Glowbal Goes Italian

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SOMEONE'S IN THE KITCHEN WITH GLOWBAL AND IT LOOKS LIKE HE'S ITALIAN

“Giving birth to a restaurant� is of course, just a figure of speech. Except that when it comes to the Glowbal Group, the association is a little more apt. The Vancouver-based restaurant company has been churning out new restaurants at an average rate of one every nine to 10 months, about the same time it takes to conceive and gestate the average human baby.

On March 14, Emad Yacoub, Jack Lamont and the rest of the Glowbal family will be celebrating their fifth anniversary, and in that time they have produced five fine food establishments with another on the way and due to arrive this summer
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To be filed in RESTAURANTS/news


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BEST CHOICES FROM THE WINE FESTIVAL

We are jumping the gun here a little but we figure today will be our best opportunity to announce a new wine series we will be offering as a co-feature with www.winediva.ca.

The Wine Diva is, of course, Daenna van Mulligen, whose fun, fantastic, and very pink website celebrates her ongoing enthusiasm for the grape.

Every day throughout the month of March and leading up to the Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival, Daenna will be chosing a favourite wine that viewers will be able to taste and experience at the wine festival. Benefit from Daenna's excellent palate and experience as a sommelier by reading her evaluation and then go check out the wines yourself to see if you agree with her.

Today we start our Festival tasting with a handsome Pinot Noir from Rodney Strong Estate Vineyards of California's Sonoma County. On Friday, March 2nd we will be back with our wine pick number 2.

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To be filed in Drink /best of the wine fest 2007



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SHROOMING FOR PUNISHMENT

For those of you who want more Shonen Knife, or for those who hate us now because they can't get that silly Banana Chips song out of their heads, here's more of the same.

Basically, its a video of three Japanese chicks dressed like leprechauns and singing in English about finding the tasty brown mushrooms you find in Italian restaurants.

They can't sing, can't play and their lyrics sound like they were taken directly off a fast food delivery flyer ... but hey, somehow it all works in a wonderfully nerdy sort of way.

Brown Mushroom

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CHINESE NEW YEARS SPECIALS

(Check the box in the top left hand index for St Pat's offers, menus and ideas.) Today we have...
Making Real Chinese Cookies




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TODAY'S PRESS RELEASES






World's Wine Stars at Playhouse WineFest.

Les Dames d'Escoffier now taking applications for 2007 scholorships.

Announcements and Special Menus for Provence's 10th Anniversary

Wolfgang Blass withdraws from Wine Festival

BC Liquor Stores starts "Dry Grad" fundraising campaign.

Pacific Institute of Cullinary Arts Celebrates 10 years with a draw.



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ON THE NEWSSTAND TODAY






THE LOCAL INK


Over at Chowtimes, Ben and Suanne continue their series on Chinese New Years Foods by baking cookies.



THE OUTSIDE WORLD

Australian wineries are being evaluated for environmental qualities just like any other primary producer.

Former New York Times restaurant critic Mimi Sheraton calls restaurateur Jeffrey Chodorow an "idiot".

Restaurants look to "ethical" foie gras from naturally greedy geese.

A "we-gotta-shape-up" memo from Starbucks founder Howard Schultz is leaked to a blog and the mainstream press has a field day.

Here's a cheery little ditty for you ...banana chips, banana chips, banana chips, oh yeah!!! Love how that one little chick can blow up bananas with her eyes.

Exotic Kit Kat bars of Tokyo.

Can buying organic food actually harm the planet?

Marco Pierre White is unveiled as new TV star and immediately attacks Jamie Oliver and Gordon Ramsay.

Drinking Tips from America's top sommelier.

Never Eat a burger that weighs more than you do. The world's largest hamburger weighs in at 123 lbs.




Find the links to these articles and more in this week's Media postings.

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WHO'S GOT IT - OUR BUZZZ METER For February 27, 2007
(The most requested information on the site as measured by Google Keyword Counter)





PEOPLE:

1) Julian Bond (chef)
2) Jay Jones (mixologist)
3) Laura-Lee Walker (cool hunter)
4) Glenys Morgan (chef)
5) Luck Sarabhayavanija (restaurateur)

PLACES:

1) Fuel restaurant, Vancouver
2) Orange Club Cafe, North Vancouver
3) O Thai restaurant, Vancouver
4) Memphis Blues, Kelowna
5) Wilson's Steak House, Vancouver

THINGS:

1) bacon for dessert
2) A Taste of Yaletown
3) Tom yung kung, recipe for
4) Kirralaa wines
5) Lumiere pastries


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