Eat | Drink | Cheap Episode 28 – Aftershifter – So You Wanna Be A Chef?

Simon and Shawn sit down with their good buddy Nick for part 1 of a two-part discussion of life in the culinary industry. The boys go into what it means to be a “chef”, end up swapping Anthony Bourdain stories and never even get to the question that brought them together… Cheers!

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Music by John Palmer

Show notes and Shout Outs:

Kitchen Confidential: https://www.amazon.ca/Kitchen-Confidential-Adventures-Culinary-Underbelly/dp/0060899220

Tojo’s Restaurant: https://tojos.com/

Edward Tuson:  https://www.sookenewsmirror.com/obituaries/edward-tuson/

Simon’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/knight_baker_simon/

Flavorful Origins: https://netflix.fandom.com/wiki/Flavorful_Origins

Black and Blue Steakhouse: https://blackandbluesteakhouse.ca/vancouver-home/

Eat | Drink | Cheap Episode 25 – Backyard Buffet Spring Edition

Bring your boots! Along rivers and hiking trails are growing a bounty of bright green, powerfully flavoured wild edibles that you can harvest at no cost. Shawn and Simon point out some of their favourites. 

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Music by John Palmer

Show notes and Shout Outs:

Miners Lettuce: https://www.eatdrinkbreathe.com/spring-beauty/ 

Purple Deadnettle: https://www.growforagecookferment.com/foraging-purple-dead-nettle/

Salmonberry Shoots: http://wildfoodsandmedicines.com/salmonberry-and-thimbleberry-sprouts/

Yarrow: https://www.almanac.com/plant/yarrow

Angel Wing Mushrooms: https://www.mushroom-appreciation.com/angel-wings-identification.html

Blackberry Leaves: https://www.eatdrinkbreathe.com/space-invaders-a-word-on-himalayan-blackberries/

Dandylions: https://www.eatdrinkbreathe.com/pulling-lions-teeth-2/

Plants of Coastal British Comlumbia by Jim Pojar: https://www.amazon.ca/Plants-Coastal-British-Columbia-Washington/dp/1772130095

All That The Rains Promise And More by David Arora: https://www.amazon.ca/All-That-Rain-Promises-More/dp/0898153883

Some Useful Wild Plants by Dan Jason: https://www.amazon.ca/Some-Useful-Wild-Plants-Foraging/dp/1550177915

Deerholme Foraging Book by Bill Jones: https://www.amazon.ca/Deerholme-Foraging-Book-Recipes-Northwest/dp/1771510455

Plantnet App: https://plantnet.org/en/

Point of No Return by Malcom Stratchon: https://malcolmstrachan.bandcamp.com/album/point-of-no-return

Eat | Drink | Cheap Episode 24 – Quick Pickles

After a brief hiatus and only the slightest brush with death Shawn returns to chat with Simon about pickles, preserving, finding one’s purpose and the power of salt.

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Music by John Palmer

Show notes and Shout Outs:

Elderberry Pontack: https://honest-food.net/wild-game/sauces-for-wild-game/pontack-an-elderberry-sauce/

Tsukemono Japanese Pickling Recipes by Ikuko Hisamatsu: https://www.amazon.com/Quick-Easy-Tsukemono-Japanese-Pickling/dp/488996181X

Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky: https://www.amazon.ca/Salt-World-History-Mark-Kurlansky/dp/0676975356

Tycho’s Long Lost 1st Album The Science of Patterns: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxWZ_-nDeog

The New Wildcrafted Cuisine: Exploring the Exotic Gastronomy of Local Terrior by Pascal Baudar: https://www.amazon.ca/New-Wildcrafted-Cuisine-Exploring-Gastronomy/dp/1603586067

Eat | Drink | Cheap Episode 23 – Holy Mackerel!

Forget the big boys like salmon and tuna, Simon and Shawn are here to talk little fish and all the gloriously cheap dishes you can make from a humble oily little mackerel.

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Music by John Palmer

Show notes and Shout Outs:

The Vancouver Aquarium’s Ocean Wise Guide to Sustainable Seafood: https://seafood.ocean.org/

Simple Grilled Saba: https://www.justonecookbook.com/grilled-mackerel-saba-shioyaki/

Shizuo Tsuji’s Japanese Cooking: A Simple Art: https://www.amazon.ca/Japanese-Cooking-Simple-Shizuo-Tsuji/dp/1568363885

Mackerel Courtbouillon:  https://honest-food.net/catfish-courtbouillon-recipe/

Hank Shaw’s Hook, Line and Supper: https://www.amazon.ca/Hook-Line-Supper-Techniques-Everything/dp/0996944826

The Miracle of Pakistani Tekken: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2SQgjYmVYY

Blue Water Cafe: Unsung Heroes: https://www.bluewatercafe.net/unsungheroes.html

Eat | Drink | Cheap Episode 21 – Onions

A year of podcasting and we’ve finally got around to onions! Possibly the most important and versitile vegetable in our pantry gets some love along with an extended talk about canning and the craziness currently going on in the culinary industry.

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Music by John Palmer

Show notes and Shout Outs:

Track and Food Podcast with Corey Mintz: https://www.midrangevancouver.com/posts/2022/12/27/track-and-food-83-food-journalist-corey-mintz-on-the-prevalence-of-tip-creep-at-starbucks-and-what-this-means-for-hospitality

Bon Appetit article on Noma’s Closing: https://www.bonappetit.com/story/noma-restaurant-closing

Thomas Keller’s Quick Pickled Pearl Onions: https://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/quick-pickled-pearl-onions

My Dark Raven by Andreas Eggenberger: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m5y-YpZink

Sushi 4004: https://www.discogs.com/release/474265-Various-Sushi-4004-The-Return-Of-Spectacular-Japanese-Clubpop