About John Burns John Burns is a Vancouver-based journalist and editor at the Georgia Straight, Canada's largest alternative weekly, who writes frequently on food, trends, and publishing. He is a frequent contributor to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Books by John Burns The Urban Picnic Being the Idiosyncratic and Lyrically Recollected Account of Menus, Recipes, History, Trivia, and Admonishons on the Subject of Al Fresco Dining in Cities Both Large and Small by (author) John Burns & Elisabeth Caton illustrated by Jennifer Lyon
