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Tyler Cowen's Guide to Ethnic restaurants in Washington, DC is awesome.

Now I know where to eat the next time I am in DC (I've only been there a couple of times as a kid)! And I doubt, I'll be in DC soon.

Seriously though, his advice such as 'Go for dishes that are "composition-intensive" ' is right on and applicable to Vancouver!

My only quibble is that it's not really a site at all. Just one web page.

The 2003 Dining Out For Life dinner is on Thursday March 13. As in 2001 and 2002, it is a yearly event to raise money for AIDS.

Dine out a participating restaurants (such as Zin and Bishop's and many more to suit all tastes and budgets) and 25% of your bill goes to AIDS charities. See you out there!

For those who need to know everything: How Fish Sauce is Made.Via TANGMONKEY.COM [Food]

One of our readers, Kate, is looking for a restaurant with a private dining room near the convention centre that holds 25-30. Please help her if you can!

Although we're well into 2003, I wanted to reflect on some great food moments of 2002. Here's my year in review.

Barb's Memorable Food Moment is a tale of truffles and Italy. Check it out!

Naty King of Hazelmere Organic Farms sent us an email about John Bishop's cooking class at their farm on March 2, 2003. It sounds great! Check it out (and let us know what you think)!

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Straight Goods in this week's Georgia Straight has the skinny on the Granville Island Chefs Fest this Saturday and Sunday February 15 and 16, 2003.

This year's lineup is as follows:

On Saturday February 15, 2003:

Cooking with Gus is an online comic strip updated seven days a week! It's about a food (and other things)! Check it out!

Barb and I enjoyed an excellent lemon tart and marzipan tart at Anona Fine Food and Catering (3610 Main Street at 20th, 604 255 2932).

Both were delicious and both were $3.50 each. The marzipan tart had caramel drizzled on top which combined nicely with the almond from the marzipan. And we are suckers for lemon tarts!

We will be back to check out their other sweet and savoury food!