Undercover – wines under $19.95

Performance Works  7:30PM – 9:30 PM -Granville Island-1218 Cartwright Street Tickets $37 Order Online! Discover great wine at a great price and meet like minded folk! RAYMOND JAMES/LIONSGATE FINANCIAL UNDERCOVER is a unique, entertaining wine tasting on October 29th, 2009 at Performance Works on Granville Island. Targeting wine with the most “bang for your buck” (under $19.95),…

Introduction to tea – Tea sommelier basic level – Course one

October 14th and 15th 11 am – 5 pm This extensive two-day course, offered in Vancouver for the first time, is the introductory session in the Certified Tea Sommelier program. Led by Bill Kamula and Stephen Field, chef instructors at George Brown College Centre for Hospitality and Culinary Arts, in Toronto. Early Bird (Before October…

The Good Life on The Buzz 1410 a.m.

This week on The Good Life we talk with Patrick Corsi, owner of Q4, the new name for Quattro on Fourth Avenue in Kits.  Wine this week is a Fraser Valley River’s Bend 2007 Pinot Gris and we chat about what to do over the coming week. Listen live at 4:15 pm on Wednesdays on…

Retro Pricing on Pasta at Q4 (Quattro on Fourth)

Patrick Corsi, part of the father and son partnership behind Quattro Restaurants for 15 years, and proprietor of the newly named Q4 restaurant, located at 2611 West 4th Avenue, is pleased to announce some good old fashioned pricing on the restaurant’s best known dish: pasta! Visit the restaurant on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday nights and…

Wild Rice Sends Diners Over the Moon

Every culture has its harvest festival to celebrate the bounty of the land. In China, the Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival, is steeped in rich culinary traditions stemming from ancient myths and lore. An agrarian society, old China’s villages followed the lunar cycles that dictated the planting and harvest times. With the…

Wine on the Mountain “Arouse your Senses”

$150 per ticket  (approximately $50 of ticket is tax receiptable) Situated at the top of spectacular Grouse Mountain, 350 guests ride up to the Peak of Vancouver and enter the heart of the Alpine Lodge. Here, surrounded by breath taking views, our acclaimed “Wine on the Mountain” wine and food pairing fundraising party, benefiting the Adoptive Families Association of BC, begins. Our…

One of a Kind Show

October 8-11 – The One of a Kind Show is Canada’s finest craft show, bringing innovative artists, craftspeople, and designers together to share their unique creations with the rest of the world. With a proud focus on homegrown talent, our shows bring together the best of Canada, for a personal shopping experience like no other….

Senova Has New Owners

It is with mixed emotions that Manuel Ferreira announces the sale of his restaurant Senova. September 28th, Roger and Nacimce Rasiah take possession of Kerrisdale’s favourite dining spot. Plans at this time are to keep the restaurant name and concept the same, with the talented kitchen and front of house remaining. Ferreira continues at the…

Early October at The Cookshop at City Square

TAPAS TONIGHT! – PARTICIPATION – Monday, September 28th – 6:00 – 9:00pm Join Executive Chef Romy Prasad as he teaches you how to prepare an array of delicious tapas. These items are perfect for entertaining and will sure to be a hit at your next cocktail party or get- together. In this hands-on class you…

Mission Hill Family Estate to host BC’s Premier Celebrity Chefs

Okanagan Book Launch & Charity Dinner: Chefs’ Table Society, Vancouver Cooks 2 Forget what you’ve heard about too many cooks in the kitchen, Mission Hill Family Estate will host the official launch of the Chefs’ Table Society of British Columbia cookbook, Vancouver Cooks 2, with an exclusive reception and five-course dinner, October 9. Sharing the…

Slow Cooker Comfort Food by Judith Finalyson

275 Soul-Satisfying Recipes – by Judith Finlayson “My concept of comfort food is warm and welcoming and provides a sense of sustenance — a kind of culinary haven in a heartless world. But most of all it is delicious. When things seem grim, there is nothing like a mouth-watering bite of something delectable to set…

Mount Pleasant Cheese Europe vs. Canada

Greetings, fellow cheese aficionados! On Thursday October 1st, Mount Pleasant Cheese is continuing our autumn wine and cheese tasting service. The European Challenge We are very proud to bring you the finest artisanal cheeses Canada has to offer and will continue to do so!We thought we’d challenge our European friends with a selection of cheeses…

Sea Cider Farm & Ciderhouse Celebrates Apple Day

Sea Cider Farm & Ciderhouse Celebrates its 1st Apple Day With Open House on Sunday, September 27th, 11 am to 6pm, 2487 Mt. St. Michael Rd, Saanichton, BC Sea Cider welcomes the community to bring forth fruit to the “Apple Roadshow” as part of its first Apple Day with open house Sunday, September 27th.  The…

News From Living Oceans

Click  – Tell the government to remove open net-cage salmon farms from the Wild Salmon Narrows! Out-migrating Fraser River sockeye salmon may be affected by sea lice from 30 open net-cage salmon farms there. Sea lice part of Fraser River sockeye crash? The disastrous crash of most of this year’s Fraser River sockeye salmon run…

News from Joe Chaput at Les Amis and Au Petit Chavignol

We want to give you an update regarding roadwork near our Vancouver store on 2nd Avenue near Burrard. We want to you to know that we are open for business as usual. Traffic / Parking Update The City of Vancouver is doing roadwork and replacing water and sewer mains near our Vancouver store on 2nd…

Canadian Chef’s Congress at Providence Farm

Canadian Chefs’ Congress Announces Providence Farm as the host location for 2010 The Canadian Chefs’ Congress 2010 steering committee, in association with the Canadian Chefs’ Congress and The Chefs’ Table Society of BC, is excited to announce that British Columbia has been honoured with the opportunity to host the next sitting of the Congress, which…

Irish Heather Long Table Series continues

Irish Heather Weather Is Here! – Time For A Pot Pie & A Pint The phenomenal success of our LTS Dinners keeps rolling on. Currently every date in September and several in October are fully booked. For information click HERE In keeping with the notion that you can’t get enough of a good thing, we…

Sazerac Supper at The Irish Heather

Sazerac Supper w/exclusive bourbons DATE: Monday September 28th 2009 TIME: 7:30pm to 10pm VENUE: reception in Shebeen, tasting and dinner on the Long Table KEY SPEAKER: Andrew Starritt, Cask Strength PRICE: $40 plus Tax and 15% Service 7:30pm Reception at Shebeen – Sazerac cocktail served 8:15pm Tastings with Andrew Skarritt on Long Table 9:15pm Supper…

Winter 2009-2010 at Sun Peaks Resort

NEW Air Access, Restaurants, Hotel and an Expanded Festival New air access, hotels and retail outlets await skiers and riders at Sun Peaks this winter as they escape the crowds and hassles of other destinations. Air Access Improves Beginning November 1, 2009, WestJet Airlines will expand its service to Kamloops and Sun Peaks with a…