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The Man Who Ate Everything (Jeffrey Steingarten)

B. R. Meyers thinks you’re single-minded and small.

So he says in his Moral Crusade Against Foodies this week in The Atlantic, where his simpering disgust for food writers and food enthusiasts in general is palpable. Where it comes from, other than some vaguely moral high ground, is not clear. We are weak, he presumes – blinded by gluttony and consumed by our [...]

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One messy plate.

Tortilla Española

While the biggest drawback to brunch is that one often must get up early to make it happen, the biggest advantage to brunch is cocktails in the noontime and naps in the last hour or two of daylight (at least this time of year) after everyone goes home. With brunch, it’s possible to make an [...]

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Vanilla Kreme

A rainy night at the Danube.

There used to be this restaurant on Main Street in Vancouver called The Budapest, and I would go there with my grandmother and my Auntie Lynn and Uncle George, and we would get two Transylvania Platters and extra spaetzle and red cabbage with apples and then desserts, and it was as if we had traveled [...]

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Button, oyster, chantrelle, and enoki mushrooms

Maenam-inspired cream of mushroom soup

My friend Kian had been away working on a Master’s degree in Amsterdam for two years, and when he knew he’d be back to Vancouver for a brief visit before moving onto the UK this September, he told me to find a restaurant and set a date. Kian is my fancy dining companion, and after [...]

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