Below are some links to places that you might enjoy visiting either on-line or in person.
Useful Links
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Victoria Times Colonist
This is the newspaper in Victoria, BC, which I write for. It is a great source of information on current happenings around Vancouver Island and a site where you can read many of the food articles I’ve written. To do the latter, simply enter Eric Akis into the search engine.
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Canada.com
This is the flagship website for Canwest Global Communications, which owns television stations and newspapers across Canada, including the Victoria Times Colonist. You’ll find national and international news there and, for foodies, a lifestyles section that offers a steady stream of food- and drink-related articles and recipes.
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Bolen Books
This is a large and impressive bookstore in Victoria with a great selection of cookbooks. They are located at 111-1644 Hillside Ave.
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Munro’s Books
This decades old establishment in downtown Victoria has been called the most magnificent bookstore in Canada. It’s located at 1108 Government St. and, for book lovers, is a place you must go to when visiting Victoria.
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Barbara Jo’s Books to Cooks
This fabulous store is filled with hundreds of food-related books on every topic imaginable. Barbara Jo’s also offers cooking classes and special events by visiting authors and chefs.
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Cookbook Co. Cooks
This bustling Calgary business is a cookbook store, a fine food shop, a quality kitchenware outlet and a cooking school. If you’re a foodie and in Calgary, stop in and check out this store located at 722, 11 Ave. SW.
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Cookbook Store
This quaint, downtown Toronto store is the place to buy food-related books on hundreds of topics. They are located at 850 Yonge St.
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Well Seasoned
This well-stocked gourmet food and kitchenware store is located in Langley, BC, at 302c, 20771 Langley By-Pass. They also offer a wide variety of cooking classes and do frequent samplings of the products they sell.
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Powell’s Books
This chain of bookstores, located in Portland, Oregon, has an incredibly diverse selection of cookbooks. Their downtown location, 2720 NW 29th Ave., is so large they provide a map to help guide you through the store.
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Thrifty Foods
This is highly regarded, BC-based grocery store chain that I do recipe development work for. To try some of them, go to their website and click on recipe collection.
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EAT Magazine
This Victoria-based food magazine is published and owned by Gary Hynes. His website offers a delicious collection of food and beverage articles, recipes and more.
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Epicurious
This is the food- and wine-rich website for Gourmet and Bon Appetit magazines. It features lots of great food articles, cooking tips and recipes.
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South Vancouver Island Direct Farm Marketers Association
This website will guide you on where to buy produce, meats and other food products on Southern Vancouver Island. It also provides maps to the individual farms and farmers’ markets selling them.
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Food Timeline
If you were interested in the history of many of the dishes we enjoy today, whether it hamburgers or eggs Benedict, this is the site for you.
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Michael Tourigny Photography
Michael is the talented photographer who took the photos in all five of my books. Check out his website to view his portfolio and take a virtual tour of his studio.
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Radar Hill Technology
Radar Hill is a forward-thinking web development company located in Victoria BC. A small team of professionals can make you a website of any size and budget.
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Whitecap Books
This fine company is the publisher of my cookbooks and numerous others, many of which are best sellers and award winners. Their website will inform you on what new books are coming out, how you can buy them, offers sample recipes and provides information on the many talented authors they’ve published.