EVEN CITRUS LOVERS CAN BE A LOCAVORE AT RAINCITY GRILL(Directly from the press release.)
Vancouver, BC… The
New Oxford American Dictionary is preparing for the holidays by making its biggest announcement of the year. The 2007 Word of the Year is locavore, which describes the philosophy at
Raincity Grill to a “T�. “Locavore� was coined two years ago by a group of four women in San Francisco who proposed that local residents should try to eat only food grown or produced within a 100-mile radius. Coincidentally, around the same time, Raincity Grill developed its 100 Mile Menu and became the first restaurant in Canada to embrace a truly local philosophy – working with both food items as well as wines.
The “locavore� movement encourages consumers to buy from farmers’ markets or even to grow or pick their own food, arguing that fresh, local products are more nutritious and taste better. Locavores also shun traditional supermarket offerings as an environmentally friendly measure, since shipping food over long distances often requires more fuel for transportation.
Raincity chef de cuisine
Peter Robertson has been working hard on his end of the locavore movement. Earlier this week Robertson contacted
Bob Duncan, owner of a citrus farm on Vancouver Island. While Duncan’s production is very small and not available until this coming spring, Robertson will tour the farm early this winter to see what will be available. Hopes are for Meyer lemons, kumquats, mandarins and grapefruit.
Says Robertson, “Having even a small amount of citrus available will be so refreshing. At Raincity we do not use any citrus in the kitchen as nothing is produced in our area, so this will give us a great amount of creativity to explore – all from within 100 miles of Raincity Grill.�
Raincity Grill is dedicated to farm-to-table fine dining. Overlooking English Bay in the heart of Vancouver’s West End, take in the ever changing seasons of Vancouver by way of the view and the food of Raincity Grill. For more information visit the website at
www.raincitygrill.com or call 604.685.7337.
Raincity Grill is located at 1193 Denman Street in Vancouver, BC.
