More Eatery (Campbell River, BC)

A lifetime ago I wrote a rambling treatise on how to stay sane in the culinary industry. I’ll spare everyone and summarize what, back then I thought would save cooks from burning out in a pre-covid world that already had it in for our tortured little industry: Love. You really had to love eating and kitchen folk and the process of cleaning, prepping and transforming food. I’m ashamed to admit it but despite my own words etched into the internet, I abandoned my tribe nearly two years ago after losing the love.

Fortunately people much smarter, more resourceful and talented stuck around. People like Joe, Carmen and the team over at More Eatery love what they do and do a damn fine job of it. They opened a restaurant in the middle of the pandemic, in a small town that often doesn’t understand good food, in the abandoned location that housed a legendary local diner. Any one of these factors alone would have smothered a fledgling kitchen, but they quickly clawed their way to the top of the town’s eating scene and have had a regular clientele since, me included.

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Eat | Drink | Cheap Episode 16 – Celery

One of the most maligned vegetables on the dinner table used to be one of it’s brightest stars! Simon and Shawn wind through the stages of grief and discuss all things celery. Hey, it’s not all gloom and doom! 

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

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Music by John Palmer

Show notes and Shout Outs:

Amazon Classics: https://www.amazon.ca/b?ie=UTF8&node=17278410011

Ethiopian Honey Wine: https://www.atlasobscura.com/foods/tej-ethiopian-honey-wine

Braised Celery and Tomato: https://www.saveur.com/article/Recipes/Sedano-e-Pomodori-Brasati-Braised-Celery-and-Tomato/

Celery Leaf Gremolata: https://tanthillfarm.com/2015/03/22/leaf-celery-gremolata/

Some Things In Life are Inevitable – Leftover Celery Is One of Them: https://www.bonappetit.com/story/leftover-celery-recipes

Formis Sur un Buche: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ants_on_a_log

Dr. Brown’s Cel-Ray Soda: https://www.seriouseats.com/dr-browns-cel-ray-celery-soda-history

Brundo Spice Company: https://www.brundo.com/

The Comet Is Coming: https://www.thecometiscoming.co.uk/

Seriously… Google “Celery Vase” it’s pretty fascinating!

Gladstone Brewing (Courtenay, BC)

Gladstone Brewing is one of the Comox Valley’s most beloved institutions. It’s the flagship brewery of the North Vancouver Island craft brewing scene and it’s an absolute blotch upon EDB’s already sketchy reputation that we’ve only just got around to discussing them. For shame!

I’m definitely familiar with the brewery’s work. In fact I’ve drank quite a bit more of Gladstone’s beer at various local restaurants than I have almost any other local brewery. I’ll also admit to frittering away more than a few afternoons at the brewery proper, debating proper pizza dough thickness with Chef Matt while quaffing some seriously tasty craft beer. Read More