Food and Drink

Mmm, fromage. I walk by La Belle Patate (1215 Davie St.) all the time and have often wondered about the greasy goodness that comes from within. My friend Marcel (French Canadian, vraiment! ) and I went for lunch there yesterday and I finally imbibed.

You gotta like it when your friend posts where to get free figs , when he knows full well that the tree is pretty much bare. I climbed that sucker last week end and there wasn't much left.

With all the talk of BLACKBERRIES around this time of year it's easy to forget that there are a bunch of fig trees in city parks and overhanging alleyways.

After a pretty weak effort last year , I decided to do more with my blackberries this time around with a pie. Mmmmmm.....Pie... What a great way to spend an evening, picking, baking, then eating.... Bob...the bar has been set....

Jef Choy alerted us that it's GAME ON for blackberry picking last week, and it really is.

Woah, remember the city's new FOOD CART program? Look at what CBC did for you: an interactive Google MAP of them all! They're on their way...

Get out there....this is the kind of thing you wait for all year for. I love blackberries so much. For the next two weeks at least, I'm going to be lugging around some ratty shopping bag, and a step ladder.

Every few weeks the nice folks at Ethical Bean drop off some fresh coffee beans to keep us caffeinated.

A reminder....Rule number one in blackberry picking....if it ain't fallin' off...don't pick it. But once they're ripe....get out of my way.... According to my post last year , we're right on schedule.

Do you love Granville Island like I do? Then you should probably enter a story in the "I Love Granville Island" storytelling contest! They're looking for your stories, typed out in 300 words or less or in video format.