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.
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.