True Grain Organic Bakery:
If you ever want to find me on a Saturday morning, check out the True Grain Organic Bakery in Cowichan Bay. When I'm on Vancouver Island this is where I purchase all my bread products, including baguettes, croissants, multigrain loaves, and my current 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

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.
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, and on Vancouver Island. The Vancouver Convivium has become increasingly active over the past year, with many tasting forums and exciting excursions:
www.slowfoodvancouver.com

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.org:
Okay, I'm stealing a quote on this one, but I like it so much it should be spread about. Leah McLaren of the Globe and Mail calls eGullet.org, 'where the gastro cognoscenti trade tips on the world's most obscure spots for dim sum and recipes for onion-infused chicken fat.' Okay, it's not that bad, but if you're really into food you can spend hours browsing through the forums and articles. If you want to tune in to what's happening on the Western Canada eGullet forums, go here.
www.egullet.org

Barbara-Jo's Books to Cooks:
Barbara-jo McIntosh now has two great little bookstores devoted to the culinary arts. Her satellite store is in the Net Loft at Vancouver's Granville Island, and her main store has moved to West 2nd Avenue in a block that is swiftly becoming a great food street in the city. The stores have a wide-ranging selection, and if you can't find it on her shelves, she'll do her best to find it for you from anywhere around the world. The new store also features a beautiful kitchen built right into the bookshop, and offers cooking classes and book-signing sessions with local and visiting authors.
www.bookstocooks.com

Saeco:
I am now the proud owner of a 'superautomatic' espresso machine from Saeco, one of the world's premiere coffee machine makers. My Vienna Deluxe, grinds the beans, tamps them in place, brews the espresso and then dumps the spent grounds into a handy container. The steamer attachment produces beautifully-frothed milk with no muss and no fuss. I use it every day. You can find Saeco distributors in Canada by visiting their webpage www.saeco.ca and sending an email to them, as the total site is still under construction. If you live in or around Vancouver, you can find Saeco at at 1743 Boundary Road. Email: saecowest@hotmail.com Phone: (604) 299-7555
www.saeco.ca

BC Liquor Stores:
If you're looking for a particular type of wine, beer, or spirit, you can look for it online through the BC Liquor Store website.
www.bcliquorstores.com

Fairburn Farm:
Mara Jernigan has moved from her Engeler Farm digs but continues to offer great cooking lessons and the Slow Food philosophy at Mara Jernigan has moved to a wonderful new location on 130 heritage acres. Fairburn Farm Culinary Retreat and Guesthouse offers comfortable accommodations, cooking classes, farm tours, lunches on the farm, and special events.
www.fairburnfarm.bc.ca

Gourmet Warehouse:
The Gourmet Warehouse in East Vancouver started as a tiny part of a food distribution company's storage space. Now the store is larger than the warehouse space. It's run by the effervescent Caren McSherry, and is home to almost any ingredient or cooking tool you need to make your perfect recipe.
www.gourmetwarehouse.ca

Crannog Ales:
On a certified organic farm near Sorrento, BC, Brian MacIsaac and Rebecca Kneen make some of the finest Irish ales I've ever tasted. You need to go to a pub or restaurant in BC to taste their brews, so visit their website for locations.
www.crannogales.com

FarmFolk/CityFolk:
This is an advocacy group dedicated to educating people in BC about food security and encouraging us to EAT LOCAL! They conduct two annual fundraisers called Feast of Fields on farms in the Vancouver and Victoria area, and they are not to be missed.
www.farmfolkcityfolk.ca

Your Local Farmers Market Society:
This is a website that gives you all the info you need about the Farmers Markets in the Vancouver area. My favorite is the East Vancouver Farmers Market at Trout Lake.
www.eatlocal.org

The Webtender:
Find out how to make any mixed drink in the world!
www.webtender.com

The New York Times:
I hate to admit it, but the food sections of many of our major newspapers in Canada leave a lot to be desired. The Toronto Star's section isn't too bad, The Victoria Times Colonist is good for the size of population it serves, and the Edmonton Journal used to have a good section, although I haven't seen it lately. I frequently visit the New York Times food and dining section on the web since it has a lot of great stories that are of general interest, and Mark Bittman's 'The Minimalist' columns will always give you a fast idea when you're stuck on what to cook for dinner.
www.nytimes.com/pages/dining/index.html

Hot Chick Spice Company:
The main product of this company is Duqqa, a delicious Egyptian nut and spice mix I developed together with Dana Zaruba. Dana is now manufacturing and selling Duqqa on her own, along with an addictive Japanese sesame salt called Gomasio, and her website is definitely worth a peek.
www.hotchickspicecompany.com

Nat Decants
This is the home page of Natalie Maclean, now one of Canada's best-known wine writers. Her home page offers tons of wine reviews, a food and wine matching wizard that gets as detailed as what goes with Asian dishes with black bean sauce, and you can also join 70 thousand other people there who have signed up for her free e-newsletter.
www.nataliemaclean.com

Ming Wo Cookware
I've been visiting this great shop in Vancouver's Chinatown for the past ten 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