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On $18 Coffees And Mia’s Picks For Vancouver’s Best Restaurants

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by Talia Kleinplatz | Is anyone surprised that the most expensive cup of coffee in America is coming out of a cafe in Brooklyn? At $18.00 a cup, that coffee better come with a side of benefits, paid vacation and a rent-controlled apartment.

Some seriously awesome restaurant signage coming out of Seattle after Betsy DeVos gets confirmed as Secretary of Education. Cudos to you Saint John’s Bar and Eatery. Thanks for the laughs!

When you can’t decide what to make for dinner, why not let the cosmos guide you? Lucky Peach shares their food horoscopes for the month of February.

Food and Wine rounds up their picks for some of the best hotel bars around the world, including such renowned spots as The American Bar at The Savoy in London and The Carousel Bar at the Hotel Monteleone in New Orleans.

An Iranian pop-up dinner series in Detroit has taken on new meaning and importance in the wake of Donald Trump’s so-called travel ban.

Lucky Peach takes a closer look at the use and evolution of language in the food and drink world as the industry seeks to address and eliminate racist and outdated terms.

From L’Abattoir and AnnaLena to Bauhaus and Bestie, the Vancouver Sun’s Mia Stainsby rounds up some of her picks for best restaurants across the city.

Despite the melting snow and warming temperatures, we’re still in for a few more weeks of cold weather. If you need a few comforting dishes to get you through winter’s final dregs, The Georgia Straight has round up some of their favourite warm-up bites around the city.

The 2017 James Beard Award semifinalists were announced this past week and Eater has the whole list. Best New Restaurant nominees that are somewhat close to home include Portland’s Han Oak and Seattle’s No Anchor.

Munchies sits down with one of the oldest bartenders in Amsterdam to talk favourite drinks, memorable moments and famous patrons.

A former employee of a downtown Burger King was recently awarded $46,000 in a wrongful dismissal case after she was fired for ‘stealing’ a fish sandwich.

It’s a scary time to be in the business of bees. As billions of the little guys continue to die off every year, one American beekeeper discusses the very real risks associated with the alarming decline of one of the world’s most crucial pollinators.

Scientists and chefs are joining forces in the field of neurogastronomy to see if they can use a multidisciplinary approach to get us to move towards a healthier diet.

Shocker! The man who opposed the minimum wage and ran extremely sexist commercials for his fast food business was deemed unfit to be Labor Secretary.

An amazing show of solidarity as a number of restaurants across the US close their doors in support of the nation-wide #DayWithoutImmigrants strike.

Eating via Instagram honours this week go to Heritage Asian Eatery and this beautiful bao!

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Field Trip: Tagging Along for a “Glorious” Tomato Appreciation Feast

Inspired by their love of tomatoes and everything that farmer Mark Cormier and his farm crew put into growing them, the team from Say Hey Sandwiches head out to Aldergrove on a mission to cook a feast for the Glorious Organics team...

Reverence, Respect, and Realization: What The Acorn Taught Me

At 21 years old, I'm still just a kid and relatively new to working in restaurants, but I grew up umbilically tied to the hospitality industry. My father was a food writer, and my mother is a photographer. Their careers meant that most of my early years were spent in kitchens and dining rooms instead of on playgrounds and soccer fields; consequently, I learned my table manners before I could count past one hundred.

Amanda MacMullin Talks Seeking New Challenges and Becoming a ‘Grizzled Old Bartender’

Rhys Amber recently sat down with The Diamond bartender to catch up, swap 'war stories' and discuss the minutiae of the crazy, hospitality life.

On Expensive Hobbies, Title-Chasing & Getting ‘Rinsed’ in the Kitchen, with Josh Stel

The veteran Vancouver pan jockey and recently appointed Chef de Cuisine at The Mackenzie Room possesses a slew of attributes harder and harder to come by these days, so Rhys saw it fitting to reach out and see what makes him tick.