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Bistro's move to fine dining pays off

Pam Grant Dining Out

Where's the beef? It's sizzling on backyard grills

Meat-loving Americans are eating out less, but researchers have found that they're putting more premium-grade steak on family dinner tables. Beginning in 2008, cash-strapped consumers in the U.S. shifted to at-home dining.

Eating sukiyaki at Posh

When you enter Posh the staff immediately asks: "Have you been here before? Do you know about sukiyaki?" Posh, a small chain from the Lower Mainland, opened in September in the Med Grill space at the Mosaic building, at 1063 Fort Street.

Tasty fusions of cuisines

Question: Fusion -- what does this term mean when used in reference to menus, cooking or restaurants? Is it a new phenomenon or just a new name for something that's been around a long time? Sylvia Walsh, Victoria Eric's Answer: When the term "fusion"

Slap Me Silly

Too many late nights punctuated with too many infomercials finally wore me down. I bought a Slap Chop machine, the mini food chopper pitched by a salesman called Vince.

Island Lives: Courage honoured

Pamela Lawson was a bona fide heroine and had the Canadian Medal of Bravery to prove it. Not that she bragged about it. But On Oct.

Couple gives talk on Scotland-to-Syria boat-bike trek

The husband and wife team of Colin and Julie Angus are coming to town with their latest show Rowed Trip.

Lyn Gough likes to trumpet other women's achievements, not her own

Lyn Gough is most definitely not the kind of woman to blow her own horn. She would prefer that reporters interview someone else. It's blowing other women's horns that Gough enjoys.

Learning new tricks can help improve the wiring in your brain

Adults who learn new tricks such as juggling can improve the "wiring" of their brains, British scientists say.

Bringing salvation to untamed wilderness

Clearing pathways now will give garden a bright new look in spring