Chefs dream up those salad days of summer

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Chefs dream up those salad days of summer

By Tara Lee

Who says a salad has to be simple?

June 25, 2009 - 05:10 AM

Books cooked to your taste

Cookbooks run the gamut from simple to sumptuous.

June 18, 2009 - 05:40 AM

Go grazing at these summer food festivals

Here are six festivals for which you’re advised to show up with an appetite and not hold back—summer comes but once a year.

June 18, 2009 - 05:30 AM

Pickers point way to bounty of fresh berries

By Janet Collins

U-pick fans find satisfaction in staining their fingers, whether they pluck farm-grown blueberries or back-alley blackberries.

June 11, 2009 - 05:40 AM

Barbecue pro serves sizzling grill tips

When it comes to barbecuing, Ron Shewchuk wants nothing to do with boneless, skinless chicken breasts. Give him a well-marbled steak or a fat, juicy sausage any day.

June 4, 2009 - 05:30 AM

Food fighter Michael Pollan works the UBC Farm

By Pieta Woolley

At a UBC Farm fundraiser, author Michael Pollan will dish on the real-food revolution.

May 28, 2009 - 05:20 AM

They design, you dine: restaurants decor it up

By Janet Collins

Some restaurants are blessed with location, location, location and naturally draw in customers. Others need to create a buzz about their room in order to appeal to those seeking a meal. That’s where great design comes in.

May 21, 2009 - 05:30 AM

Even condo dwellers can grow their dinner

By Kate Dubensky

Fuelled by the smaller household budgets of an economic downturn, buzz about the benefits of urbanites producing their own food is spreading.

May 21, 2009 - 05:20 AM

Rustic Hakka cuisine packed with flavour at Hakkasan

By Tara Lee

Mention Hakka cuisine to a friend and you might get a blank look. That’s because in Vancouver, Hakka cuisine isn’t nearly as widespread as Cantonese cuisine. But there are places to sample this unique style of cooking.

April 30, 2009 - 05:25 AM

Let's do lunch, but for less

By Tara Lee

When times were good, downtown restaurants were packed at lunchtime with high rollers celebrating market upswings and impressing clients with lavish meals. Recent economic events, however, have taught companies to be cautious.

April 23, 2009 - 05:40 AM

Thrifty cooking a dying skill

By Pieta Woolley

B.C.’s younger generations are particularly vulnerable during tough economic times, because they have no idea how to cook for themselves.

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April 9, 2009 - 05:30 AM

Aboriginal cuisine heats up

By Janet Collins

A handful of up-and-coming First Nations chefs may well make aboriginal cuisine the next big thing on the local culinary scene.

April 2, 2009 - 05:30 AM

Healthy Indian recipes go back to village roots

When Bal Arneson moved to Canada 16 years ago, she discovered that the Indian food served in Vancouver restaurants wasn’t the Indian food she knew and loved from her native village.

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March 26, 2009 - 05:30 AM