October 4, 2014: The Farewell Feasts Begin! The Union! Crackle Creme!

I'm off to Toronto tomorrow, returning Friday.  That gives me eight dinners, roughly fifteen meals (minus the turducken/piecaken extravaganza I have planned for Canadian Thanksgiving next Sunday)  to enjoy in Vancouver before I leave it - for seven months! Last night, Akemi and I got together with our foodie friends, Nicole and Lan, for the…