Food Etc
Brewing a Community: Exploring...
The Egyptians used beer as currency. When the Sumerians first settled the delta of the Tigris and the Euphrates, it is said they brewed beer before baking bread. The beverage has longstanding ties to civilization; in that sense, it’s a holy drink. Look further to the West, and beer continues to define our culture: from Northern California to Alaska,... Read More »
The Best of Culinaire 2012 –...
The Best of Culinaire 2012 – Photos by Maryanne Carmack There are many reasons to be grateful for living on Vancouver Island, including one that’s a widespread obsession: Great food. Lots of it, served at restaurants of all sizes and price points, food trucks, farmers’ markets and ethnic grocery stores. Lest we take it for granted, special food events... Read More »
I SCREAM for Cold Comfort Ice Cream!...
I SCREAM for Cold Comfort Ice Cream! PHOTOS (by Maryanne Carmack) – click any image above to view a larger version, then click NEXT or hit “n” to cycle through them… “Local is our priority. Quality is crucial” I have recently had the pleasure of getting to know Autumn Maxwell, owner and creator of Cold Comfort, through my VDPMS... Read More »
Janice Mansfield – a creator of...
Janice Mansfield – a creator of different foods & cocktails – Maryanne Carmack PHOTOS (by Maryanne Carmack) – click any image then click NEXT or hit “n” to cycle through them… Janice Mansfield is a Victoria native who worked many years as a professional economist. Feeling a need to be more creative, she remodeled her kitchen and began tinkering... Read More »
From the Vault: CBC radio Lefse piece...
Every Christmas, it’s a tradition of mine to replay an old CBC radio piece I did with my mom about making Lefsa, a traditional Norweigan flatbread. Call me sappy, but I think mom summed up Christmas best: food, family and friends. Merry Christmas everyone. - Leanne Allen CVV Magazine (formerly Culture Vulture Victoria) Read More »
A Tipsy Quest! – Maryanne Carmack
This holiday season give a book to your favorite wine, spirits or culinary lover: Unquenchable: A Tipsy Quest For The World’s Best Bargain Wines by Natalie MacLean. This timeless book is full of insider tips, hilarious humor, adventures, funny stories and key tips on how to locate wines with the best value. MacLean takes her readers on a wine... Read More »
Odd Bits – Maryanne Carmack
“Once you knock an animal on the head it is only polite to eat the whole animal.” …Fergus Henderson I had the wonderful opportunity to be invited to The London Chef to meet award-winning author and James Beard Prize winner Jennifer McLagan, who showed us how to cook ‘Odd Bits’ – that part of the animal that generally is... Read More »
Pranzo con gli Estranei: Dining with...
A long wooden table filled with strangers, all eating elbow to elbow, and all dining together: you have just entered a communal dining zone. And it’s all about great food, building community, meeting new people and, well…not eating alone – which I love! Dinners have long centered around communal tables, herding strangers together with the underlying promise of fantastic... Read More »
