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PAM GRANT DINING OUT Pho Vuong Address: 622 Fisgard St. Tel: 250-590-SOUP (7687) Hours: Open daily 11 am. to 10 p.m. Major credit cards and Interac accepted. No wheelchair accessible.

What is the reason behind reducing the liquid to half when using wine? Zelie Scurrah When I make cream sauce with wine, it always separates, curdles.

Familiarity can breed contempt, as the expression goes, but not at Open Space.

It's remarkable to consider that over several millennia, humans have tried ingesting just about everything in the pursuit of sustenance or bliss. More often than not, experimentation ends in disappointment, if not sickness or death.

OAK BAY BISTRO Address: 2250 Oak Bay Ave., Victoria Tel: 250-598-1441 Hours: Open daily Major credit cards and Interac accepted. Wheelchair accessible. Five stars, out of five --- I have mixed feelings about the evolution of Oak Bay Avenue.

Like many self-loathing anglophiles, I am conflicted by equal parts admiration and aversion to all things British.

When I was still in the dating scene -before wisps of grey appeared -I used to conduct a test on first dates.

BAJA SURF GRILL Address: 535 Yates St. Tel: 250-590-6693 Hours: Open daily. Lunch 11: 30 a.m. - 2 p.m.; dinner from 5 p.m. until late, nightly. Major credit cards and Interac accepted. Wheelchair accessible.

Yes, it's that time again. Every year - or so it seems - Canadians head to the polls to choose their next federal government and this spring is no exception. The to start boning up on the ridings, candidates and issues on Vancouver Island.

Q A few years ago, armed with an Indian cookbook I received as a present, I set out to make some delicious Indian dishes. This went well, mostly, until I hit some recipes calling for mustard oil.