Food

news

A Night Shift at Jen's Kitchen

Working odd hours, Vancouver's survival sex workers often miss the city's free meals. Enter this roaming delivery service.

By Colleen Kimmett, 11 May 2012

news

Inside the Greater Vancouver Food Bank Machine

What to accept, what to hand out. How the city's vast distribution centre works to feed folks and keep food out of landfills.

By Colleen Kimmett, 26 Apr 2012

news

The Problem with Food Banks

Hungry people must be fed. But critics say framing food as charity takes the root issues off government's plate.

By Colleen Kimmett, 25 Apr 2012

life

Meeru Dhalwala of Vij's Will Teach You How to Cook up Great Food Writing

Co-founder of famed restaurant and author leads April 21 Tyee Master Class. Spots going fast.

By Julie Jenkins, 13 Apr 2012

news

No More Free Meals: A Church Changes Its Approach

Why Calvary Baptist opted to nurture quality of experience over quantity fed.

By Colleen Kimmett, 12 Apr 2012

news

Monthly Cost to Feed Family of Four: $868

Too many people in BC can't afford to eat healthily, finds report. Plus: Photo essay shows five ways people pinch food dollars.

By Colleen Kimmett, 28 Feb 2012

news

BC's 'Informed Dining' Program Unsatisfying, Say Critics

Promote eating-in advises MD, but officials insist providing nutritional info is good enough.

By Alex Ciarniello, 23 Feb 2012

news

A Tyee Series

Guest Workers Weigh Risks When Unions Approach

BC farmers fending off organizers have two cards to play: decent conditions, and the power to blacklist workers.

By Justin Langille, 15 Feb 2012

news

Are Cuts to Canadian Meat Inspection a Spoiler?

Gov assures safety, but critics warn of increased health risks and cost burden for BC.

By Tom Sandborn, 20 Jan 2012

opinion

Recipe to Stop Shark Finning: Carrots and Sticks

Equal parts grassroots action and tough legislation are needed to save the sharks.

By Claudia Li, 12 Jan 2012

opinion

Why We Shouldn't Ban Shark Fin

Real sea change demands attitude shifts and incentives, not laws that smack of racism.

By Anna Ling Kaye, 2 Jan 2012

news

A Tyee Series

Idea #9: Slow Down Your Money

Redefine expectations of investment and return, and reap the delicious rewards.

By Colleen Kimmett, 29 Dec 2011

books

Battle for the Banana

Behind the peel, a torrid history of trade wars and bullish fruit magnates. Last of two.

By Spring Gillard, 29 Dec 2011

books

Secrets of the Banana

Not the forbidden fruit, but equally sinister. Part one of my journey into the republic.

By Spring Gillard, 28 Dec 2011

life

A Tyee Series

A Hog of One's Own

Remembering the dismembering. And then the feast. Second of two.

By Heather Ramsay, 27 Dec 2011

life

A Tyee Series

Bless Our Little Pigdom

In which four couples buy six piglets, visions of barbeque dancing in our heads. Part one of two.

By Heather Ramsay, 26 Dec 2011

news

A Tyee Series

Idea #2: Shmeat, Meat of the Future

Put down that ecological-travesty of a hamburger! In vitro meat is what's cooking.

By Ben Christopher, 20 Dec 2011

books

'The Urban Food Revolution' Goes High Rise

Solviva Salad? Five-storey vertical farms? A taste of Peter Ladner's new book on growing food in cities.

By Peter Ladner, 8 Dec 2011

opinion

Federal Govt Plays Deadly Politics of Salt

Health panel wants life saving, sodium lowering policies. Tories say no.

By Bill Tieleman, 6 Dec 2011

books

The Science of Taste

Why can't a blindfolded person tell white wine from red? A top neuroscientist explains how the brain creates flavour.

By Hannah Tepper, 30 Nov 2011