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On Wheat House Pizza, Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies, and Power Smoothies.

By Lindsay Anderson on Sep. 16, 2012

I’ve relapsed a bit. Remember that darn cold I had? Turns out it’s not gone. Or, I’ve learned that if you stay up til 2:45am working on your 100th post and haven’t slept enough the three nights…

On Good Food, Mooncakes, and Building Smokehouses.

By Lindsay Anderson on Sep. 14, 2012

After 100 days (!), I’ve become accustomed to seeing seemingly ‘western’ items, like spaghetti, on the menus of Hong Kong-style cafes. I’ve always found this both odd and fascinating. Take Lido, for…

On Banzai Sushi, BIG Rolls, and Okonomyaki.

By Lindsay Anderson on Sep. 13, 2012

I only know a handful of Japanese words, just enough to fit in my palm, really. They were learned during high school summers, when I worked for an ESL program for Japanese exchange students. We’d do…

On HK BBQ Master and Finding Food in Parking Garages.

By Lindsay Anderson on Sep. 12, 2012

Thunk, thunk, thunk sliiiiide. Thunk, thunk sliiiide. Thunk thunk thunk thunk, sliiiiide. These are the never-ending sounds of a butcher’s cleaver hitting wood in a BBQ shop. He pulls piece after…

On the Gulf of Georgia Cannery’s Sustainable Seafood Fest, and a Rained Out Night Market.

By Lindsay Anderson on Sep. 10, 2012

I’m feeling a little overwhelmed. I want to summarize Steveston’s fishing history as well as the current work to create sustainable fisheries and healthy oceans, all in one post. A lofty goal…

On Pho 78 and……I Have Little Else To Say.

By Lindsay Anderson on Sep. 08, 2012

Hey y’all, Linds here. I woke up with a head cold yesterday, and have been in a mild to strong state of grumpy ever since. I’ve also been in shock , because I thought colds were illegal in the summer…

On Mogiana Coffee, Sockeye City, Urban Edibles, and How to be a Dinner Party Rockstar.

By Lindsay Anderson on Sep. 07, 2012

Yesterday, for the first time in years, I drank a little bit of coffee. You can’t sit in the office of a Richmond-based Brazilian UTZ-certified coffee company and not, can you? It tasted wonderful…

On Outpost Mini Donuts, the Market at Papi’s, and Treating Myself.

By Lindsay Anderson on Sep. 06, 2012

Last Saturday, September 1st, while I was eating and having mad amounts of fun with friends, I missed a first anniversary. A very important one. And while some of you are now searching deep into your…

On Big River Brew Pub and Beer, Beer, Beer.

By Lindsay Anderson on Sep. 04, 2012

I love learning! Especially about beer! It has such a beguiling history, and here in BC the culture just gets better every year. I’m always up for a pint, and thrilled to discover pubs that brew…

On Tokyo Joe’s Sushi Factory and My Cookbook Wishlist.

By Lindsay Anderson on Sep. 03, 2012

One of my favourite “I have no other place to be” activities is moving slowly through bookstores. While fiction, travel, and photography get quite a bit of love, I inevitably end up in the cookbook…

Posts from: September 2012