{"id":907,"date":"2012-06-13T16:35:05","date_gmt":"2012-06-13T23:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.dongenova.com\/?p=907"},"modified":"2012-06-20T16:57:51","modified_gmt":"2012-06-20T23:57:51","slug":"food-matters-tastebud-guides-victoria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.dongenova.com\/site\/food-matters-tastebud-guides-victoria\/","title":{"rendered":"Food Matters – Tastebud Guides – Victoria"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nE-books are here to stay<\/strong><\/em>, there\u2019s no doubt about that. And whether you Kindle, Kobo, iPad it or even read them on your phone, the selection of reading material is growing. Today on Food Matters, I introduced some reading material that should make you quite hungry.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the kind of idea<\/strong><\/em> that makes you think, \u2018why didn\u2019t somebody do this before?\u2019 Victoria resident Jen Reiher has started a company called \u2018Tastebud Guides\u2019<\/a> that has just e-published its first offering called \u2018Local Flavour, Victoria 2012\u2019. It is an interactive electronic guide to a slice of Jen\u2019s favourite restaurants in Victoria with a lot of room to expand with future editions.<\/p>\n

\"Jen<\/a>Jen Reiher has been writing<\/strong><\/em> a blog<\/a> about her restaurant visits in Victoria, and she eats out a lot in the city. So much so that this idea of sharing her knowledge base with anyone interested became something she just had to do. This reminds me I\u2019ve something I\u2019ve said in the past that goes along the line of, \u2018If I had a nickel for every time someone asked me where to eat in Victoria..\u2019<\/p>\n

Of course she wants<\/strong><\/em> to make more than a nickel every time someone downloads this book…but it only costs you $3.99. Which is not bad considering that you might spend that much on parking outside your favourite restaurant in an evening. But this is an interactive guide which I think gives it added value the way Jen has cross-referenced restaurants and she loves the flexibility e-publishing has given her. When you are on the page for one restaurant you can easily click to jump the restaurant’s website if it has one, to other restaurants in the area, or other restaurants of that style. There’s even a neat infographic linking together via hop vines all the different breweries in Victoria which describes the flavour and style of beers they produce.<\/p>\n

The title is \u2018Local Flavour Victoria 2012\u2019,<\/strong><\/em> which kind of sets us up for 2013…which is funny, because one of Jen\u2019s New Year\u2019s Resolutions for 2012 was to maybe not eat out so much…but if this becomes a success she will have to eat out even more so she can do a 2013 edition! Her plans are to augment and update each year, but beyond that, because she has put so much work into the format of this, she hopes other people will come to her to produce other niche guides. She says that the idea is that Tastebud Guides will serve as a template for other bloggers or food professionals to publish their own guides or reviews.<\/p>\n

I think I will keep my own ideas secret<\/strong><\/em> for now! But here are some I\u2019d like to see that I probably wouldn\u2019t do myself…best places to have a cocktail in Victoria, complete with some recipes to try at home. Or what about a guide to Vancouver Island wineries? The opportunities are really unlimited, and it\u2019s a format easy enough and affordable enough to put into reality that we could only have dreamed about a few years ago. In the future on the show I\u2019ll tell you about some other neat ways food is coming to an electronic tablet near you!<\/p>\n

To download Local Flavour Victoria 2012<\/em> to your reading device, just follow the instructions at this link.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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