http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-18646653
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Wednesday, July 4, 2012
INT F: The Amazing CANADIAN dish!
http://vancouverfoodster.com/2012/04/10/vancouver-foodster-poutine-challenge/
The history of poutine...
http://www.fritzeuropeanfryhouse.com/poutine.html
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Follow what is happening in Vancity!
http://vancouverisawesome.com/
" Inside Vancouver is a multi-author Vancouver blog, written by Vancouverites about Vancouver. Our goal is to give an insider’s view of Vancouver, to provide information, stories and opinions from the locals’ perspective about this great city. Browse our blog, read about some of our favourite Vancouver hangouts, and maybe learn something new or discover a hidden gem. Thanks for stopping by and welcome to Vancouver!"
http://www.insidevancouver.ca/
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Best Job Ever?!
From http://www.365daysofdining.com/
As the ambassador for Richmond’s diverse culinary scene, Lindsay receives a one-year contract role with a salary of $50,000, living compensation and a daily stipend for all restaurant meals. The job also includes a one-year membership to the Richmond Olympic Oval—home to a 23,000 square foot fitness centre—to assist in burning off all those daily restaurant samplings!
In exchange, Lindsay will dine at 365 Richmond restaurants in 365 days, taking photos, shooting videos and blogging about the experience. She will also be actively engaging with the community—both in person and online through social media—and meeting the people who live, work and play in Richmond. The dynamic, multicultural city of Richmond boasts more than 800 restaurants (over 400 of which are Asian eateries) and is renowned for having some of the best Chinese cuisine in the world. Add to that all the fresh seafood offerings in the scenic fishing village of Steveston as well as fine-dining hotel restaurants, two authentic Asian night markets, funky diners and the homemade offerings at the Steveston Farmers & Artisans Market, and there’s plenty of variety to keep Lindsay busy for a full year.
http://www.vancouversun.com/travel/Tourism+Richmond+announces+winner+food+blogger/6732880/story.html
As the ambassador for Richmond’s diverse culinary scene, Lindsay receives a one-year contract role with a salary of $50,000, living compensation and a daily stipend for all restaurant meals. The job also includes a one-year membership to the Richmond Olympic Oval—home to a 23,000 square foot fitness centre—to assist in burning off all those daily restaurant samplings!
In exchange, Lindsay will dine at 365 Richmond restaurants in 365 days, taking photos, shooting videos and blogging about the experience. She will also be actively engaging with the community—both in person and online through social media—and meeting the people who live, work and play in Richmond. The dynamic, multicultural city of Richmond boasts more than 800 restaurants (over 400 of which are Asian eateries) and is renowned for having some of the best Chinese cuisine in the world. Add to that all the fresh seafood offerings in the scenic fishing village of Steveston as well as fine-dining hotel restaurants, two authentic Asian night markets, funky diners and the homemade offerings at the Steveston Farmers & Artisans Market, and there’s plenty of variety to keep Lindsay busy for a full year.
http://www.vancouversun.com/travel/Tourism+Richmond+announces+winner+food+blogger/6732880/story.html
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Bus. Eng: The Glass Ceiling
Thursday, May 10, 2012
604: lunch time dilemma?
Go check out the new 12 street vendors!
VANCOUVER — Ta da! Meet the 12 new street food locations and the vendors who landed them. Most have not yet opened but they’ll be operating soon enough. Most are still rushing to get their carts or trucks or vans ready. For the most up-to-date information on dates, times, menus, websites and social media information, the street food app (download at streetfoodapp.com/vancouver) is your buddy, or you can access each vendor on the website. You might come across unfamiliar operators on the streets — those might be subleased locations operating under a grandfathered clause, or hotdog vendors who have changed up their menu. If they’re outside of downtown Vancouver, they might have a mobile permit, which allows them to roam. And you might find some street food vendors showing up at farmers’ markets or other events.
PIG ON THE STREET
West side of 700 Howe St., mid-block. Now open.
