All You Can Eat

Solid bartending tips for making the perfect Bloody Caesar and other Clamato-based drinks, followed by a chat with two of my oldest drinking buddies! (they are cocktail experts...)

A trip to Salt Spring Island for clam digging with the author of a book about tides, and a visit to a seafood shop with the editor of a new cookbook about shellfish.

Meet Kin Sunee, author of Trail of Crumbs, her story of being abandoned as a child in South Korea, and searching for a sense of her true self through the language of food.

Food Network Canada star Anna Olson helps me out of a jam with a quick shopping trip and delicious suggestions for a healthy meal.

In this episode Don provides a retrospective of his CBC Radio column, Food For Thought, which has been canceled after ten years and about 500 episodes.

Take a stroll through a wine shop with wine experts Kenji Hodgson and James Nevison as they dispense helpful advice on how to choose wines loaded with value and flavour for less than $20 a bottle. Also, discover the delights of the re-discovered slow cooker.

Gadgets, knives, blenders and more! Advice on kitchen gifts for the foodie in your family with my guide, Fontaine Wong from Ming Wo Cookware in Vancouver's Chinatown.

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A tribute to the late James Barber, also known as The Urban Peasant.  He passed away Nov. 29th at age 84. James was a mentor, colleague, neighbour and friend.  I'll miss him.This episode of All You Can Eat was brought to you in part by Hamilton Beach, makers of the Eclectrics line of kitchen appliances.  Check out the great all-metal stand mixers at www.hamiltonbeach.com or www.hamiltonbeach.ca.You can also find all of your website hosting and design needs at my other sponsor, www.godaddy.com.  You can save on the products there by entering the code eat1 when you check out.

A tribute to the late James Barber, also known as The Urban Peasant.  He passed away Nov. 29th at age 84. James was a mentor, colleague, neighbour and friend.  I'll miss him.This episode of All You Can Eat was brought to you in part by Hamilton Beach, makers of the Eclectrics line of kitchen appliances.  Check out the great all-metal stand mixers at www.hamiltonbeach.com or www.hamiltonbeach.ca.You can also find all of your website hosting and design needs at my other sponsor, www.godaddy.com.  You can save on the products there by entering the code eat1 when you check out.

This week on All You Can Eat I welcome Massimo Capra into my 'Test Kitchen'. Massimo is the author of One Pot Italian Cooking, and the owner of two Toronto Italian restaurants, Mistura and Sopra. You can order the book by clicking here to follow through to amazon.ca and save 37% off the cover price! In the kitchen, Massimo guided me through his braised rabbit with apricots and tomatoes; earlier I made some tasty back ribs cooked with julienned cabbage. This episode of All You Can Eat was brought to you in part by Hamilton Beach, makers of the Eclectrics line of kitchen appliances.  Check out the great all-metal stand mixers at www.hamiltonbeach.com or www.hamiltonbeach.ca. You can also find all of your website hosting and design needs at my other sponsor, www.godaddy.com.  You can save on the products there by entering the code eat1 when you check out.

This week on All You Can Eat I welcome Massimo Capra into my 'Test Kitchen'. Massimo is the author of One Pot Italian Cooking, and the owner of two Toronto Italian restaurants, Mistura and Sopra. You can order the book by clicking here to follow through to amazon.ca and save 37% off the cover price! In the kitchen, Massimo guided me through his braised rabbit with apricots and tomatoes; earlier I made some tasty back ribs cooked with julienned cabbage. This episode of All You Can Eat was brought to you in part by Hamilton Beach, makers of the Eclectrics line of kitchen appliances.  Check out the great all-metal stand mixers at www.hamiltonbeach.com or www.hamiltonbeach.ca. You can also find all of your website hosting and design needs at my other sponsor, www.godaddy.com.  You can save on the products there by entering the code eat1 when you check out.

This podcast is brought to you in part by Hamilton Beach, makers of the sleek new Eclectics line of kitchen appliances, find out more at Hamilton Beach dot com or Hamilton Beach dot ca. You know, there are certain foods in this world that elicit fierce opinions from the people who make them. One such food is…the meatball. Sure, meatballs might not be considered gourmet fare by most people, but every cook or chef has their own recipe, and their recipe is of course the best. This week on All You Can Eat, I take you to Barbara-Jo’s Books To Cooks store in downtown Vancouver, where my wife Ramona and I were the judges as four experts battled for meatball supremacy. This episode of All You Can Eat was brought to you by Hamilton Beach , and GoDaddy.com . Enter code Eat1 when you finish your GoDaddy shopping to save!

