GVRD Farm Open House Day May 25, 2002

Submitted by Roland on Sat, 05/18/2002 - 18:29

At the East Van Farmers Market today, we learned about the 8th Annual GVRD Farm Open House Day on Saturday May 25, 2002, 10a.m. to 4p.m. at farms across the Lower Mainland.

Thirteen farms across the Greater Vancouver Regional Disrict will be open for FREE tours.

And you can park your car at one of four farms, and then be whisked on a free bus tour to several farms.

This sounds like a great event for the entire family. It's always great to find out more about our food comes from and how it comes to our table.

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East Van Farmers Market Opens Tomorrow

Submitted by Roland on Fri, 05/17/2002 - 23:06

One of our favourite markets, the East Van Farmers Market opens tomorrow morning at 9a.m. See you there!

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First Visit: Cafe Olive just off Commercial Drive

Submitted by Roland on Thu, 05/16/2002 - 23:41

When I lived in Germany, I was lucky enough to have a Turkish restaurant around the corner from me.

I loved that place! Just like a lot of Chinese restaurants here which serve "Candianized" Chinese food, it served "Germanized" Turkish food.

However they also served "real" Turkish food. Wonderful boreks with phyllo pastry and lots of dishes which, alas, don't appear to be available in Vancouver.

My taste for Turkish food has remained but until we visited Cafe Olive I had not been able to satisfy my cravings for Turkish food.

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DSL back up, regular updates will resume

Submitted by Roland on Thu, 05/16/2002 - 23:18

Our DSL is back up, so regular updates will resume. More details about the outage can be found on my personal website. Thanks for your patience

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DSL down, updates will be sporadic

Submitted by Roland on Wed, 05/15/2002 - 09:56

Our DSL access has been down for the last couple of days so updates (if any) to vaneats and to my weblog, http://www.rolandtanglao.com (which is inaccessible since it is served by my server running on my DSL) will be sporadic.

Our apologies for the inconvenience!

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Mini-Review: Pane e Formaggio

Submitted by Roland on Sun, 05/12/2002 - 21:05

As promised here's our mini-review of Pane e Formaggio. To summarize: Buy their Tuscan and pecan and fig breads and their lovely sandwiches!

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Pane e Formaggio

Submitted by Roland on Sun, 05/12/2002 - 20:42

On West 10th close to Safeway and UBC, the Pane e Formaggio bakery/deli has become one our favourite places to buy Italian bread and pannini

Less than a year old, the room is a cozy, comfortable and very attractive place to browse for Italian breads, cheeses, meats,sandwiches and other Italian goods like pasta, canned tomatoes, etc. as well as to linger over a coffee and a pastry or sandwich (if you are lucky enough to get one of the few tables!).

At $2.95, their Tuscan bread is our current favourite Tuscan bread in the city. A perfect platform for Italian cheeses and meats!

Wayson Choy's Dimsum "roast" was a blast

Submitted by Roland on Sat, 05/11/2002 - 17:41

(Update: The contents of this newsitem have been moved to a story entitled, Wayson Choy's Dim Sum Roast May 2002)

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East Van Farmers Market opens May 18, 2002

Submitted by Roland on Fri, 05/10/2002 - 19:51

One of our favourite markets, the East Van Farmers Market at East 15th and Victoria opens a week tomorrow on Saturday May 18 and every Saturday thereafter until October 12 from 9a.m. to 2p.m. See you there!

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Mastercook archive of Recipes

Submitted by Roland on Thu, 05/09/2002 - 22:36

The Mastercook archive of recipes (via Sheila Lennon) has lots of links to different recipe sites. Check it out!

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