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Yes, after almost three years with CityFood Online Version 2, we are getting ready to move from these cramped quarters to a third and larger site. You will notice that the new site retains much of the same overall look and organization (such purely design elements such as switching to a white background was tempting, yet we were concerned about looking like so many other websites). Thus, many of the changes may not be apparent at first, however they will allow for increased functionality in the way of video, sound, commentary boxes, archiving, as well as several other experimental features that are still under wraps. Please feel free to send your comments, suggestions or requests to contact@cityfood.com. We will be keeping material running parallel on both sites for a few more days and will not make the full transition until we are certain that any tech glitches or viewing problems have been worked out. It has been amazing to watch the steady climb in traffic for our print magazine's companion website, not only from the local audience, but as British Columbia prepares to move into a spotlight on the world's stage, from a growing international viewership as well. For that we are most grateful and want to thank all of you for your continued and most valued support. Best regards, Rhonda May
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 SHOP - ( September 22, 2009) DAJOJI CHEF JACKETSThe BC restaurant community not only knows Anthony Nicalo from the fine artisan quality wines he imports into Canada via his Farmstead Wines company, but also for his dedication to products and projects that support ecological and sustainable values. Now he has taken those values in a new direction by investing in Dajoji*, a new company that specializes in creating designer chef jackets made from unbleached, organic cotton. ... CONTINUE READING... Filed in SHOP/Green Products. ___________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENTS - ( September 21, 2009)
 FARMERS MARKETS Roll out your pumpkins, fall here. Now is the time to discover the taste of BC’s autumn abundance at Vancouver's Farmers Markets. Special Harvest Festivals will be taking place on September 26th, 30th, and then on October 3rd and 4th. Think apples, pears, nuts, kale, brussels sprouts, cabbage, carrots and nearly every kind of squash in God's creation. See the list of Harvest Dates at the various market venus below .... CONTINUE READING... MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS AFTER THE JUMP: from Pied a Terre, La Buca, L'Altro Buca, Bistro Pastis, La Brasserie, Voya, Tinhorn Creek Vineyards, WinePlus+, Fine Vintage Wine Club, Guinness, Irish Heather, Au Petit Chavignol, The Canadian Chefs Congress, Araxi, Rossland Film Fest, Willow Centre, and loads more culinary events announcements for Fall 2009. Filed in DAILY NEWS/Announcements. _________________________________________________
 WINE NEWS - ( September 16, 2009)
SAKEMAKER READY TO HARVEST FIRST SAKE RICE IN BC( Directly from the press release.) Masa Shiroki, owner and sake maker at Artisan SakeMaker on Granville Island is excited to announce that his experimental crop of sake rice (sakamai), planted on a small plot in Ashcroft in May this year, will be ready for harvest on or around September 20. Not satisfied with making his award-winning sakes only from imported rice from Japan, Shiroki began, several years ago, to research the possibility of cultivating sake rice in British Columbia. “Since I started Artisan SakeMaker, the ultimate goal has always been to eventually grow sakamai in BC or, if necessary, elsewhere in Canada, so I can use the rice crop to make truly Canadian sake,” Masa claimed. “So I’m really happy that we’ve completed the first small but important step. We’ve proved that sake rice can be successfully grown in BC. Now we just have to grow enough to make my wine.” ... CONTINUE READING... Filed in DRINK/Wine News. _________________________________________________
 WINE NEWS - ( September 16, 2009)
GRAB YOUR COTES, WE'RE GOING TO RHONE
Until September 26, selected BCLDB outlets will be promoting France’s Côtes du Rhône region and its famous wines known for their fruit forward, spicy, food-friendly flavours. Some of the featured bottles are also very economically priced, for example the white Cote du Luberon La Vielle Ferme 07/08 and the Cotes du Ventoux – Chat en Oeuf 2005, both $13.99 and pictured above. (We enjoyed the Chat en Oeuf Rose this summer.) This week the BCLDB held a familiarization dinner at 2 Chefs and a Table, a very charming, small restaurant in Gastown, and here we were able to try some of the more serious offerings. ... CONTINUE READING... Filed in DRINK/Wine News.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS - ( September 14, 2009)  FOOD Hola! Mexico Comes to Vancouver this week with numerous options to get your chilies on, including travel shows, demonstrations of music and dance, Mexican sculpture, traditional crafts, award winning films from Mexican cinema, cooking demonstrations, tastings of Mexican wine, and other fiesta events. This year, the Mexican state of Guerrero (home to the city of Acalpulco) will be featured, and one of their biggest celebrities, Chef Susanna Palazuelos, author of the classic cookbook, Mexico, the Beautiful, has interrupted work on her latest book to fly to Vancouver especially for the occasion and teach a master class on Guerrero cuisine at the Marriott Pinnacle Downtown Hotel this Tuesday (September 15, 10 a.m.). Inspired by Ms. Palazuelos and the famous seafood of the West Coast state of Guerrero, Don Guacamoles restaurant and Chef Damien Callaghan, Executive Chef of Showcase Restaurant at the Marriot, will be featuring a different typical dish from the region on their menus daily. ... CONTINUE READING... MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS AFTER THE JUMP: Filed in DAILY NEWS/Announcements.
