lifestyle Markets is a hub of activity with an eclectic mix of construction workers, businessmen, teenagers and seniors crowded around the deli section to sample fresh and tasty food made by local bakers and in-house chefs. While some are drawn by ...
Lunch Pick: Lao Vientiane, Laotian and Thai-Style Cuisine
Ever since Jess Keoxayavong was a little girl, she dreamed of having her own restaurant. Growing up in a small village in northern Laos, Jess was taught the beauty of traditional Laotian cuisine by her mother. She furthered her knowledge living at a convent in ...
