"vancouver" news and stories

• Chef Michael Smith talks about the struggles of food banks and offers a recipe for beef stew.
• A run-down of Vancouver's 2008 culinary highlights, from celebrity chefs to memorable meals.
• Will 2009's leading beverages include savory fare like rosemary sprigs and ... bacon?
• With tight purses, drinkers are flocking to cheaper booze, home-grown flavor, and affordable Argentinian wine.
• French chef Anne-Sophie Pic grabs an honorary doctorate from the University of Montreal.
• Rob Mifsud discusses the rising trend of high-price cookbooks from signature chefs.
• And if you're gearing up for another Christmas celebration on the 6th, try these dinner twists.

Honeymoon photos from British Columbia. From Flickr user sneaky monkey's Flickr.

I'm posting images of sausage counters the world over each weeknight (and occasionally weekend) witching hour until I run out. Please use the comments section to post links to your Flickr or personal site faves, and perhaps you'll see 'em posted here late some evening.

Previously-- Midnight Sausage: Ipercoop Supermarket, Italy

VIA: bmann's Flickr

I'm posting images of sausage counters the world over each weeknight (and occasionally weekend) witching hour (until I run out), so please use the comments section to post links to your Flickr or personal site faves, and perhaps you'll see 'em posted here late some evening.

Previously -- Midnight Sausage: Napa, CA

At Boing Boing, there was a post that was too odd not to pass along. One of their readers sent them a photo they snapped of viagra gelato.

Before you get too excited, it's not really made with viagra. The gelato is really flavored with limoncello, which is a light, lemon-flavored liquor, and dyed blue. It is sold at the Amato Gelato Cafe or in Vancouver, BC, so if you're in the area and are looking for something novel, head over and give it a try. At the very least, you'll probably be able to give your friends a little scare. And if you prefer something a little less blue, their other flavors range from green tea to hazelnut.

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In the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Goldilocks broke into the bears' house and at their porridge. In West Vancouver, one of the bears decided to turn the tables on the tale by breaking into a kitchen and settling in for a lovely bowl of oatmeal. The 2-year old bear - Baby Bear, perhaps - entered a home through a partially open sliding glass door, opened the pantry and started to eat from a ceramic container of oats, where he was discovered by the owner of the house.

The woman called the police, who decided that because the bear was neither aggressive towards humans nor was he doing anything besides eating the oatmeal, they would simply wait for him to leave. And when he felt 'just right,' he ambled out the door and back into the forest.

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