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If you made a resolution this year to eat more delicious food, try new things or treat yourself more often to a night out then you're in luck; it's time for Dine Out Vancouver 2012.
These weren’t complicated, unrealistic dishes that belonged only on menus in fancy restaurants. They were versatile enough to suit any gathering at any table---from raucous families to candle-lit coup