“Achin’ for bacon?” asks their pink piglike van. Vendors Mark Cothey and Krissy Seymour were doing exactly that, given Cothey’s English, bacon-chomping background. In particular, he needed bacon buddy. (Bacon butty, bacon sarnie, bacon sanger – call it what you might, it’s a bacon sandwich with ketchup.) “It’s a staple back home,” says Cothey, a former ESL teacher. “Here, it’s the smell of onions at hotdog stands. There, it’s the smell of bacon, wafting 50 metres and it always tastes as good as it smells.” So! The couple converted their “home” into a street food van, shrink-wrapping it with pink piggy branding. (The van used to be their weekend camping van.) The idea was inspired by a hangover in the camper van one morning when he awoke in need of a bacon buddy. He saw a niche that needed filling.
Krissy, with a culinary and restaurant background, is the chef. Her flatbread for the sandwiches has bacon fat in it, unless you opt for the vegetarian. Bacon buddy choices include Piggy Blues, with local cheeses (plural), portobello mushrooms, bacon, caramelized onions and mayo; Southern Piggy comes with a bourbon barbecue sauce and roasted corn, greens and chipotle mayo. Their bacon is from an Abbotsford supplier, double-smoked and “halfway between side and back bacon,” says Cothey. Following the bacon-gone-crazy trend, they do a bacon brownie.
VANCOUVER — Ta da! Meet the 12 new street food locations and the vendors who landed them. Most have not yet opened but they’ll be operating soon enough. Most are still rushing to get their carts or trucks or vans ready. For the most up-to-date information on dates, times, menus, websites and social media information, the street food app (download at streetfoodapp.com/vancouver) is your buddy, or you can access each vendor on the website. You might come across unfamiliar operators on the streets — those might be subleased locations operating under a grandfathered clause, or hotdog vendors who have changed up their menu. If they’re outside of downtown Vancouver, they might have a mobile permit, which allows them to roam. And you might find some street food vendors showing up at farmers’ markets or other events.
PIG ON THE STREET
West side of 700 Howe St., mid-block. Now open.
“Achin’ for bacon?” asks their pink piglike van. Vendors Mark Cothey and Krissy Seymour were doing exactly that, given Cothey’s English, bacon-chomping background. In particular, he needed bacon buddy. (Bacon butty, bacon sarnie, bacon sanger – call it what you might, it’s a bacon sandwich with ketchup.) “It’s a staple back home,” says Cothey, a former ESL teacher. “Here, it’s the smell of onions at hotdog stands. There, it’s the smell of bacon, wafting 50 metres and it always tastes as good as it smells.” So! The couple converted their “home” into a street food van, shrink-wrapping it with pink piggy branding. (The van used to be their weekend camping van.) The idea was inspired by a hangover in the camper van one morning when he awoke in need of a bacon buddy. He saw a niche that needed filling.
Krissy, with a culinary and restaurant background, is the chef. Her flatbread for the sandwiches has bacon fat in it, unless you opt for the vegetarian. Bacon buddy choices include Piggy Blues, with local cheeses (plural), portobello mushrooms, bacon, caramelized onions and mayo; Southern Piggy comes with a bourbon barbecue sauce and roasted corn, greens and chipotle mayo. Their bacon is from an Abbotsford supplier, double-smoked and “halfway between side and back bacon,” says Cothey. Following the bacon-gone-crazy trend, they do a bacon brownie.
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Arrivederci Penny!
Say goodbye to the Canadian penny!
Find out why:
http://calgary.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20120504/CGY_penny_rollout_120504/20120504/?hub=CalgaryHome
Two Sayings with PENNY:
"A penny saved is a penny earned"
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/a-penny-saved-is-a-penny-earned.html
http://www.goenglish.com/APennySavedIsAPennyEarned.asp
"A penny for your thoughts"
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-does-a-penny-for-your-thoughts-mean.htm
Find out why:
http://calgary.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20120504/CGY_penny_rollout_120504/20120504/?hub=CalgaryHome
Two Sayings with PENNY:
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/a-penny-saved-is-a-penny-earned.html
http://www.goenglish.com/APennySavedIsAPennyEarned.asp
"A penny for your thoughts"
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-does-a-penny-for-your-thoughts-mean.htm
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Tiger Mothers!
What is a tiger mother? Click on the link below to find out.
An interesting excerpt from a 2011 buzz book called "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother"
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704111504576059713528698754.html
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