Don Genova

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DrumRoaster Coffee: This is where you will find me most Saturday mornings in Cobble Hill. Geir Oglend and his son Carsen roast direct trade coffee beans here and make a smooth cappuccino, just one of their specialties. Geir's wife Patricia rolls out some delicious baked goods every morning, my favourite is the orange coconut brioche. Try it, I guarantee you'll love it! www.drumroaster.com David Coulson Design: My new, open concept kitchen/dining/living space was a collaboration with David Coulson Design Limited I now have an expanded kitchen prep area, funtional and beautiful island workspace, and open access to dining and living - all flooded with natural light on three sides. www.davidcoulsondesign.com True Grain Organic Bakery: This little bakery in Cowichan Bay is where I purchase many of my bread products, including baguettes, croissants, multigrain loaves, and my all-time favourite, the L'il Loaf containing chunks of chocolate and roasted hazelnuts. www.truegrain.ca Napoleon Barbecues: I love to barbecue, 12 months a year. My Napoleon barbecue is the best I've ever owned. It's made in Canada and my favorite feature is the infrared rotisserie burner. Many a chicken and pork roast has sizzled to perfection on this grill. www.napoleongrills.com Traeger Grills: Hey, any guy who is into grilling also has to be into barbecue. If you know the difference between grilling and barbecue you need to visit this website. Traeger makes a line of smoker/grills that can be used to grill a steak or a pork chop, but can also achieve the kind of temperature you need for low and slow smoking. I have had a Traeger 'Lil Tex for about 6 years now and I love it, especially for making pulled pork shoulder and hot smoked salmon. www.traegercanada.com Ming Wo Cookware: I've been visiting this great shop in Vancouver's Chinatown for the past fifteen years and they really have a fantastic selection of almost everything you could imagine you need for your kitchen. Tell Fontaine I sent you! www.mingwo.com Epicurious: This is the home page of Bon Appetit and Gourmet Magazines. It has a huge searchable recipe archive, with comments from readers, a culinary dictionary, and more. Gourmet mag folded last year, but all the recipes every web-published from Gourmet can be found here. www.epicurious.com Slow Food: I am a member of the Slow Food movement, www.slowfood.com , a world-wide gathering of people concerned with preserving food products and ingredients that are in danger of becoming extinct. Along with the advocacy concept, Slow Food devotees are into celebrating good food, in a take-your-time-and-enjoy-it way. There are at least two Slow Food chapters, or convivia, as they are called, in British Columbia, in Vancouver, www.slowfoodvancouver.com and on Vancouver Island, www.slowisland.ca . The Stained Apron: The Stained Apron is a hilarious and sometimes scary website dedicated to the service side of the restaurant industry. You can find out which celebrities are generous or lousy tippers, and what waiters do when they get stuck with an unruly customer. www.stainedapron.com eGullet.

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