Alexandra Gill is The Globe and Mail's West Coast restaurant critic. She joined the newspaper in Toronto in 1997 and moved to Vancouver to serve as the Western arts correspondent, a position she held from 2001 to 2007. In 2005, her feature writing was nominated for a National Newspaper Award.
Let them eat cake during festive Diwali season
Families and popular gourmets in the Indian media are all for shaking up tradition with modern Diwali delicacies
‘Taste does not matter’ credo hard to digest
Documentary features avant-garde Spanish chef and former owner of the world’s most famous restaurant, the now-closed El Bulli restaurant
That’s amore: Vancouver discovers real Italian pizza
Maybe it’s poutine pie backlash, or the ubiquitous, greasy buck-a-slice, but Vancouver purists have finally risen up to demand the real deal
Go Fish 2 doesn’t disappoint
New sit-down restaurant is a truly exciting expansion of original fish shack with a more ambitious menu
B.C.’s Hawksworth restaurant falls short of dazzling
While there is much to praise here, a restaurant aiming to be adored by foodies from across the land needs to reach all the high notes
