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Heather Angeard emailed us the press release for Taste of the City 2003. Some new facts from the press release that we didn't know about before: sample portions cost 50 cents to $3.00,  and  C, and Rubina Tandoori  among others will be there.  Excellent!  See you on Saturday!

(via dangerousmeta!) - The Post Punk Kitchen is a fun vegetarian cooking show out of  Brooklyn, New York.  Lots of  cool recipes here like the Mango Ginger Tofu.  Check it out!

Like Green Lettuce, the Chili Pepper House (#1-3003 Kingsway, 604 431-8633), serves Chinese food Indian style.  Definitely something that we are coming to appreciate and love!

This room is brighter and the foods seem to be more "Chinese" in seasoning but still with an eye to Indian flavouring.

Our highlights were:

Yesterday, Barb forgot  to mention the Nat Bailey Stadium Farmers Market on Wednesdays.  Only two Wednesdays  left for this market! Remember that this is the best time of the year for fresh food direct from farmers.  Peak time for squash, apples, tomatoes, zucchini, etc. 

nyc eats has compiled an excellent collection of New York Times video dining tours.  These videos, with their exquisite images of food and wonderful narration by William Grimes, are a total food lover's delight  Check them out!

I'd love to do something like this in Vancouver! Just need money for  the bandwidth required to host the videos.

The East Van Farmers Market was hopping today! In the peak of harvest, the market stalls were full of gorgeous things ranging from beautiful flowers to picture perfect squash to rosy apples. Unfortunately we forgot our camera as we rushed out the door in the morning!

This is what we brought home (clockwise from left): organic arugula, organic cavolo nero, monster zucchini, organic basil, 4 varieties of organic heirloom tomatoes, green beans, blueberries (centre).

Citytv's Taste of the City looks like a fun event.  Admission is FREE and you can sample sample size signature items from restaurants like Bis Moreno, Feenie's and Maurya for a nominal fee.  There are also cooking demos and other events.

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Inspired by The Italian quarter, an article in the Vancouver Courier about the last remaining Italian shops in Chinatown, we wrote our own story on Tosi and Company.  Check it out!

The people have spoken; we have put Me-n-Ed's on our list of restaurants to check out!