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Hey Nick Smith and the Georgia Straight, don't forget the Vancouver food blogs. Nick's otherwise excellent article, Cooking up a batch of food blogs to fatten up your online reading fails to mention a single Vancouver food blog.

It's not really that hard to find Vancouver food blogs, just ask me (604 729 7924 or email roland AT bryght.com)! Nick, here are some to get you started:

My friend Glo and I visited the Food Service Expo at BC Place today.  What a huge range of everything and anything you need to operate in the food or hospitality industry.  From food suppliers and distributers to kitchen equipment to wineries to health and safety regulators.  And coffee...lots of coffee.

I was lucky enough to meet with food writer extraordinaire, Tim Pawsey today at Sun Sui Wah for a quick dim sum lunch. Lots of great conversation.

[ROLAND'S NOTE: Welcome, Nancy! If anybody else has a Vancouver related food blog, please let us know.]

Check out Saab Ken's review of Cardero's.

Check out Saab Ken's review of Arroy-D Thai Restaurant. (Ken really needs a blog of his own, I hope he makes it to the Northern Voice (in particular the panel on introduction to blogging where I will demo creating a free blog in less than minute) blogging conference on Saturday to learn why!).

For people attending this Saturday's Northern Voice blogging conference (a conference for beginning as well as experienced bloggers; UBC Robson 8:30a.m.-5:30p.m. Saturday 19 February, $20 before February 17th, $30 at the door upon availability), here are some restaurants for lunch. The criteria for inclusion are: decent food and distance (must be within 10 minute walk of UBC Robson since we only have an hour for lunch).

Pork

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Kim Chau sauce:

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European Specialty Importers' Gewurz cheese for $1.99

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I was invited and attended the CityCooks 500th Show Media Appreciation Cocktail last Monday February 7, 2005. Check out my CityCooks 500th Show Media Appreciation Cocktail album on Flickr for the photos.