Corner Café is an authentic greasy spoon run by an older Korean couple on Pemberton Avenue in North Vancouver. The menu is simple: all-day breakfast, burgers, sandwiches and coffee. Its interior has not been renovated since the ’40s. Eating there is like going back in time.

You won’t find it in Mexico, but in France, Desperados is available at every café, alimentation and grocery store. Desperados is a tequila flavored beer designed after the Mexican tradition of drinking beer with a shot of tequila. It’s 5.9%, available in regular and tallboy glass bottles, and it tastes a lot like ginger ale [...]

The LA Times reports, “Prompted by a recent surge of prosperity in the Middle East, the giant American beverage companies have engaged in a fierce race to win the soft-drink allegiance of Arabs, especially youth. In the last few years, Coca-Cola Co. and PepsiCo Inc. have recorded more than 10% growth in their annual sales [...]

Although domestic beers can be tasty and enjoyable, imports are where it’s really at. Like knowledge of fine wine, understanding good from bad beer says a lot about who you are as a person. For those that rarely venture beyond liquor store staples Kokanee and Canadian, here’s a list of affordable must try brewski’s that [...]

For those living in the developed world, consumerism is the dominant way of life and is to a large extent, inescapable. While it is possible to live a self-sustainable lifestyle if you are located in a rural area, the all-pervasive consumer superstructure is never out of reach. Although there are a few notable success stories [...]