Brownstone Restaurant (Kamloops, BC)

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Two cities could not be more different than Squamish, which we left mere days ago and Kamloops, where we find ourselves now. Squamish was a quiet, compact, college and outdoor sports town, Kamloops a sprawling spaghetti of onramps and railyards. Squamptons prefer their food and drink unfussy while Kamloopers relish the theatre of “a big night out”.

Crystal and I were also hankering for one of those big nights out so we squared some reservations at Brownstone in the heart of what we were told was downtown Kamloops. We stumbled in early for our reservation after scoring a cheap copy of Marquis Moon by Television over at Barnacle Records a few blocks down. It was one of the few businesses we found to be open.

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Backcountry Brewing (Squamish, BC)

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You can feel the peculiar energy as you walk around pretty much anywhere in Squamish. It’s there downtown while your buying groceries and wafts around in Brackendale’s backwoods, you even get it up in Garibaldi Heights. It’s omnipresent, a feeling of electricity that you might attribute to the towering skyline, but it’s not all just mountains so close you could jog to them… It’s right in front of you: It’s a feeling of youthful exuberance!

Everyone here is so damn young! It’s like they politely asked everyone over the age of 60 to leave and sold all the houses to 30-something couples with four kids, no-one over 15% body fat, please. They are everywhere, jogging and mountain biking, opening yoga studios and breweries like Backcountry Brewing.

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Blogging, Bannock and Eventually a 2025 Beer List

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Looking back, it’s amazing to me that in the early years of this blog I banged out two beer lists a year. Either I was drinking ten times the amount and variety of beer I drink now… possible, or I had far more disposable time to dedicate to writing as I have now.

Scrolling down my mid-2000s ubiquitous right blog sidebar it looks like I can barely get off my ass to do a blog post a year, which is a bit melancholy and also a tad misleading. It’s not for love… Food blogs didn’t die the way I was predicting back when I wrote this and I didn’t slow down due to work. In fact, I have MORE free time now that I’m not in a professional kitchen.

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Eat | Drink | Cheap Episode 45 – Aftershifter with Jess

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It’s been a while, but I promise the wait is worth it! Simon and Shawn have a special guest for another Aftershifter episode where we go deep into kitchen music, hot sauce and mental health in the culinary industry. Lots of shenanigans ensue!

Questions, comments or corrections? Hit us up at email@eatdrinkcheap.ca

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eadrinkbreathe.com/podcast

Music by John Palmer

Show notes and Shout Outs:

DESPLIFFING BRIT on KINGDOM COME DELIVERANCE: https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?q=DESPLIFFING+BRIT+on+KINGDOM+COME+DELIVERANCE&mid=131CEB995E9BFBE525FF131CEB995E9BFBE525FF&FORM=VIRE

Hot Ones: https://www.youtube.com/c/FirstWeFeast/videos

The Last Dab: https://heatonist.com/products/hot-ones-hot-sauce-the-last-dab

ART PEPPER Co. BBQ SMOKED MAPLE HOT SCE: https://arkpepperco.com/products/bbq-smoked-maple

QUEEN MAJESTY – RED HABANERO AND BLACK COFFEE SCE: https://queenmajestyhotsauce.com/products/08-red-habanero-black-coffee-hot-sauce-10oz

Dirty Dicks Hot Sauce: https://www.dirtydickshotsauce.com/

JESS Garner on MIXCLOUD: https://www.mixcloud.com/JessGarner/

Pair A Dice Games: https://www.pair-a-dice.com/

Walking Tour Of Vancouver: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-twcUHM5WQ

Music References: Too Many to Link….

Eat | Drink | Cheap Episode 44 – Beans

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Simon and Shawn avoid the apocalypse and bunker down with Mesoamerica’s finest fibre and protein rich legume. Plus a surprising amoun of talk about wargaming and how to deal when your hero is a monster.

Questions, comments or corrections? Hit us up at email@eatdrinkcheap.ca

eatdrinkcheap.ca

eadrinkbreathe.com/podcast

Music by John Palmer

Show notes and Shout Outs:

When Your Hero Is a Monster: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T31HKuabyMA

Summer Savoury: https://www.albertcountymuseum.com/news/2017/7/20/summer-savory-the-herb-of-acadie

Cassoulet: https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/classic-cassoulet

Elk Chilli: https://www.eatdrinkbreathe.com/elk-chilli/

White Sails Brewing: https://whitesailsbrewing.com/beer/

Sober Carpenter Brewing:  https://sobercarpenter.com/