Whistler Restaurant staff, get ready to live in a boxcar.
Containers Suggested for Whistler's Housing Shortage - Vancouver Sun (January 14, 2008)
If you are in need of a list of BC hotels currently under construction and due to open in 2008, the
New York Times has supplied one in todays' edition. Chef
Andrew Springett, formerly of the
Wickaninnish Inn and Vancouver's
Metropolitan Hotel, returns to the scene as the new Executive Chef at Whistler's
Nita Lake Lodge, which opens this week at Whistler.
A Building Boom to Welcome the Winter Games - NYT (January 13, 2008).
Also in
the Times,
Tim and
Nina Zagat want to retire from the restaurant reporting game and have put their
Zagat Guide Empire up for sale.
Zagat Publisher Seeks Buyer -
NYT (January 14, 2008).
60 Minutes aired this 12 minute video clip on the Japanese Tuna industry. "Conversations with a $8,500 bluefin."
The King of Sushi - CBS (January 13, 2008).
Video Interview: Michael Pollan (Omnivore's Dilemma) and Chef Dan Barber discuss eating organically.
How to Stop Eating the Western Diet - 92 St. Y Discussions (January 10, 2008).McDonald's is trying to muscle in on
Starbucks territory and it could get messy.
How McDonalds May Kill Itself Killing Starbucks - Fast Company (January 9, 2008)
Red Herring reports on
FohBoh (
www.fohboh.com), a new social networking site in the US designed specifically for the restaurant industry.
Would You Like Fries with that Social Network? - Red Herring (January 3, 2008)
A Chowhound member says "No Thanks!."
