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Food Media Omnibus #263: Year In Review

Our weekly distillation of who wrote what about food and drink in city print and what’s being said on the local food blogs…

In Print…

Deep thought: when something gets a lot of press it can no longer be considered “unsung”. Judy Creighton on Blue Water Cafe’s fetish for red sea urchin in the Globe and Mail.

Cinda Chavich (or her copy editor) arbitrarily picks “Canada’s hottest cocktails” in the Globe and Mail. Brian Grant of Voya (whither Jay Jones?) and Seattle’s Jamie Boudreau (ex-Lumiere) mentioned.

Alexandra Gill recounts the restaurant year that was in the Globe and Mail.

So do I in the Westender.

Food writer Deana Lancaster also does a recap in the North Shore News.

Ditto Tim Pawsey in the Vancouver Courier.

Vancouver Magazine presents their 2009 Wine Awards.

Jurgen Gothe gives us his top imported wine picks for 2008 in the Georgia Straight.

The Vancouver Sun finds former Plan B chef Ryan Zuvich cooking at Steveston’s Tapenade Bistro.

Pique on Whistler’s Citta closure.

Banff gets lots of love in The New York Times. Saltlik, Bison, and Maple Leaf Grille all get mentions.

On The Blogs…

HKFoodie goes to Vij’s.

Chow Times visits Burnaby’s Lao Shan Dong.

Tiny Bites does a “year in preview”.

Butter On The Endive does Holiday Ham with friends (great photos).

There are 6 comments

  1. When are you going to bring this east, Andrew?

    Happy New Year buddy and keep up the good work!

  2. I’m writing it tonight during the hockey game. Taking my laptop down to the Beach House (PPV versus Dallas)

  3. It turns out they’re closing the restaurant (7pm!) due to a lack of resos so they aren’t buying the PPV. Quick amatriciana and I’m gone. 🙁