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Ever since Barb's birthday last week, Barb and I have been feasting on the remains of the Salt Spring Island Goat Cheese, Truffle Chevre.

It smells and tastes great! It has the complex rich flavour of truffles combined with the sharp bite of goat cheese.

Great on bread, bagels and crackers of all kinds. And an affordable luxury at about 9 bucks for 180g.

The 12th annual Taste of the Nation (my friend Grant is helping develop their website!) will be held Thursday, May 23, 2002, 7:00 PM at the Hyatt Regency Vancouver.

Tickets are $69 and up per person. This allows you to check out " gourmet samplings prepared by 60 of Vancouver's premier chefs, vintners, brewers and coffee roasters" .

This fascinating article from The New Yorker talks about the profane, eccentric proprieter of Shopsin's, a New York restaurant.

I guess the people tolerate this because everybody loves a curmudgeon, especially one who serves good food like Shopsin's is supposed to.

If anybody knows of a similar place in Vancouver, please let us know!

Barb celebrated her birthday tonight with a yummy Croquembouche from La Petite France.

The Red Kitchen is "a group weblog to share our favorite recipes, kitchen tips and related links". Today they feature recipes for Bow Ties With Sausage and Broccoli Rabe and Banana Bread. Please check it out!

Copia (via Brent Sleeper's Web Journal: Food) is a fascinating US $50 million new food, wine and cultural museum located in Napa Valley.

It opened recently and people are still trying to figure out what Copia is.

Whatever it is, it is clear that it would fascinate any food lover.

Ted Fraser, who would appear to be Karen Barnaby's PR and/or webmaster, wrote in to tell us about Karen's new website, www.karenbarnaby.com. And he asked us for our opinion on the website.

Content wise, the website is fabulous! As befits her status as chef of the The Fish House and author of many fine cookbooks (such as The Girls Who Dish!

As a food lover, I love the Vancouver Magazine Annual Restaurant Awards. As a website developer and website designer, I unfortunately can't say the same about their website.

First, let's start with the good. The Vancouver Magazine 13th Annual Restaurant Awards are out and just as enjoyable and informative as ever. I would link to them here but they are not online yet! More about the Vancouver Magazine web presence later.

This article by Mark Bittman in the New York Times describes this basic cooking truth, " ...good simple food, prepared with care and even a minimum of thought, is appreciated by anyone who likes to eat'". Amen for that!

BKR, one of our readers, gave us his feedback on the Georgia Straight Golden Plate Winners for 2002. Food for thought! Thanks for checking out our website. If anybody else has any feedback please don't hesitate to let us know what you think (requires quick, and painless site membership).