This podcast is brought to you in part by Hamilton Beach, makers of the sleek new Eclectics line of kitchen appliances, find out more at Hamilton Beach dot com or Hamilton Beach dot ca. You know, there are certain foods in this world that elicit fierce opinions from the people who make them. One such food is…the meatball. Sure, meatballs might not be considered gourmet fare by most people, but every cook or chef has their own recipe, and their recipe is of course the best. This week on All You Can Eat, I take you to Barbara-Jo’s Books To Cooks store in downtown Vancouver, where my wife Ramona and I were the judges as four experts battled for meatball supremacy. This episode of All You Can Eat was brought to you by Hamilton Beach , and GoDaddy.com . Enter code Eat1 when you finish your GoDaddy shopping to save!

This woman is One Smart Cookie!  She is Julie Von Rosendaal, and she helps me bake healthier cookies this week on All You Can Eat.  Julie has a blog, as well, so if you want to check out what's going on in her crazy cookie-cutter life, check out Julie Was Here.   This edition of All You Can Eat is brought to you by Hamilton Beach, maker of the new Electrics series of home appliances, including the beautiful stand mixer I used in this episode. One Smart Cookie is an updated version of the original version Julie wrote several years ago.  I like this book a lot, as it's one of those cookbooks that have you saying as you page through it, oh, I want to make that, and those, and these, too! You can order the cookbook through Amazon.ca by clicking here, and you'll help me support the costs of this podcast while saving 37%! You can also save on your website costs by visiting one of my other sponsors, www.godaddy.com.  When you finish your shopping, just enter the codes eat1, eat2 or eat3 to save.

This woman is One Smart Cookie!  She is Julie Von Rosendaal, and she helps me bake healthier cookies this week on All You Can Eat.  Julie has a blog, as well, so if you want to check out what's going on in her crazy cookie-cutter life, check out Julie Was Here.   This edition of All You Can Eat is brought to you by Hamilton Beach, maker of the new Electrics series of home appliances, including the beautiful stand mixer I used in this episode. One Smart Cookie is an updated version of the original version Julie wrote several years ago.  I like this book a lot, as it's one of those cookbooks that have you saying as you page through it, oh, I want to make that, and those, and these, too! You can order the cookbook through Amazon.ca by clicking here, and you'll help me support the costs of this podcast while saving 37%! You can also save on your website costs by visiting one of my other sponsors, www.godaddy.com.  When you finish your shopping, just enter the codes eat1, eat2 or eat3 to save.

This episode is brought to you in part by www.godaddy.com.  When you finish shopping at godaddy, enter code eat3 for savings.

This episode is brought to you in part by www.godaddy.com.  When you finish shopping at godaddy, enter code eat3 for savings.

On this episode of All You Can Eat I welcomed Calgary cookbook author Cinda Chavich to my test kitchen.  We chatted and I cooked a couple of dishes from her latest book, The Guy Can't Cook, a super collection of recipes that even the most challenged of cooks can handle. To listen to the podcast, click here . During the podcast you will hear details of how you can win a copy of Cinda's book! And to see some more photos of the dishes we cooked, you can view an album on my Facebook page.   To save money on your website needs, check out www.godaddy.com.  When you finish shopping, enter code eat3 for savings.

On this episode of All You Can Eat I welcomed Calgary cookbook author Cinda Chavich to my test kitchen.  We chatted and I cooked a couple of dishes from her latest book, The Guy Can't Cook, a super collection of recipes that even the most challenged of cooks can handle. To listen to the podcast, click here . During the podcast you will hear details of how you can win a copy of Cinda's book! And to see some more photos of the dishes we cooked, you can view an album on my Facebook page.   To save money on your website needs, check out www.godaddy.com.  When you finish shopping, enter code eat3 for savings.

