Living

Back in May of this year, I lamented in this blog the closure of one of North Burnaby’s oldest Italian restaurants, Romana. I felt this personally because I had grown up eating there on most Friday nights during my childhood.

And four other reasons Vancouver is awesome this week

You have to love the fact that gardeners share. In winter, books and knowledge are exchanged, in the spring perennials are divided. By this time of year, vegetables are shared in abundance.

Foodbox at local home-furnishings store offers plant-based dining in outdoor setting

It’s that magical time of year when the leaves begin to change into a multitude of warm, beautiful colours and the weather turns crisp and cool.

My history with steak is complicated. I grew up eating terrible steak thanks to my father buying the worst cuts of meat and then cooking them with all the finesse of a Thanos destroying a planet (daddy liked to cook the life out of meat).

Ever dream of recreating all the joys of fall, but in a chocolate?Well, now you can thanks to Adrian Harris and Jeremy Inglett, a.k.a. the Food Gay s , for doing just that.

And four other reasons Vancouver is awesome this week

As the only mammals capable of true and sustained flight, bats are an anomaly of the animal kingdom. Further, the majority of these winged creatures live in utter darkness, and are one of only a few animals that use echolocation to navigate.

Winter might be coming, but not for this Richmond festival.