Monthly Archives: February 2006

Pacific Palate – The One Hundred Mile Diet

Posted on February 28, 2006 by Don Genova

This week I talked with Alisa Smith and James MacKinnon, freelance journalists who live in Vancouver, and who are living the ‘Hundred Mile Diet’.  This means they are not eating any foods that are produced with ingredients that are grown … Continue reading →

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Bad News About Sapphire

Posted on February 28, 2006 by Don Genova

Sapphire, the Sri Lankan restaurant I featured on Pacific Palate last week, is being forced to close its doors tomorrow, March 1st. According to co-owner Chris DeVaz, the building housing the restaurant in Gastown has been sold and the new … Continue reading →

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Correction!

Posted on February 27, 2006 by Don Genova

My bad, as they say…  In a Breakfast Cereal recipe posted from my stories about the resurgence of Slow Cookers, there was an incorrect amount posted for the first ingredient.  It should read 1 and a 1/2 cups of steel … Continue reading →

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Food For Thought, Slow Cookers

Posted on February 22, 2006 by Don Genova

Today I talked about the resurgence of Slow Cookers as a method of cooking and featured recipes from a book by Judith Finlayson called The Healthy Slow Cooker. (Click on the link to purchase from Amazon.ca and save 34%!) I … Continue reading →

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Pacific Palate – Sri Lankan Food

Posted on February 21, 2006 by Don Genova

UPDATE Sapphire is closing its doors as of March 1st due to trouble with its lease.  Watch this blog for news of a new location. Today on Pacific Palate I traveled to Sri Lanka, the island nation off the southeast … Continue reading →

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So Much On My Plate – Beef Cheeks

Posted on February 17, 2006 by Don Genova

When I read an article about beef cheeks in the Toronto Star food section a few weeks ago, I couldn’t resist tracking down a source of them on Vancouver Island and checking them out.  I simply called my nearest butcher … Continue reading →

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