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 FOOD FILMS - ( September 11, 2009)
THE VINTNER GETS LUCKY, OR DOESN'T On the screening roster for the Toronto International Film Festival is a New Zealand film designed for oenophiles, or lovers of historical romance, or maybe even gay marriage sympathizers. The plot of The Vintner's Luck focuses on a 19th century peasant winemaker and his quest to create the perfect vintage, along with the help of the angel he loves. ... CONTINUE READING... Filed in ARTS & CULTURE/Cinema.___________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENTS - ( September 4, 2009) COCKTAILS The Refinery: Whether you're going back to school, or just want to wear those tight white pants before judgment comes the following week, scoot by the Refinery this coming Sunday! Mixologist Lauren Mote and her crew at the Refinery are having a Labour Day party - cheap drinks (wicked cocktails, beers, bin end wines), cheap appetizers, flatbreads, and the introduction of our Brewer's Lunch promotion - a specifically paired bottle of beer, with 2 cheeses, 1 meat, small salad and feature flatbread (steak!) all for $20!!! In Lauren's words: "Craziness!" Plus, one of Granville St's musical gems,... DJ MEESH spinning all night. And he sure is a rad guy." Doors open 5 p.m. until Late. 1115 Granville St (Above SIP), Vancouver. 604-687-8001. ... CONTINUE READING... MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS AFTER THE JUMP: News from Provence Marinaside, Glowbal Group, Crime Lab, Q4, Hart House, Indishpensable, Hester Creek Winery, Save-On Foods, Your Local Farmers Market, Barbara-Jo's Books to Cooks and many more additions to the culinary calendar. Filed in DAILY NEWS/Announcements.
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 FOOD: SANDWICH SERIES ( September 3, 2009)
THE CEMITA OF MEXICO The new Las Tortas on Cambie Street (located between 17 and 18th), manages to hits two tamale trains with one stone. First, it's part of the improving options for casual Latin food in Vancouver, and second, it's right on time for the renewed popularity of the mega-size sandwich. At Las Tortas, the featured item is pretty much an authentic take on the kind of everyday street food that Mexicans (especially office workers in Mexico City) custom order on a regular basis from small, street side, hole-in-the-wall restaurants and public market places. However even in Mexico, there are tortas and there are super-tortas. The best example of the later being the Cemita, a traditional sandwich that is a specialty of the central Mexican towns of Puebla and Cholula. ... CONTINUE READING... Filed in FOOD/Sandwich Series ... and ... REGONAL/CF Travel: Mexico.__________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENTS - ( August 31, 2009 )
( All listings on this page were edited from, or excerpted directly from company press releases.) RESTAURANTS/HOTELS/COOKING SCHOOLS
Chambar: Now We Are Five ... On Saturday, September 12th, Chambar restaurant will toast, eat and dance in honour of bringing Belgian influenced fare and more than a little debauchery to 562 Beatty since September of 2004. The celebration will close off Beatty Street for an all-afternoon block party beginning at 12:00PM. Starting at noon, the 500 block of Beatty Street will be closed off to traffic to make way for a kids’ disco, face painting, complimentary waffles for kids, a spit pig roast complete with pulled pork sandwiches, and a live show from musician Rich Hope and His Evil Doers. The party will be open to all, and will run until 5 p.m.. The afternoon will also include the very first tasting of Chambar Ale, the new in-house brew that will be available on tap at the restaurant this fall and in bottles in select stores. ... CONTINUE READING... MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS AFTER THE JUMP: from Raudz Regional Table, West, Cira Restaurant & Lounge, Irish Heather, Shangri-la Hotels, So.Cial at le Magasin, the 33rd Concours International de Jeunes Commis, Brick Brewing Co., Barbara-Jo's Books to Cooks, Mountain Spirit Lodge and Hotel Grand Pacific ... plus many new events in the Culinary Calendar. Filed in DAILY NEWS/Announcements. __________________________________________________
 CF TRAVEL - ( August 31, 2009)
I ate a bug ... and I liked it.
