Merry Christmas, Nancylanders! Wishing you a new year filled to the brim with amazing food adventures. Of course, one of my resolutions is to post more frequently! In the meantime, I just stumbled upon a very handy site - the ChefDB. I'm a big fan of film and IMDB, so it's great to learn of this resource where you can trace the careers and restaurants of chefs around the world:
http://www.chefdb.com
I was just trying to confirm that Andrey Durbach was the chef responsible for a beloved restaurant in my memory - Parkside, and the exact dates popped up on chefdb along with all his other past and present restaurants. I was thinking about this because I was reading about The Sardine Can and planning on trying this little tapas restaurant of his and his long time business partner. It's in Gastown and sounds great to me - I mean, I felt like I should have been born Spanish when I visited Spain. Feliz Navidad!
