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FOOD & the CITY: Urban Agriculture & the New Food Revolution
Talk with Slide Show and Book Signing Sunday, April 22 Earth Day! 11:30-1:00 Banyen Books 3608 West 4th Ave., Vancouver, BC FREE Food & the City examines alternative food systems in cities around the globe that are shortening their food chains, growing food ...
Brasserie Mystère at Salt Building, Green Tables & MARKET
Brasserie Mystère at Salt Building One of the most popular events during Dine Out Vancouver was the second annual Kronenbourg 1664 Brasserie Mystère, held this year at the Salt building in southeast False Creek. Last year, the mystery chef was David Hawksworth, so the bar ...
Makaria Farm’s Food Security Club
Brock McLeod didn’t like vegetables before he became a farmer. Accustomed to the oversized and under-flavoured produce in the grocery stores, McLeod’s opinion of edible flora changed forever when he realized that “Vegetables grown in a healthy, organic soil, combined with planting only those varieties ...
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Finest At Sea – a sustainable seafood company
Next time you find yourself in James Bay and searching for dinner inspiration, why not opt for fresh seafood from Erie Street’s Finest At Sea? Operating off BC’s coast for over thirty years, Finest At Sea’s fishing crew and their 13 boats supply dozens ...
Top Chefs Battle for Title of Vancouver Aquarium Chowder Champion
Vancouver B.C. – Twelve of Vancouver’s top Ocean Wise chefs will heat up the Vancouver Aquarium on November 23 as they compete in a cook-off for the title of 2011 Ocean Wise Chowder Chowdown Champion. “This friendly, but fierce, competition brings together 12 of Vancouver’s best chefs ...
Olson’s High Country Bison – Grass is Greener
First published in the July/August 2008 issue of EAT With High Country Bison poised to make their excellent, free range bison available in BC, I felt this article is worth a revisit. ~ I’m bumping along a wet grass track on the back of an ...
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This summer when it comes to salmon: Think Pink
This weekend I decided I was going to cook some salmon on the barbecue. So I went to my local fishmonger to see what was on ice. The choice was fresh Sockeye filets or whole Pinks. I bought the pink salmon and was amazed to ...
Showcase for Planet Friendly Living
VANCOUVER, Canada – EPIC: The Vancouver Sun Sustainable Living Expo returns for its fifth year as Western Canada’s largest smart lifestyle consumer tradeshow and eco-marketplace. Happening at the Vancouver Convention Centre West from May 13-15, EPIC features hundreds of companies and products to help consumers live, play and ...
The Summer Nightshades
photos, clockwise from upper left: Chef Laurie Munn pours out the Gazpacho Consommé, rows of greens growing at Foxglove, Michael Ableman, dry-farmed tomatoes growing at Foxglove. All photos by Rebecca Baugniet I’m not sure we’re on the right road, I worry, as we work our ...