Hola! If you wonder where we have been for the last couple of weeks ... the truth is, we couldn't resist the invitation to run away and experience the cuisine and culture of Central and Eastern Mexico: Mexico City, Hidalgo, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Puebla and Oaxaca. It was a trip that was so packed with culinary adventure that there was little time to sleep, let alone find a plug in for a website update. But holy mole has our appreciation and knowledge of regional Mexican cooking been taken to another level. And yes... we ate grasshoppers, beetles, worms and even rat ... all in the line of duty. The complete story will appear in a future issue of WestWorld Magazine and several highlights will be posted in this website under REGIONAL: CF Travel/Mexico. But for now, it's time to catch up with our own fabulous food resources here on Canada's westcoast.
Filed in REGIONAL/CF Travel - Mexico
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FOOD TV - ( August 12, 2009) THE REALITY OF THE WINE BIZ MAKES A SHOW OF ITSELF. From Decanter Magazine: Reality television and the world of wine collide for the first time in a new US series which gives 12 men and women the chance to launch their own wine brand. See article at this link and list of sample YouTube Videos here. (Thank you to Judith Lane for the link.) Filed in ARTS & CULTURE/Video
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 RESTAURANTS - ( August 11, 2009)
CAMPAGNOLO RESTAURANT USES STREET TACTICS That's some POST-it note. We noticed these signs tacked to the telephone poles in our neighbourhood, advising pedestrians that Campagnolo restaurant (1020 Main Street) was only 7 blocks away. Well, if you count the entire length of the Cambie St bridge or the Georgia Viaduct as a "block" then they were probably right. We'd say they're using their street smarts. But where were the little pull off tabs for percentage discounts? Walk-in customer mystery prizes (free cappuccino with your meal?) would be fun. They could be getting more mileage from this good idea. Filed in RESTAURANTS/Restaurant News.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS - (August 7, 2009) IS NEAT THE WALDO OF BRITISH STAR CHEFS?  RESTAURANTS/HOTELS/COOKING SCHOOLS
West Restaurant : On August 31st, Chef Warren Geraghty will welcome one of his mentors, British Chef Richard Neat, to join him in preparing a special collaborative dinner, and it's an interesting coup for West Restaurant. Neat made his name in the '80s and '90s when as one of the hot new chefs on the European restaurant scene he rocketed to fame as the first British chef to win a Michelin star in France. Considering the culinary chauvinism of the French, that was no mean feat. But since that white hot start, he's been keeping a low profile at a series of exotically located restaurants that could come from an Indiana Jones script: India, Marrakesh and most recently in Costa Rica. Google him and the most frequent question that pops up is: "Where is Richard Neat?" That is, when he is not being alternately referred to as either "brilliant" or "troubled". Here's a recap of his career: ... CONTINUE READING... MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS AFTER THE JUMP: News about Pacific Palisades, Glowbal group restaurants, Provence Marinaside, Salt Tasting Room, Papi's, Cru, Fuel, Uva, Dirty Apron Cooking School, Sutton Place Wine Store, Sumac Ridge, Gastown Farmers Market, Ganache Patiserrie, Ronnie Shewchuk, VinoCamp, Sonoma Wineries, Wineries of Argentina, JoieFarm, Zimsculpt, Spirit Ridge Resort, Okanagan Feast of Fields, John Bishop, Cowichan Bay, BC Ferries, and events till the cows come home. Filed in DAILY NEWS/ Announcements.
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 FOOD FILMS - ( August 6, 2009 ) I PEEKED UNDER JULIA'S PANS As we ALL know by now, the new Julie & Julia movie starts its run in local theaters tomorrow. Primed to be THE chick flick of the year, the advance marketing for the film has been omnipresent and relentless for most of the summer. Which only makes me more ambivalent about whether I want to rush out and see it. As much as I admire the talents of Meryl Streep, I'm afraid that she may try to reinforce Julia's image as that of a big, jolly and cute, if somewhat unusual, matron, when actually the woman was often pretty salty ... right into her nineties. ... CONTINUE READING . Filed in ARTS & CULTURE/ Cinema .
