24-Hour Steak

Heston Blumenthal is pretty good if you’re interested in trying something a bit wild. Or a lot wild. [youtube width=”640″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2naCEufmlbA[/youtube]

Allen’s Steak Festival, 2012

The following informed opinion offered entirely hormone-, antibiotic- and hyperbole-free: No Torontonian self-described “steak lover” is worth his salt (salt-free also a perfectly respectable option, mind you) if he fails to attend the annual Allen’s Steak Festival, in 2012 running from Feb. 7 – 25. For this extended fortnight, Allen’s … Read More

Review, BLACK + BLUE Restaurant

Opened this fall, BLACK + BLUE is the seventh restaurant in Vancouver’s Glowbal Restaurant Group. Proprietors Emad and Shannon Bosa Yacoub have clearly developed a working recipe for success, as their properties seem to be packed most nights. The new spot focuses on, as the name signals, steak. (For those not … Read More

The Ultimate Winter Party

It’s been 31 Christmases since Toronto-born Vancouverite Susan Mendelson launched her catering company, The Lazy Gourmet. Since then, Mendelson has written 10 cookbooks and catered for everyone from Sarah McLachlan to the French government at the 2010 Olympics. For not-so-lazy gourmets keen to cook for their own large-scale holiday buffet … Read More

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