The Downtown Eastside (DTES) is the oldest neighbourhood in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The neighbourhood has a rich and colourful history and a strong community fabric. There are many conflicting definitions of its perimeter but it can generally be viewed as being bordered by Cambie Street to the west, Clark Drive to the east, the waterfront to the north and Venables Street/Prior Avenue to the south, with Hastings Street running down the middle of the neighbourhood. Once the core shopping district in the city, many of the retail shops that flourished through the early 1980s are now long gone. The area spent some time in limbo but presently buildings are being renewed and many new businesses are engaging the community, taking up the challenge to operate in this sometimes difficult-to-gauge neigbourhood. Used syringes and condoms on neighborhood sidewalks are becoming less common due to the efforts of United We Can a charity organization that offers local people jobs cleaning up the streets each morning. Some Graffiti decorates buildings and walls and most DTES alleys are regularly used as makeshift toilet facilities. The area is noted for high incidences of poverty, drug addiction, prostitution, some violent crime, as well as an ongoing tradition of community activism. In recent years there have been tensions between developers and members of the community relating to gentrification development proposals.

Focaccia bread is a flat oven baked bread that has become very popular throughout North America. This focaccia bread recipe is absolutely delicious, with a slight flavor of rosemary and Parmesan cheese. Focaccia, is a perfect finger food for that special dinner party.

An estimated 46 million turkeys will be cooked and eaten this Thanksgiving. According to the National turkey Federation, 95 percent of Americans eat turkey at Thanksgiving. The vast majority of these turkey dinners will be the domesticated variety, but wild turkeys thrive throughout North America.

Lt. Colonel Oliver "Ollie" North speaks at the Annual Dinner hosted by Jackson, Mississippi's The Salvation Army. He discusses how his father had directly been affected by The Salvation Army while fighting in Germany during WWII. As a result, he came to know Christ and died knowing that he was going to meet his Creator in Heaven.

In recent weeks, the U.S. has been looking like Canada's answer to Mexico: Citizens from the Great White North have been traveling south to gobble up everything from steak dinners to multibillion-dollar banks on the cheap.

Designed & Made, the North East of England promotion and networking agency for contemporary crafts and design, is presenting a dinner party with a difference. Designers have been guided through a challenging visioning process by sustainable design facilitator Alastair Fuad-Luke, writer of The Eco-Design Handbook.