#24 – Vancouver Breakfast Lover’s Bookmark this Baby!

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I love breakfast. Yes I do, and just in case you read that too quickly for my own comfort, I repeat: I love breakfast.

It does not get much better than enjoying a hot breakfast on a cold rainy day, with some quality coffee or hot tea – as you choose – and feeling energized to start your day. From cold cereals, to hot cereals; to yogurt and fruit combos; or cream of wheat (a childhood favourite of mine); to pancakes, or waffles with whipped cream; or eggs, country potatoes and grilled sausages; french toast and fruit salad; breakfast burritos; omelettes or frittatas; I could easily go on…  But in the interest of time, I’ll leave you to finish the breakfast-brainstorm to suit your personal cravings.

As I close in on the final days of my blog or bust challenge, I realized I have yet to share a blog that focuses purely on one meal, for example, ummm, breakfast!?

ATTENTION Vancouver foodies and fellow brunch lovers, unite here, and bookmark this blog: Breakfast in Vancouver. Blogging about weekend breakfast adventures since June of 2007, this blog covers it all and archives (with a map too) so you can reference anytime you want to find a new brunch around town.

I am quite excited to share this blog with you because it just makes me smile. Breakfast in Vancouver even includes one of my personal favourites in Whistler, The WildWood Bistro, proving to me that this breakfast blog is of sound quality!

Whoever you are, that created this magnificent blog, Beyond the Dough thanks you!

Breakfast in Vancouver

Breakfast in Vancouver

Mmmm Breakfast…

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Breakfast Sandwhich

Breakfast Sandwhich

I have to say, breakfast is one of my favourite meals of the day. I could eat breakfast three times a day, and sometimes I do. Cereal for dinner? Yes. It happens… But this morning I added some extra effort to my breakfast routine with a quality breakfast sandwhich.

Lightly toasted whole wheat english muffin + Canadian back bacon + a basted free range egg + little bit of cheese; and a side of sliced Gala apple + a hot cup of coffee + milk + sugar = = = Mmmm breakfast…

#23 – Food and Tell

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Food and Tell

Food and Tell

This blog name is possibly the most appropriate I’ve see yet: FoodAndTell because this blog is heavy on the photos – punned like the familiar phrase, show and tell!  Smart foodie!

With so many photos, this is a great local blog to browse if you just want to see food images and enjoy light descriptors.

Vancouver based, Food And Tell is archived well with links, categories, archives and popular tags. The blog covers eating and cooking in Vancouver, and local places to check out. Once again, a familiar pattern with blog or bust shares, this food blogger is on Twitter too: @foodandtell

#22 – Wet Cappuccino anyone?

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This niche blog is one to savour, they are an encyclopedia of coffee bean knowledge. Their terminology section helps answers questions like, “what is a wet cappuccino”? (in case you didn’t know already).

The Vancouver Indy Coffee Scene blog reviews cafes around Vancouver and is in the know on every cup of joe…

For my blog or bust share #22 visit CoffeeVancouver.ca aka The Vancouver Indy Coffee Scene.  With three contributors, they cover all things coffee around Vancouver including cafe reviews, coffee tours, events, coffee news,
and general updates on the local indy coffee scene.

CoffeeVancouver

CoffeeVancouver

They also include a feature that is quite handy and fun – an interactive map of all cafes they have reviewed.  Cafe Cool!

CoffeeVancouver's interactive map

CoffeeVancouver's interactive map



#21 – Vancouver Slop

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Slop can be defined in a few ways, according to my computer’s dictionary, including “to speak or write in a sentimentally effusive manner or gush”. And I think this particular food blog selected their name very appropriately!

Hosted by three guys who each bring a great sense of humour to the blog: meet Gyromite (founder), O-toro, and Joe here. You can follow them on twitter as well: @VancouverSlop.  They are a comical team of bloggers that share a raw view of food in Vancouver through their site, VancouverSlop. With a catchy name, entertaining content including videos,  fun photos, and an organized catalog of restaurant reviews from around town, VancouverSlop is a blog to bookmark!

VancouverSlop.com

VancouverSlop.com

#20 – Always Room for Dessert

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A woman after my own heart, I agree – there is ALWAYS room for dessert! On occasion I even have dessert first.  …On a really rare occasion – don’t tell my Mom or my Dentist, shhh! – I could easily have nothing but dessert for dinner! Life is simply too short sometimes, you know!?

While the title suggests all things sweet, Laura – the host, includes ‘all things that come before [dessert]’ too.  She has been blogging locally since 2008 and has a classic blogging style – including recipes, photos, and the stories that lead up to it. For blog or bust share #20, visit Always Room 4 Dessert!

Always Room For Dessert

Always Room For Dessert

#19 – Foodosophy

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Foodosophy

Foodosophy

Foodosophy is a diverse food blog that includes content from all over the world, as their eight contributors travel and share their food experiences.  They have many posts from all over, but their most heavily covered city is ours – Vancouver.

I like the title of this blog, yet another pun (love it!), and then their tag line, “Eat, Sleep… Dream… Food”.  I could not relate more to that mantra!

For my Blog or Bust #19 share, check out Foodosophy.  See where they have traveled – its an extensive list!

Blog or Bust Update: Life happens…

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I made it to day 18 of 30, that is not too shabby in my opinion. After a few blogging lapses this week, I am getting back on track. Please stay tuned for more Vancouver foodie blog shares and a new profile sharing some daily life adventures of a Vancouver food blogger!

In the meantime, watch this video. Even though there is no connection to food, and even if you’ve seen it before, it is a good reminder to be happy!

So, Happy Friday everyone!!

#18 – An Original Wine Blog to Start Your Week

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It’s Monday again. Hmm.

Depending on whether you are a glass half-full or half-empty kind of person, you could be reminiscing about the lovely weekend you just enjoyed and likely included some wine? Or perhaps you are really feeling the heat of your Monday and have begun counting down to your next wine-time…

But then there are others who enjoy wine on a routine basis, regardless of the day of the week: as true aficionados and connoisseurs, like this blogger, who confesses to enjoying wine almost daily.  I think there is nothing wrong with that because it is, after all, all about the moderation.

This brings me to blog share #18, which I felt should cover the beverage side of our food scene in Vancouver.  Because naturally, food pairs frequently with wine and with wine being a whole other world of it’s own outside food – there is a lot of information to consume.  And if you are like me,  you may not know as much about wine as food, so it is helpful to have more educated people to follow on the topic, like Sean Calder – host of Vinifico.

VINIFICO, is a magnificent wine blog, based in Vancouver. Yes, a blog purely about wine, and some food too.  The name of this blog alone is a tasty one, I am a fan of the puns myself, so I cannot help but appreciate other pun-makers.  Blogging since 2005, Sean has hosted Vinifico and describes his blog as his online wine journal – with contributions from his friend Graham here and there.

Follow Vinifico and you are in for some fantastico-pours, bites, and wine event updates.  And like many trendy bloggers, Sean is on twitter too.

 

Vinifico - Vancouver Wine Blog

Vinifico - Vancouver Wine Blog

 

#17 – Zacs Cooking School

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There are several culinary/ cooking schools in Vancouver and a huge variety of programs available to anyone interested in improving their culinary skills.

Well some of them blog too!  This blog or bust post is about cooking school blogs, and this one is a local host who lives in Vancouver and is a mobile cooking school.  Zac’s Cooking School offers cooking lessons one to one, in groups settings, for events, for couples, but specializes in group cooking classes. The blog shares fun updates about recipes and food adventures too – its a cool follow.

You can also follow Zac on Twitter!

 

Zacs Cooking School

Zacs Cooking School