This week on All You Can Eat meet Andrea Nguyen, author of Into The Vietnamese Kitchen.  She demystifies the home-cooking aspects of this fresh and vibrant cuisine. You can visit her website here. Andrea's cookbook is a great place to get started on making your own Vietnamese cuisine at home.  If you follow this link to purchase the book through amazon.ca, you'll save over $16.00 off the cover price. Last night I made a couple of dishes from her book, and they both turned out in an amazing fashion.  I wanted to keep some for leftovers, and had to battle my wife Ramona to keep her from gobbling down the entire serving of this cucumber salad.  Here is the recipe , courtesy of Andrea Nguyen, which will open as a Word document. The other recipe I made was for grilled boneless chicken thighs, which were delicious in their simplicity with a marinade consisting of oil, lime juice, fish sauce and lots and lots of black pepper.  You then make a fresh dipping sauce at the table in individual dishes using wedges of lime, salt, pepper and hot chili peppers.  Here's the recipe.   Don't forget, if you need an internet hosting company for your website, or many other web services, visit www.godaddy.com.  When shopping enter the code eat1 to save! 

This week on All You Can Eat meet Andrea Nguyen, author of Into The Vietnamese Kitchen.  She demystifies the home-cooking aspects of this fresh and vibrant cuisine. You can visit her website here. Andrea's cookbook is a great place to get started on making your own Vietnamese cuisine at home.  If you follow this link to purchase the book through amazon.ca, you'll save over $16.00 off the cover price. Last night I made a couple of dishes from her book, and they both turned out in an amazing fashion.  I wanted to keep some for leftovers, and had to battle my wife Ramona to keep her from gobbling down the entire serving of this cucumber salad.  Here is the recipe , courtesy of Andrea Nguyen, which will open as a Word document. The other recipe I made was for grilled boneless chicken thighs, which were delicious in their simplicity with a marinade consisting of oil, lime juice, fish sauce and lots and lots of black pepper.  You then make a fresh dipping sauce at the table in individual dishes using wedges of lime, salt, pepper and hot chili peppers.  Here's the recipe.   Don't forget, if you need an internet hosting company for your website, or many other web services, visit www.godaddy.com.  When shopping enter the code eat1 to save! 

This edition of All You Can Eat is all about Sustainable Seafood.  In this show you will hear 2 documentaries.  One is about  Red Fish, Blue Fish, a great new take out fish and chips and more place on the Victoria, BC waterfront.  You can get all the info on Red Fish, Blue fish by going to this blog entry for the documentary.  The picture at right shows some of the most delicious anchovies I have ever eaten at Slow Fish in Genova earlier this year. You can see the blog entry for Slow Fish here . As you will hear in the podcast, it was weird to go to a city and see your last name plastered everywhere!  But the Italian pronunciation is different from the way we say it here in Canada, where we put the emphasis on the second syllable instead of the first, like they do in Italy.  On the above blog entry, you will also find many links to websites concerning sustainable seafood. Someone else I met and interviewed was Anne Mosness , from Bellingham, Washington. She fished in the Gulf of Alaska for 28 years, now is part of the Go Wild Campaign and was also distributing some fact sheets from the Food and Water Watch . And for a great book that lays out all the pros and cons about the salmon farming industry, check out Peter A. Robson's Salmon Farming, the Whole Story.

This edition of All You Can Eat is all about Sustainable Seafood.  In this show you will hear 2 documentaries.  One is about  Red Fish, Blue Fish, a great new take out fish and chips and more place on the Victoria, BC waterfront.  You can get all the info on Red Fish, Blue fish by going to this blog entry for the documentary.  The picture at right shows some of the most delicious anchovies I have ever eaten at Slow Fish in Genova earlier this year. You can see the blog entry for Slow Fish here . As you will hear in the podcast, it was weird to go to a city and see your last name plastered everywhere!  But the Italian pronunciation is different from the way we say it here in Canada, where we put the emphasis on the second syllable instead of the first, like they do in Italy.  On the above blog entry, you will also find many links to websites concerning sustainable seafood. Someone else I met and interviewed was Anne Mosness , from Bellingham, Washington. She fished in the Gulf of Alaska for 28 years, now is part of the Go Wild Campaign and was also distributing some fact sheets from the Food and Water Watch . And for a great book that lays out all the pros and cons about the salmon farming industry, check out Peter A. Robson's Salmon Farming, the Whole Story.

