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I had fresh-from-fryer McDonald's french fries yesterday and they were pretty good. Not as good as the ones at Red Fish Blue Fish or Willows Galley.

With the year 5771 coming up next week in the Jewish lunar calendar, Chabad Lubavitch of Vancouver Island is hosting Victoria's first Jewish New Year Fair.

Pig, the really compact View Street spot that serves terrific pulled pork and beef brisket sandwiches, is about to move into much larger quarters. Customers are being told that the new Pig will open at the Atrium on Sept. 20.

Tucked away in the bottom of a condo complex in a residential Langford neighbourhood, Evedar's is easy to miss, but that would be a mistake if you're hungry.

Free stores allow those of us who have too much stuff to give some of it away to others who can use it

Weird world of showbiz turns up to party in the square

After the sun goes down and most Victorians are fast asleep in their beds, a small but select group of people is just starting work.

Sadly, another chap who was a mem of our great club has passed. He did not go silently. As the end approached, he sat up in his hospital bed, pointed at his wife and shouted, "The arrowroot biscuit last night tasted very odd," then fell back dead.

Denise Williams specializes in designs for her people -- and they're buying

Food snobbery is out of control in North America. Don't get me wrong.