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JADE DYNASTY SEAFOOD RESTAURANT Dim sum lovers will delight at the delectable small dishes available until 5 p.m. at this Ala Moana institution. There are myriad items to choose from, including mochi rice with dried scallops and chicken, signature shrimp...
Food Network's November 2016 Programming Highlights
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Photo - Food Network Below are some of the highlights of the Food Network programming scheduled to air on the channel in November. It looks like there is a lot of new Chopped episodes (all varieties), more kids (looks like Alison Sweeney is the go...
August 20, 2016 Arts Etc.
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Visual Arts The well-attended recent Seattle Art Fair provided a numbered of opportunities to get a glance at work and artists we don’t often see in this region. Bay Area artists such as Ruth Asawa and Hung Liu had a number of works on view. Asawa,...
Browsing and Sluicing in Toronto and the Niagara Peninsula
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Browsing and Sluicing in Toronto and the Niagara Peninsula Jonathan Ray discovers that Canada’s most vibrant and global city is home to some exceptional restaurants and a vibrant cocktail culture with some of North America’s most exciting wines on its...
What to DRINK With That – Duck
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L-R: Sid Cross, Alishan Driediger, Jason Yamasaki What to DRINK with That DRINK editor Treve Ring asks local wine experts how they would approach pairing dishes and flavours. This time we are doing DUCK – both classical and modern. ...

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Ask Sid: What is the French word used for a corked wine?

Question: What is the French word used for a corked wine? Answer: The French use “goût de bouchon” to describe the cork taint (a musty TCA smell and taste) that you sometimes find in a wine that has used a faulty natural cork closure. You might also...
2004 LEFT BANK BORDEAUX HORIZONTAL WINE TASTING AT 20 YEARS

Your scribe always enjoys a retrospective horizontal wine tasting that provides a specific vintage overview update plus a current assessment of development. Such was the case on April 14, 2024 at the Vancouver Club for a Black Tie dinner held by La Commanderie...
Ask Sid: Where to purchase recent vintages of Château L’Arrosee St. Emilion?

Question: I enjoyed so much older vintages from the sixties of the remarkable Saint Emilion property Château L’Arrosee that I purchased in Brussels Belgium (and the UK) but can’t find any of their current releases from the last 10 years. Can you help...
OLDER ST. EMILION WINES SHOW DIVERSE RIGHT BANK STYLING

On April 2, 2024 the Vancouver Group of Eight held their Event #120 at Blue Water Cafe focusing on older wines from St. Emilion. The aperitif was a fresh vibrant most elegant great balanced vintage 2002 BILLECART-SALMON CUVEE NICOLAS FRANCOIS BRUT blending...
Ask Sid: André Simon Champagne?

Question: What about my 4 bottles of André Simon Champagne from the seventies? Answer: Yes, your bottle shots are quite intriguing. Not much information was ascertained from the labels to help except for Cuvee Speciale Champagne shipped by André Simon...

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7 famous L.A. restaurants from the studio era - IWFS Blog

7 famous L.A. restaurants from the studio era September 5th, 2014 By Joseph Temple During the Golden Age of Hollywood, stars like Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy and Cary Grant lit up the marquees at theat...

2017 February Archive - IWFS Blog

by Sid Cross Fortunate this month to be checking out more top restaurants in Paris. Some cutting edge new spots with young enthusiastic chefs and some old favourites. Decades ago we used to enj...