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We attended the free (donation of $18 per adult suggested) Passover Seder at the Lubavitch Centre (5750 Oak St., 604 266 1313) tonight.

It consisted of a brief 20 minute religious service followed by the Seder.

For the service, we were given prayer books in Hebrew and English. The interesting thing about the service for Barb and I was the singing and the fact that it was segregated with the men on one side and the women on the other.

We found the entire event informative, enlightening and inclusive.

Spring is finally here! As the weather warms up and days are starting to get longer, I'm itching to garden. This year I will have to adjust from gardening in my dad's back yard to having a balcony gardening.

This weekend I'll be sowing seeds for some mixed mesclun greens and arugula (of course!). While it's still early in the season, I'll probably plant some radishes as well. I'll be using seeds from West Coast Seeds.

Simmer Stock is a weblog about food with excellent recipes like spaghetti carbonara.

Passover is coming this week to the Jewish community. I learned a little bit about the Passover Seder and the ritualized eating that goes along with it at Epicurious.

We were very surprised and a bit disappointed that Dave Watson's Dot Comment column on Food Web Sites in this week's Georgia Straight doesn't have any Vancouver websites.

We would like to respectfully point out that Vancouver has lots of great food related websites such as Adam's Vancouver Dining Guide and and of course VanEats.

The Georgia Straight's Golden Plate Awards for 2002 came out today.

It's always interesting to see what the readers of the Georgia Straight vote for.

There are lots of great reader picks in there and some that are not so great. Like any other awards you can't take it too seriously; at least it's food for thought!

Dining Out for Life is tonight! If you can, please dine at one of the participating restaurants or if you can't please donate to A Loving Spoonful, Friends For Life, or your favourite AIDS charity.

Please see our previous item for more details.

This month's Gourmet magazine focuses on San Francisco. The issue reviews great places to eat, shop and hang out. It makes me want to book a flight to visit our friends there and to eat, of course!

(Via dangerousmeta) KidChef.com has lots of cool food related stuff for the kid in all of us including recipes and other fun stuff. Check it out!

From Whistler to White Rock, this year's Dining Out For Life will take place on Thursday March 14.

For those of you who don't know what Dining Out For Life is, it is a yearly event to raise money for AIDS.