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WHAT: 9th Annual Feast of Fields
WHEN: Sunday September 7th, 2003 1-5p.m.
WHERE: Westham Island Herb Farm, Ladner, BC
WHY: Come face-to-face with your food supply. Dine on "acres of gourmet buffet by more than 50 of BCs award-winning chefs, bakers, winemakers, brewers and food artisans" and support FarmFolk/CityFolk
TICKETS: $65 for FarmFolk/CityFolk Members, $70 for non-members

At today's Nat Bailey Farmers' Market, Barb and I bought some delightful Nuclear Nectar from Oddball Organics (604 514-9277, Langley store featuring this and other products made with ingredients from their organic farm opening soon!) for $10.

Nuclear Nectar is a wonderfully hot AND sweet organic concoction made up cayenne, habanero, honey, garlic, lemon juice and apple cider vinegar.

I am not religious, but I love the Real Live Preacher's story about Tamales. Check it!

Ron James from San Diego, suggested we add a link to his new blog, The Hungry I, to our Food Weblogs directory. Done!

And it looks like his blog has got off to a fine start. Check it out! And if you have a food blog that's not in our directory, please feel free to suggest a link.

Recipezaar is a massive (over 65000) collection of recipes. And they have a weblog with an RSS feed so you can subscribe to updates just like VanEats! Very cool. This is the future now! Frequently updated websites that you can subscribe to. Subscribed (using NetNewsWire)! No more idle surfing.

Chuq Von Rospach's fun rant, Vancouver, food TV, and intellectual dishonesty has some good advice about eating and touring in Vancouver.

If your time and money are limited and you don't like driving but enjoy walking, then the West End, Gastown, Stanley Park and Chinatown are all reachable by foot and offer tons of excellent dining opportunities such as Kintaro and The Boss to name a few.

And he's right,

Since we don't have cable, we have never seen America's Test Kitchen. However a brief perusal of the web site shows that it is from the people behind Cook's Illustrated and is full of the same sort of material: excellent recipes combined with wonderful explanations such as Why Do We Eat Chiles? (free and painless subscription required).

(Via email from Simon) - El Bulli is the birthplace of a lot of the food trends that eventually make their way to restaurants like Lumiere in Vancouver. So this account of eight people eating at El Bulli is interesting for Chef Adria's attitude and food philosophy and for trying to figure out the next big wave in fashionable dining.

I am a bit behind in posting my photos.

Here's a picture of Hoda's in Portland, Oregon.

Savoury City (3925 Fraser Street, 604 329-9231) sounds like a great idea. Slow food prepared without additives and preservatives, freshly frozen and delivered right to your door anywhere in Vancouver and the lower Mainland. Check it out and leave a comment about your experience!