An Edible Journey: Exploring the islands' fine food, farms and vineyards

Elizabeth Levinson has done it again. Combing the sideroads and main streets of Vancouver Island and surrounding islands, she sifts like a miner for nuggets of local epicurean gold for her third edition of An Edible Journey: Exploring the islands’ fine food, farms and vineyards. Her true commitment to small scale, independent artisans and a knack for reviewing in a manner that invites the reader in, make for a valuable guide book. An active Slow Food member with a nose for the best ingredients, Levinson leads us by the hand through Victoria’s Choux Choux Charcuterie, Cobble Hill’s Blue Grouse Vineyards, Denman Island’s chocolate factory, Tofino’s 600 Degrees bakery, and many more memorable stops. Any local will want to keep this book on hand for road trips, visiting friends, or to stay on top of our growing regional culinary scene.

As Sinclair Phillips (co-owner of Sooke Harbour House) writes in the introduction, “If we frequent the restaurants, markets and suppliers recommended in this book, we support a community of local producers as well as the preservation of agricultural land.”  We also support a fine writer who works hard to trumpet the efforts of our local farmers and producers and reveal to us the treasures in our own backyard.

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