2014 Year in Review Podcast

Subscribe in iTunes for auto-delivery every time a new podcast episode comes out! Just because I haven't been blogging most of this year doesn't mean I haven't been eating... it just means my incessant obsession with documenting every single thing I ate took a massive nosedive.  I've still had some amazing meals this year, most of which have taken place with the lovely folks who joined me at the end of 2013 to make a...

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#VislandGetaway: Sooke

this the second in a series of #VislandGetaway posts to satisfy your travelling tastebuds without having to leave the Island! Growing up in Victoria I remember Sooke as a faraway, remote place that I really only visited once in a blue moon to en route to exploring the proper West Coast beaches that can be found beyond. These days Sooke seems closer than ever, but still remote enough — and pristine enough — that when I visit it holds...

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Cenote

Address: 768 Yates Street Phone: 778-433-4848 Website: http://www.cenoteloungevictoria.ca/ Price: ~$10 for a main Notes: A casual watering hole with plenty of personality Although I know Cenote has been around for several years it didn't really make it onto my radar properly until pretty recently. I think this was because when they took over from Whitebird Lounge and kept the "lounge" aspect I kept the association with the events I...

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Cold Comfort

Website: http://coldcomfort.ca/ Address: 2 – 1115 North Park Street (next to the Parsonage) Price: $15 for one pint with discounts for multiple pints, $10 for two ice cream sandwiches Notes: Incredible local ice cream available at HQ or at select market/store locations Autumn, the owner of Cold Comfort ice cream, has taken the Victoria dessert scene by storm in the last few years. She started out making ice cream at...

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The Great Victoria Bacon-Off

Welcome to the Great Victoria Bacon-Off! This is an ongoing post featuring a semi-competitive, semi-silly comparison of the different sources of 'house-made' bacon in the city. The bacon-off will take place in a single-elimination or 'knockout' tournament style, with two different kinds of bacon going up against each other in each round until only one bacon is left standing, and can be endowed with the coveted bacon crown*. The bacon is placed...

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