{"id":2643,"date":"2013-07-27T19:26:14","date_gmt":"2013-07-28T02:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/geoffmobile.com\/blog\/meeru-dhalwala-co-founder-of-vijs-restaurant-and-rangoli-food-talks-volume-8-in-vancouver"},"modified":"2013-07-27T19:28:22","modified_gmt":"2013-07-28T02:28:22","slug":"meeru-dhalwala-co-founder-of-vijs-restaurant-and-rangoli-food-talks-volume-8-in-vancouver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geoffmobile.com\/blog\/meeru-dhalwala-co-founder-of-vijs-restaurant-and-rangoli-food-talks-volume-8-in-vancouver","title":{"rendered":"Meeru Dhalwala, co-founder of Vij&#8217;s Restaurant and Rangoli &#8211; Food Talks Volume 8 in Vancouver"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-container-outer\">\n<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe class=\"video-iframe\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_VHH37vE-o8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>This evening was organized by Richard Wolak, Vancouver Foodster.<\/p>\n<p>Speaker shown in this video is:<\/p>\n<p>Meeru Dhalwala, co-founder of Vij&#8217;s Restaurant and Rangoli<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MeeruDhalwala\" class=\"autohyperlink\">twitter.com\/MeeruDhalwala<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vijs.ca\/\" class=\"autohyperlink\">www.vijs.ca\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is Meeru&#8217;s bio, courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/foodtalks.ca\" class=\"autohyperlink\">foodtalks.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meeru Dhalwala was born in India and moved to Washington, DC, at a very young age with her parents. In DC, she worked with various international non-profit organizations on human rights and economic development projects. She received her Master&#8217;s degree in Development Studies from Bath University in England. In 1995 Meeru moved to Vancouver and joined her husband, Vikram, to work at his newly opened restaurant, Vij&#8217;s. She quickly took over the menu responsibilities and has been creating new recipes since the summer of 1995.<\/p>\n<p>In 2002, Meeru and Vikram opened up a second restaurant and market called Rangoli. Meeru continues to work closely with her all-female kitchen staff &#8212; all of whom hail from villages in the Punjab &#8212; to experiment with various cooking techniques and spice combinations. In addition to her responsibility for the recipes at Vij&#8217;s and Rangoli, she is also responsible for their packaged gourmet curries, which are sold at Rangoli and many gourmet markets across Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Meeru&#8217;s particular interest and focus at Vij&#8217;s and Rangoli is to forge business relationships with other local businesses and farmers. She is committed to improving her business environmental footprint. In 2009, Meeru signed up Vij&#8217;s to join local CSA (community supported agriculture) farms and has started long-term business relationships with various BC farmers. Meeru&#8217;s special community project is an annual international food fair called &#8220;Joy of Feeding&#8221; that is held every summer in Vancouver. Joy of Feeding features 15 &#8212; 16 home cooks of various ethnic backgrounds and professions showcasing their family favorite comfort foods.  This event is held at UBC Farm and is also a fundraiser for the farm.<\/p>\n<p>Meeru and Vikram have penned two cookbooks: Vij&#8217;s: Elegant and Inspired Indian Cuisine, which won Cuisine Canada&#8217;s 2007 Gold Award for Best Cookbook, and Vij&#8217;s at Home: Relax, Honey. Meeru also wrote a regular monthly column called Food for Thought for the Vancouver Sun for over a year and was a regular Point Person for CBC radio&#8217;s 2009 national show The Point. In November 2012, Meeru opened a new restaurant called Shanik, in Seattle, Washington in partnership with Oguz Istif, who is also involved in heading finance and operations for the Vij&#8217;s companies in Vancouver.<\/p>\n<p>Food Talks is an evening of expert speakers from the Vancouver Food community.<\/p>\n<p>To hear more speakers from Food Talks please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/geoffmobile.com\/blog\/category\/food-talks-vancouver\" class=\"autohyperlink\">geoffmobile.com\/blog\/category\/food-talks-vancouver<\/a><br \/>\nor foodtalks.ca<\/p>\n<p>Food Talks Volume 8 was held in Vancouver BC Canada on June 11th 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Presented by Richard Wolak, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/VanFoodster\" class=\"autohyperlink\">twitter.com\/VanFoodster<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/vancouverfoodster.com\" class=\"autohyperlink\">vancouverfoodster.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As featured on <a href=\"http:\/\/geoffmobile.com\" class=\"autohyperlink\">geoffmobile.com<\/a><br \/>\nPresented by <a href=\"http:\/\/Foodtalks.ca\" class=\"autohyperlink\">Foodtalks.ca<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/vancouverfoodster.com\" class=\"autohyperlink\">vancouverfoodster.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Videography by Geoff Peters of Birds in the House Productions <a href=\"http:\/\/birdsinthehouse.com\" class=\"autohyperlink\">birdsinthehouse.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Filmed at the Westin Grand, 433 Robson Street, Vancouver BC Canada<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.westingrandvancouver.com\" class=\"autohyperlink\">www.westingrandvancouver.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Closing music by Laundryman <a href=\"http:\/\/laundrymanmusic.com\" class=\"autohyperlink\">laundrymanmusic.com<\/a> used with permission.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_VHH37vE-o8&#038;feature=youtube_gdata_player\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" height=\"90\"  src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/_VHH37vE-o8\/0.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  width=\"120\" height=\"90\"  src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/_VHH37vE-o8\/0.jpg\" \/><br \/>Meeru Dhalwala, co-founder of Vij&#8217;s Restaurant and Rangoli &#8211; 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