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VICTORY GARDENS: On Super Easy Ways To Pickle All Your Beets And Green Beans

Seen In Vancouver #390: Mesmerizing Food Porn From “Pizzeria Farina” On Main Street

Seen In Vancouver #389: Roasting Coffee At The Fraserhood’s Awesome Matchstick

FIELD TRIP #594: A Day Of Solitude, Birds, Fresh Fruit & Clean Air On Westham Island

DINER: New Bakery & Cafe “Beaucoup” To Land On Fir Street By The End Of Summer

OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS: “L’Abattoir” Is On The Lookout For An Assistant Bar Manager

LOOKCITY: On Loving Bill Cunningham, Alex Henderson, And Discounted Fluevogs

SMOKE BREAK #977: New Trailer For Film Adaptation Of Jack Kerouac’s On The Road

A POUND OF BUTTER: On Making Sicilian “Caponata” With Local Summer Vegetables

Seen In Vancouver #388: “A Brief History Of British Columbia” Short By Lewis Bennett

GOODS: Kitsilano’s Bistro Pastis Celebrates Julia Child’s Centennial With Special Menu

VICTORY GARDENS: On Summer Squash & Their Super Tasty Flowers (In Season Now)

Meet Matt & Molly Thurston, Hosts Of The Hotly Anticipated Okanagan Feast Of Fields

GOODS: Yaletown’s New “Minami” Hosting Their First Sake Dinner On September 12th

GREENLIGHT: Digging DIY At The Awesome Homesteader’s Emporium On East Hastings

GOODS: Dockside Pairing Up With Big Lou’s Butcher Shop For Big Patio BBQ On BC Day

HONOUR BOUND: Go To Town On Sausages In A Laneway Off Main Street This Saturday

GOODS: House Wine Hosting “Best Of The West” Wine Event On West Van Waterfront

OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS: Gastown’s “Cork & Fin” Is Hunting For Junior & Senior Cooks

Cool Thing We Want #354: “Triple Distilled Diagram Of Alcohols” By Pop Chart Labs

GOODS: Kale & Nori’s Bittered Sling Bistro Invites Campari & Aperol Back To The Ring

Le Parisien

DINER: On Digging Marrow Butter, Fish Tacos & Good Drinks At The New Tacofino

OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS: “Oyama” At The Granville Island Market Looking To Staff Up

Cotto Enoteca Pizzeria

ZULU REPORT: All The Awesome Sounds That You Should Be Listening To This Week

HEADS UP: “Duchesse Vintage And Such” Set To Open In Chinatown This Weekend

Cool Thing We Want #353: French Linen Aprons Made At “The Window” On Hastings