Celebrate The Arrival of 2010 With Down To Earth Decadence

News from Scout supporters Pied-a-Terre, La Buca, and L’Altro Buca

Vancouver, BC | On December 31st, L’Altro Buca, Pied-à-Terre and La Buca will be opening their doors for those looking to ring in the New Year with classic comfort food in one of three of Andrey Durbach’s award winning dining rooms. Read more

Deana Lancaster Does Shrooms And Eats Horse at L’Altro Buca

by Deana Lancaster | It’s autumn. Curled and broken leaves layer the sidewalk like sodden paper mâché, and a cement sky is gray with rain. It’s my favourite season, but still, it weighs heavily. Time to pull the crock-pot from its hiding place behind the toaster and load it with browned meat, fistfuls of herbs, and wild mushrooms that taste of the forest they were found in.

Even better: to slip into the quiet, art deco elegance of L’Altro Buca in the West End to satisfy my craving for crispy-skinned meats and the lusty flavours of fungi at Andrey Durbach’s annual Game and Wild Mushroom Festival. The ingredients that Durbach sources – locally foraged morels, chanterelles, matsutake, porcini and field mushrooms – are more varied and pristine than what I can dig up (figuratively, if not literally), and his cooking is much more refined than I can accomplish (with crock-pot or not). Read more

Chef Andrey Durbach Gets Down To Business In Buenos Aires…

This is Dispatch Number Two in a series of several posts from Andrey Durbach, co-owner/chef of La Buca, L’Altro Buca, and Pied-a-Terre. Durbach is guest-blogging for us as he eats and drinks his way through Argentina, land of quality beef, very good and inexpensive wine, and a culture that deeply values the marriage of the two. In his first post, Durbach was mugged at gunpoint upon arrival in the South American country. Now recovered, the chef gets down to business. If you’re a vegetarian, you might consider taking the day off. Read more

Vancouver Chef Mugged At Gunpoint Arriving In Argentina

This is Dispatch Number One in a series of several posts from co-owner chef Andrey Durbach of La Buca, L’Altro Buca, and Pied-a-Terre. As we announced the other day, Durbach will be intermittently guest-blogging for us over the next few weeks as he eats and drinks his way through Argentina, a land of quality beef, very good and inexpensive wine, and a culture that deeply values the marriage of the two. He plans to spend about 10 days sampling different steaks in Buenos Aires, and then take a week touring  wine country with a possible side trip to Uruguay. It has begun, with a fright… Read more

Andrey Durbach To Argentina In Search Of The Perfect Steak…

Andrey Durbach, co-owner/chef of La Buca, L’Altro Buca, and Pied-a-Terre, will be intermittently guest-blogging for us over the next few weeks as he eats and drinks his way through Argentina, a land of quality beef, very good and inexpensive wine, and a culture that deeply values the marriage of the two. He plans to spend about 10 days sampling different steaks in Buenos Aires, and then take a week in wine country with a possible side trip to Uruguay. Look for his dispatches soon.

Wild Game And Mushroom Fest At The Two Bucas and Pied-A-Terre

News from Scout supporters Pied-à-Terre, La Buca and L’Altro Buca

Vancouver, BC – Join Pied-à-Terre, La Buca and L’Altro Buca in celebrating an adventurous selection of rare game, bold sauces and the finest fungi during this year’s Game and Wild Mushroom Festival, held October 15th to October 24th. Chef Andrey Durbach’s distinctive menus highlight the flavours of the autumn harvest and will offer diners a chance to experience the earthy tastes of locally foraged morels, chanterelles, matsutake, porcini and field mushrooms served alongside hearty cuts of unsung game and the rich reductions that Durbach is known for. For the first time, the Game and Wild Mushroom Festival will be featured on the menus at each of Durbach and Chris Stewart’s three restaurants. Read more

Parkside Restaurant To Become Second La Buca

Parkside, one of my favourite restaurants in the city, is going to close at the beginning of March for a minor refit and then reopen as another La Buca at the end of the month. Read more

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