At a party recently, a neighbour asked me some interesting questions. He wanted to know what aspects of home, (the UK), I missed most whilst living in Canada and what I found to be the most intriguing things about Vancouver. What I miss most about the UK required some thought, because there are many things, but the most intriguing things about Vancouver took only a minute of brain time. The food, I replied. More specifically, what I have learnt about the food of different cultures such as Vietnamese, Japanese, Korean etc. What I actually forgot to mention was what I have also learnt about the food of North America.