Eats, Chews and Leaves: Doing the Japanese food emoji proud

Revel in the experience of Relish Food & Coffee

The media loves corruption, wrongdoing and flat-out failure. Headlines such as the Vancouver Sun’s “Ethnic vote report finds serious misuse of B.C. government resources” engage the reader much more than, say, this: “Top five things federal government got right.”...
Eats, Chews and Leaves: Doing the Japanese food emoji proud

Eats, Chews and Leaves: Fernwood Inn

I’ve noticed that everybody in my life (friends, roommates, co-workers and Internet acquaintances) loves to discuss restaurants with me. It’s great, except when it’s not. Allow me to explain: I’m extremely impressionable, so if a fellow eater has had a bad dining...
Eats, Chews and Leaves: Doing the Japanese food emoji proud

Eats, Chews and Leaves: Put a brunch on it

If, like me, you’re a fan of Portlandia, you’ll recall the season two finale, “Brunch Village.” In it, all characters converge on a hot new breakfast spot, Fisherman’s Porch, for Sunday brunch. The fictional restaurant has become so popular that a line of hungry...