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Filed in DAILY NEWS/ Dine & Dash .
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 FOOD - ( August 5, 2009 )
BLACK GARLIC Black is the new black, even in the kitchen. One of the biggest crowds at this Summer's International Fancy Foods Show could be found clustered around the booth of a company promoting a relatively new product - black garlic . ... CONTINUE READING ... Filed in FOOD/ New Products .
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 BOOKS - ( August 4, 2009 )
A CRACK IN HIS CUPS Owning and operating a small, arty café in a hip part of town is one of the ubiquitous middle-class dreams -- right up there with planting a vineyard or turning one's heritage home into a friendly little B & B. However, as with all such fantasies, once the romance is tamped out, there's a lot of grit left to deal with. ... CONTINUE READING ... Filed in ARTS & CULTURE/ Books . ___________________________________________________
 ONLINE - ( July 28, 2009 ) HOLA! SHELORA As a Victoria-based food writer and regional reporter for such local publications as Western Living , CityFood , Eat , and Vancouver Magazine , Shelora Sheldan is in the know when it comes to who is cooking where, and what's as hot as salsa on the Island food scene. Luckily for us, she's sharing many of these on her new (mostly cooking focused) blog called Cooking With A Broad . ... CONTINUE READING ... Filed in ARTS & CULTURE/ Online . ___________________________________________________
 IN PRINT - ( July 18, 2009 ) GOURMET MAGAZINE FEATURES VANCOUVER ISLAND Gourmet Magazine's August 2009 issue features an impressive 4-page spread on the culinary bounty of Vancouver Island. ... CONTINUE READING ... Filed in ARTS & CULTURE/ In Print . __________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENTS - ( July 17, 2009 ) JULIO GONZALEZ-PERINI NEW EXEC CHEF AT CINCIN CinCin restaurant on Robson Street has announced the appointment of Julio Gonzalez-Perini (one of the co-founders of Villa del Lupo ) as executive chef. ... CONTINUE READING .... Filed in PEOPLE/ Chefs . __________________________________________________  REGIONAL - ( July 16, 2009 ) TATTOO YOU Now that's a set of tats that only a devoted food lover could really appreciate. Maybe also good for people who have a habit of putting their foot in their mouth? I spotted this young woman coming out of the Fancy Food Show at New York's Javits Center a couple of weeks ago, and chased her down the street to get the story. ... CONTINUE READING ...
Filed in REGIONAL/ City+Travel:New York .
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 ANNOUNCEMENTS - ( July 15, 2009 )
RESTAURANTS/HOTELS/COOKING SCHOOLS
COAST Restaurant : the wait is over! COAST has thrown open the doors of its new location and welcomes guests to partake in Oysters, Chowders and Crab Cakes. The restaurant's new venue, located at 1054 Alberni Street, features a 20-foot circular 'Oyster & Chowder Bar', a warm and intimate mezzanine featuring a signature 'Boardroom Table', and private dining spaces. Sexy 'O Lounge' is located next door - an intimate split-level room seating 70, with plush, tangerine mid-rise sofas and sultry back-lit columns. 604-685-5010. Click the link to their new website to see menu, video and other details. ... CONTINUE READING ... More announcements AFTER THE JUMP : Glowbal Group, Provence, The Refinery, LoLo, Edge Restaurant and Lounge, Sheraton Wall Centre, Hamilton St. Grill, Yew, Crime Lab, Fraiche, Vino Camp and Cheese Camp, Salmon report, Kelowna Blog, Sumac Ridge, Rollingdale, SA Wines, ZAP Zinfandel, Garrett Oliver, Annette Rawlinson, BCCA, Angie Quaale, and the Jamaican Bobsleigh Team ... for a start. Filed in DAILY NEWS/ Announcements .
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 FILM - ( July 9, 2009 )
TWO NEW FOOD FILMS COMING OUR WAY A bumper crop of food-themed movies turned up in 2008 and the first half of 2009, with Food, Inc being the current eco-conscious film du jour. Organic Nation TV recently posted a list of the "Best Food Movies of 2009" . But when it comes to the green flicks, even they didn't get the entire list. Here's two more that we should be hearing about soon. ... CONTINUE READING ...
Filed in ARTS & CULTURE/ Cinema .
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