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Food Media Omnibus #521: Homer & Gordon Vs Whistler Edition…

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Alexandra Gill visits the Stanley Park reincarnation of the Teahouse in the Globe & Mail.

The story of Rick Momsen and Capone’s thwarting of the LCLB has made it into The Toronto Star.

In the Westender, I review the newly reimagined Yaletown Brewing Company.

Pemberton’s “The Pony” gets some Mia Stainsby love in the Vancouver Sun. Also, check out her new food blog, Word of Mouth, which currently appears to be some sort of repository for a healthy obsession with bo-hunk Aussie chef Curtis Stone. Four posts in a row on Mr. Gday Studmuffin? You go girl.

Good story by Judith Lane in the Georgia Straight on Vancouver’s bartenders coming into their own by opening their own digs (Pourhouse, Corner Suite, Bao Bei, The Diamond).

“Whistler Eats Up Gordon Ramsay Exposure” says The Province. And guess what else? Homer Simpson is coming, too!

CTV wonders if the Olympics will spin Vancouver onto a trajectory that will see it become a city that never sleeps. Don’t hold your breath.

Wishful thinking down south: “Ten Restaurants Seattle Needs Now”.

The Giz on the Okanagan wild fires vs. the wineries.

Fight the power.