An Edible Journey: exploring the islands' fine foods, farms and vineyards

by Elizabeth Levinson

Overview

Cuisine Canada’s Gold Medal for Canadian Food Culture

In this new edition, food writer and forager extraordinaire Elizabeth Levinson continues her quest for the best culinary experiences on Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands. With over thirty new destinations to visit, this award-winning guidebook takes you from neighbourhood coffee shops, bakeries and fine bistros to chocolate makers and lively farmers’ markets. Meet the devoted local growers, wine makers and chefs, many of whom have left behind high-profile careers in other fields to dedicate themselves to the land and to producing delicious local food. Meant to inspire readers to savour and explore the best that the islands have to offer, An Edible Journey belongs in every foodie’s knapsack.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781894898904
Publisher:	TouchWood Editions
Publication date:	05/01/2009
Edition description:	3rd Edition
Pages:	312
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

A long-time resident of Victoria, BC, Elizabeth Levinson is an inexhaustible hunter-gatherer of fresh, organic foods. She is the author of Getting Fresh In and Around Victoria: The Guide to Going Organic and writes a monthly column about food, “At My Table,” in Focus Magazine. Since writing the last edition of An Edible Journey, Elizabeth has become co-owner of Café Mela at The Belvedere and Mela’s Tearoom in Winchester Galleries, both located in Victoria.

Editorial Reviews

[Elizabeth’s] easy, carefree writing style just adds to the charm. —Northwest Palate

Each person profiled has a story to tell, and Levinson tells it. Region by region.—Eat Magazine

Cuisine Canada’s Gold Medal for Canadian Food Culture

If you’re travelling to the island, the book should definitely be packed with your sunglasses and your maps.—Calgary Herald

Of several ‘foodie’ books recently published, I rate this one tops. —Focus

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