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Food and Drink

How Punk Rock Restaurateur Shira Blustein Revolutionized Vancouver’s Vegetarian Cuisine

Shira Blustein opened the Acorn almost a decade ago. The courage to do something different, she says, came from passion and punk rock.

ramen home meal kit

Food and Drink

Meal Kits and Provision Boxes to Spruce Up Your Home-Cooking

Fresh produce, fine sauces, roll-your-own sushi kits, and more from Vancouver and Whistler restaurants.

Food and Drink

A Vegan Guide to Vancouver

Change is good.

These days, an explosion of interest in plant-based eating has created a dynamic new scene that is finding favour with vegans and meat-eaters alike.

the arbor

Food and Drink

The Arbor Restaurant

Meatless manifests.

A welcome and welcoming addition to Vancouver’s expanding vegetarian restaurant scene.

MONTE Summer 2014: Vegetarian Dining

Food and Drink

Vegetarian Dining

The resurgence.

There was a time when eating vegetarian in Vancouver, often as not, was defined by sloppy food and even sloppier service. Not so today, as a new wave of gastro-preneurs caters to a growing segment of the population in search of healthier and often more sustainable alternatives to (what used to be) the norm.

MONTECRISTO Magazine: Patkau Architects

5th Anniversary

Five Years of Architecture

Form, function, and a fabulous five years of architecture can be found in MONTECRISTO Magazine. Interviews with Patkau Architects, Scott Cohen, the legendary Fred Hollingsworth, and more.

MONTECRISTO Magazien: Scott Cohen

Design

Architect Scott Cohen

Dining off design.

Successful restaurants present diners with the holy trinity: fine fare, good service, and ambiance. As architect Scott Cohen knows, if you neglect ambience, you risk the entire sensory experience.

MONTECRISTO Blog: Capture Photography Festival

Arts

Capture Photography Festival

Snapshots.

Many months ago, Kim Spencer-Nairn mused about an idea: Vancouver should have its very own photography festival.