Food & Drink

Eats, chews and leaves: Bin 4 offers a bevy of burgers

I need to pose a few questions. Does food taste the same to everyone? If I polled a group of 100 hungry individuals, would they all describe a green apple…

Seasonal drinking, Vancouver Island style

Vancouver Island Brewery launches Iron Plow Harvest Märzen

Eats, chews and leaves: Make a vow to visit Pizzeria Prima Strada

Go eat at Pizzeria Prima Strada. The subsequent paragraphs will describe in detail why you should visit one of their two locations, but if you only have time to read…

The Mighty Spoon: Just throw it in a pan

Every so often I find myself in a grocery store, wandering the aisles in a state of complete dissociation. Up and down, through the meat and the produce aisles, trapped…

Eats, chews and leaves: Pho-Ever satisfies more than hunger for puns

Have you ever calculated how many sandwiches you eat during a school year? The sheer volume of your total intake of those hand-held meals is difficult to ignore.

Eats, chews and leaves: Big Wheel Burger ain’t your grandma’s fast food

There’s an Internet meme floating around about McDonald's that makes me laugh. It explains that, for a child, a visit to the golden arches is a success and a triumph,…

Wingin’ it: where to find wings in Victoria

With thousands of eateries in Greater Victoria, where a rich and diverse cultural melting pot never stops bubbling over, variety truly is the spice of life. In fact, our fair…

The Mighty Spoon: Cooking 101: Mastering Meats

Essential lessons for the new cook

Eats, chews and leaves: Your best night(s) out

The back to school push in university is so much better than in grade school. Classes have started, but the majority of assignments aren’t due until October. This leaves ample…