I haven't produced a podcast since May of this year.  I was very busy attending a Masters of Food Culture Course at the University of Gastronomic Sciences near Parma, Italy.  But now I'm back in Canada, and will be producing podcasts every week.  In this podcasts I offer highlights of my last few months in Europe, as previously broadcast on my Food For Thought program on CBC Radio.  For more details, go to my website, www.dongenova.com.

I haven't produced a podcast since May of this year.  I was very busy attending a Masters of Food Culture Course at the University of Gastronomic Sciences near Parma, Italy.  But now I'm back in Canada, and will be producing podcasts every week.  In this podcasts I offer highlights of my last few months in Europe, as previously broadcast on my Food For Thought program on CBC Radio.  For more details, go to my website, www.dongenova.com.

The days that you hear about in the documentary parts of the show are prime examples of the kind of culinary tourism Kostas Bouyouris wants to bring to Crete.  Kostas is an agronomist who is also involved with a Soil Health association and culinary tourism.  He was with our class for the entire week and really gave us an authentic taste of Cretan life, not just through the food, but the music, art and above all, the people.  If you are interested in reading more about what Kostas is involved in, visit the Mediterranean Association for Soil Health website. Much of the English side of the site is under construction, but there is an email address to contact for further information.  For culinary tourism on Crete, which I highly recommend you experience at some point in your life, visit the Agrion Terra website.  SPECIAL BONUS FEATURE!!!  My classmate Marta loves taking portraits, both posed and candid of all of us when we are on our field trips, or 'stages' as they are known in our program.  I downloaded some software called Photoshow which allows you to mix music and photos together with some special effects, and so I sifted through all the photos and put together Classic Crete .  It is a .wmv file and hopefully it will just start playing in whatever player you have on your computer once enough of it has downloaded. The file is about 50 megabytes.  Enjoy! All You Can Eat is brought to you in part by GoDaddy.com, a domain and webhosting company. And to take advantage of GoDaddy.com offers such as 10 percent off any order, use this code when you check out:  eat3

The days that you hear about in the documentary parts of the show are prime examples of the kind of culinary tourism Kostas Bouyouris wants to bring to Crete.  Kostas is an agronomist who is also involved with a Soil Health association and culinary tourism.  He was with our class for the entire week and really gave us an authentic taste of Cretan life, not just through the food, but the music, art and above all, the people.  If you are interested in reading more about what Kostas is involved in, visit the Mediterranean Association for Soil Health website. Much of the English side of the site is under construction, but there is an email address to contact for further information.  For culinary tourism on Crete, which I highly recommend you experience at some point in your life, visit the Agrion Terra website.  SPECIAL BONUS FEATURE!!!  My classmate Marta loves taking portraits, both posed and candid of all of us when we are on our field trips, or 'stages' as they are known in our program.  I downloaded some software called Photoshow which allows you to mix music and photos together with some special effects, and so I sifted through all the photos and put together Classic Crete .  It is a .wmv file and hopefully it will just start playing in whatever player you have on your computer once enough of it has downloaded. The file is about 50 megabytes.  Enjoy! All You Can Eat is brought to you in part by GoDaddy.com, a domain and webhosting company. And to take advantage of GoDaddy.com offers such as 10 percent off any order, use this code when you check out:  eat3

The 100-Mile Diet , a Year of Local Eating, is a book by James MacKinnon and Alisa Smith, based on their experience from March 2005 to March 2006 of eating only ingredients produced or procured within 100 miles of their homes in downtown Vancouver.  You can click on the link above to order the book from amazon.ca and save 37  percent off the cover price!  You can also learn more about their experiences by visiting the 100-Mile Diet website.  All You Can Eat is brought to you in part by Go Daddy.com. And to take advantage of GoDaddy.com offers such as 10 percent off any order, use this code when you check out:  eat1

The 100-Mile Diet , a Year of Local Eating, is a book by James MacKinnon and Alisa Smith, based on their experience from March 2005 to March 2006 of eating only ingredients produced or procured within 100 miles of their homes in downtown Vancouver.  You can click on the link above to order the book from amazon.ca and save 37  percent off the cover price!  You can also learn more about their experiences by visiting the 100-Mile Diet website.  All You Can Eat is brought to you in part by Go Daddy.com. And to take advantage of GoDaddy.com offers such as 10 percent off any order, use this code when you check out:  eat1