"Mad Angie", Yerba Mate Latte, John Bishop in Germany, C turns X, Bio-degradable Plastic Bags, CityFood's New Restaurant Issue, Dennis Green Blog, Sanafir

WINE OF THE WEEK
"MAD ANGIE"

Are rosés the white shoes of the wine world? You're not supposed to drink them after Labour Day Weekend?

Phoeey on that. In private, we'll keep on drinking rose until Valentines Day when they will become "appropriate" again. (And probably straight through V-Day too, but nevermind, that's another story.)

For the sake of convention, we'll put the pink bottles back under the sink and concentrate instead on another favourite category, wines from obscure little BC wineries.

Now that Fall is coming up fast, and along with it the usual big crop of wine festivals (among them the BC Chef Meets BC Grape event on the 20th), it seems fitting that we start with this exuberant little wine whose label best expresses that kind of crazed feeling that you tend to get this time of year when you know the good weather won't last and you still haven't "done" summer yet. Or maybe they actually mean to market this wine to that dangerous demographic of women who are most likely to dump secure jobs and colourless marriages to ride away with their kids' guitar teacher on the back of a Harley.

To see what's got Angie so hot and bothered click here.

Filed in DRINK/Obscure Canadian Wines.

TICKET GIVE AWAY!!!

The good news is that the weather looks like it's going to be spectacular for this weekend's Vancouver Mainland Feast of Fields event (taking place this year at UBC Farms).

The bad news (not for them of course), is that the event is now sold out, so if you didn't snap up a ticket already you are out of luck.

But here's where all the hours you've wasted on the company time reading this website could pay off. As an official sponsor for Feast of Fields we have two tickets to give away (Value $150).

Both will go to one name drawn from the first ten people who can tell us "what was on the cover of the first CityFood magazine published in Summer 1992". (Hint: the answer is somewhere on this site.)

Please email your response to contact (at) cityfood (dot) com. No telephone calls please. And be sure to include your name, phone number, and return email address.

NEW PRODUCT
YERBA MATE LATTE

Yerba Mate, the tea-like drink from South America, is not exactly a brand new thing on the health food scene, but it's the first time that Capers Markets will be offering it in the form of a latte in their coffee bars.

They launch the product in their stores today, and considering the popularity with their customers for green tea lattes, this version has the potential to be an equally big hit.

Like green tea, the beverage is a great replacement for coffee, in that it puts a hitch in your step without the accompanying jitters, or that tar pit sensation you'll feel in your stomach from indulging in too much java. Plus it's organic (made with organic milk, organic soy milk, or organic rice milk), and touted as healthy. As described in the article from the August 2007 issue of Men's Journal, it might even lend a macho, sexy quality that tea (associated with grandmothers and childrens' parties) lacks.

We just like the smoke-y flavour ... kind of like gunpowder tea.

Capers is buying their yerba mate from Guayaki - an organic fair trade brand from the rainforest, and if you'd like more information, the vendor, David Karr, will be at the Living Naturally Fair that Capers will be holding in the parking lot of their Robson Street store on September 15th and 16th.

But if you can't be parted from your matcha tea latte, don't brew, you'll still be able to get that too.

Filed in FOOD/New Products

TODAY'S PRESS RELEASES

JOHN BISHOP CREATES A MENU TO LAUNCH NEW BC FERRY FROM GERMAN FACTORY

Das Superboot ... John Bishop of Bishop's Restaurant will create special dishes for visitors attending a BC Ferries launch celebration in Germany.

The event marks the completion of a 160-metre Super C-class “Coastal Renaissance� ferry boat at the FSG Shipyards in Flensburg, Germany ...

CONTINUE READING

COOKBOOK SALE ALERT!

Annual Cookbook sale at Barbara-Jo's Books to Cooks ..... CONTINUE READING

Filed in DAILY NEWS/ Press Releases



DINE AND DASH
IT'S ALL IN THE NAME

You may have heard that Dennis Green, John Bishop's long time chef at the highly regarded Bishop's, has stepped back from the stoves at the Kitsilano restaurant, and that Chef Andrea Carlson (of Raincity Grill) has taken his place.

But what will Green be doing now?

As told to Judith Lane, he intends to spend the free time he never had before to develop a number of personal projects, one of them being a website and blog. Check it out at www.greenchef.ca


















CURRENT EVENT
SANAFIR DOES ISTANBUL

Continuing through to September 9, Sanafir Restaurant & Lounge offers its eastward journey down the Silk Route with an exotic 3-course menu visit to the ancient city of Istanbul.
See the full menu here.


Filed in RESTAURANTS/Chef's Menus.