Thursday, June 14, 2007
This weekend I attended the Eat Vancouver Food Festival at BC Place Stadium. Every year thousands of Vancouverites gather to taste, learn, smell, and see some of the best Chefs, restaurants, and suppliers show off their mouth watering dishes and food products. This being the first year, I attended this event, it was quite overwhelming at first to be surrounded by aisle after aisle of food booths, cooking shows, pamphlets, displays, and contests for attendees to indulge upon. A couple of products really stood out for me. There happen to be a supplier with pre-chopped all natural garlic at the show. I was amazed to see so many organic and vegetarian products being sold. My second favourite item was the fresh juice booth run by individuals of the Arthur Juice Company where they offered tasty, refreshing juice samples with a variety of flavours for any juice enthusiast in your household. Since, Italian food is considered to be my favourite food of choice; I discovered a store named Bosa Foods at this food festival. They carry all sorts of Italian food products from Balsamic Vinegar, Olive Oil, to authentic Cheese and pasta. I felt like I was in Italy, as my senses were tantalized by the smell, taste, and sight of Italy circling around me.
I did manage to catch a couple of cooking demonstrations at the event; it was very difficult to pick and choose which ones to attend when all of them each had unique recipes being made. Rob Feenie cooked up his signature dish, a pumpkin squash pasta recipe while reminiscing of his Iron Chef experience. Anna Olsen from the Food Network drew a crowd of fans for her afternoon cooking demonstration. Several fans purchased books followed with a personalized autography and long line ups of fans wanting a picture with the celebrity cooking host. Despite all of the cheering and enthusiastic clapping my favourite cooking demonstration took place at the International Cooking Stage, where Chef Kevin Dundon, cooked up a wonderful, spring appetizer with a Raspberry salad dressing as a starters plate. His main entree was rack of lamb-stew, and he finished off with his famous chocolate dessert said,”to be only eaten by two consenting adults behind closed doors.”
Sudoku in the Bathroom
I was recently flipping through a magazine when, I noticed an advertisement on bathroom products. The company appeared to be marketing customized, printed toilet paper for households. Upon seeing this ad, I couldn’t help but let out a burst of laughter as I noticed the picture in the ad displayed a bathroom with a roll of Sudoku puzzles printed in black and white, on individual square sheets of paper.
