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August 20, 2010
Okanagan - Yee Haw! An Okanagan Round-up
Heading to the Okanagan this weekend? Perhaps to take in the Feast of Fields Event in Okanagan Falls? Here's some local news to help you get caught up before you go.
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August 17, 2010
Okanagan - Charlie and the Giant Peach ...
Local History: An Okanagan Falls resident remembers the Oliver Ranch in 1943, and Charlie, its colourful owner.
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August 17, 2010
Okanagan - A Preview of FOF's Brock Farm
A sneak peak at the property hosting this week's Okanagan Feast of Fields, plus a link to some local lore.
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July 07, 2010
Victoria - 31 Years at Sooke Harbour House
Frédérique Philip looks back on 31 years at Sooke Harbour House on Vancouver Island.
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June 11, 2010
Okanagan - Umberto Cooks at Hester Creek Winery
Umberto Menghi to Delight Food and Wine Lovers at Hester Creek Estate Winery
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May 11, 2010
Okanagan - RauDZ Regional Table Celebrates Asparagus
Chef Rod Butters at RauDZ Regional Table in Kelowna is honouring the season with the green spear of Spring.
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May 11, 2010
Okanagan - Penticton Sings for Spring
What do the Beach Boys, Elvis, meadowlarks and peaches have in Common?
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February 25, 2010
CF Travel - New York - Hot Chocolate Will Keep You in Stitches
Our idea of Winter Games ... watching the snowflakes falling in New York and enjoying the last of City Bakery's Hot Chocolate Festival.
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February 04, 2010
Victoria - Victoria's Plans for the Games
While Vancouver and Whistler are jumping with frenzied Olympic activity, what will the citizens of Victoria be doing? Apparently, taking it easy with a nice cup of tea.
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December 20, 2009
Okanagan - Poppadoms, East Indian Restaurant Opens in Kelowna
A family from Southhampton, England have brought their culinary skills with Indian cuisine to Kelowna
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November 18, 2009
Whistler-Pemberton - New Hotel with White Spot Comes to Whistler
The White Spot comes to Whistler (literally) under the wing of a new luxury hotel.
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November 17, 2009
Whistler-Pemberton - Who's at the Winter Market: Helmer's Organic Farm
At Helmer's Organic Farm the potatoes are chosen and grown primarily because of their taste.
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September 03, 2009
CF Travel - Mexico - Seriously Sandwich: Mexico's Cemita
In Mexico there are tortas and there are super-tortas. Take the Cemita, a traditional sandwich that is a specialty of the central Mexican towns of Puebla and Cholula.
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July 23, 2009
Vancouver Island - Gourmet Features Vancouver Island
Gourmet Magazine's August 2009 issue features an impressive 4-page spread on the culinary bounty of Vancouver Island.
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July 23, 2009
Vancouver Island - Shelora Sheldan's Cooking A Broad
Hola Shelora! A local food writer connects Vancouver Island to Mexico via a new cooking blog.
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June 30, 2009
CF Travel - New York - Tattoo You
Now that's a set of tats that only a devoted food lover could really appreciate. Maybe also suitable for people who have a habit of putting their foot in their mouth?
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June 17, 2009
Victoria - Victoria Artist Brings a Little Mexico to Chicago
British Columbia artist Bill Blair has been commissioned to create five pieces of hand-tinted Mexicana photomontages for the opening of Rick Bayless's new restaurant in Chicago, XOCO.
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April 30, 2009
Okanagan - Local - New Restaurant for Summerland
"LOCAL – lounge • grille” will open in early July next door to the Summerland Waterfront Resort and Spa on Lakeshore Drive.
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April 20, 2009
Okanagan - A New Winery for Hester Creek
Of all the wineries undergoing a transformation in the Okanagan, few have matched the scale of Hester Creek Estate Winery.
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April 17, 2009
Okanagan - Winemakers Round Table at the Banee
An interesting event at the Banee was the winemaker's roundtable discussion - an open forum between a group of mostly Vancouver-based wine media and several South Okanagan winemakers
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March 28, 2009
Okanagan - Nota Bene Hosts a Vertical Tasting
Hot ticket: The cult status Okanagan winery hosted a rare vertical tasting of their Black Hills wines (from 1999 to the yet-to-be-released 2007).
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March 28, 2009
Okanagan - Wine Festival Debut: Black Cloud
When we first heard that there was a new wine in the Okanagan named " Black Cloud " we assumed it was a romantic tribute to the dramatic, billowing black clouds that often sweep over the mountainsides in the early morning. But we were wrong.
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March 26, 2009
Okanagan - Elephant Orchard: Pink Elephant Sparkling Rose
Are you seeing pink elephants? Or have you just been drinking?
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March 25, 2009
Okanagan - Raudz Opens in Kelowna
They're a couple of hot raudz. In tune with the times, Rod Butters and wife/partner Audrey Surrao have revamped and renamed their popular Okanagan restaurant. Here's all the details from their official stat sheet.
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March 24, 2009
Okanagan - A Letter from JoieFarm
JoieFarm says an off-the-record quote attributed to them in a Globe & Mail article was used out of context. In this letter they answer with their own cannon fire.
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March 02, 2009
Seattle-Washington State - COCHON555
On Sunday, March 8th, our neighbouring Pacific Northwest city to the south will host Cochon555, a porcine event featuring 5 chefs, 5 locally-raised pigs and 5 local vintners in a friendly contest. Each chef will prepare a 70 pound heritage pig from head t
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February 12, 2009
Seattle-Washington State - Return of the Restaurant Rocker
In this business one sees all kinds of fundraising events, in all kinds of formats, and most of them depend on the participation of local restaurants as their principle lure. However this one plays to a tune all it's own, so to speak. Having proven to be
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