Hip Sips

Fundraiser for Rotary Hearing Health Care Program An evening to taste the latest trends in fine wine and spirits—paired with gourmet bites from the always hip Boneta Restaurant—and to raise much needed funds for important work in Uganda. Enjoy grower champagne, gin cocktails, wine on tap, chilled reds and wines from the cellar. Event Info:…

Contest closed #contest #win Cocolico and Van Houtte $150 Gift Basket

Congrats to @greenjean ftw Are you bold and woodsy or mellow and fruity? Why do we need a coffee profile? Well, much like how we choose different wines for different foods to create a memorable experience, coffee is another wonderful way to learn about our palates and taste preferences. What is YOUR coffee profile? Coffee Profiles®…

Island Chefs Food Fest

Join us this June 10, 2012 to Eat Food & Fund Farms at the Island Chefs 5th Annual Fundraiser. A highlight of Vancouver Island’s festival year — chefs from some of the finest restaurants on the West Coast are working together to raise public awareness of local sustainability issues and support for locally produced food….

Celebrity Chefs, Competitions, and Cooking Classes Mark 10 Years of Eating

The EAT! Vancouver Food + Cooking Festival celebrates its tenth year of all things food, returning to its former home at the newly renovated BC Place Stadium on June 1-3, 2012. And who best to celebrate the anniversary by making his 10th appearance on the ever-popular Food Network Celebrity Stage presented by Born 3 Eggs: Vancouver’s own Iron Chef America winner and Cactus Club Restaurants…

Hart House Announces Dates of 2012 Summer Garden Parties

Hart House’s annual garden parties are one of the highlights of the summer for food and wine lovers.  Each evening starts with a casual wine tasting with offerings from the featured region.  Guests may purchase a bottle or two from the specially-selected wine list to pair with the al fresco dinner that follows, which is…

Best of BC Wines Uncorked – May 26

Spring Festival: The Best of BC Wines Uncorked is a semi-annual wine tasting event that showcases new and current releases from top BC wineries and raises funds for the Port Moody Arts Centre. The event is being held at the Port Moody City Hall Galleria on Saturday, May 26th, 2012 from 7:00pm to 9:30pm.  Each season…

Swallow Tail Summer of Love

Summer of Love  – The latest pop-up restaurant creation.  It’s on a lazy Sunday, June 3, 2012. Imagine: Sit down on your blanket under a tree, lay back and relax.  Hear the music?  It will find and lead you into our hidden lounge.  Soft silk pillows await; dining Roman style. The Food: This is a treat!…

EAT! Vancouver Joins Pop-Up Trend with Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts’s Pop Up Culinary Centre

Vancouver’s had its share of pop-up markets, retail stores, and donut shops. Now, the EAT! Vancouver Food + Cooking Festival on June 1-3 is jumping on the pop-up bandwagon by presenting the Pop-Up Culinary Centre in conjunction with long-time EAT! exhibitor, Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts (PICA). This isn’t your typical quiche or cookie baking home economics class. Nine different classes – teaching…

Take Your Website To The Next Level: Photography Techniques and Marketing

Take Your Website To The Next Level: Photography Techniques and Marketing You love to share your passion on your blog. You write killer copy, but somehow you feel like something is missing: Something to look at, something to support your words and create more impact.  Perhaps what’s missing is a beautiful photo. Join us on…

Minami Restaurant Opening June 2012

Seigo Nakamura, CEO of Aburi Restaurants Canada opens second restaurant in Vancouver Aburi Restaurants Canada is pleased to announce the opening of its second Vancouver establishment, Minami Restaurant, on June 5, 2012 at 1118 Mainland Street in Yaletown. This is the sister project to Miku Restaurant, located in Coal Harbour, which opened in 2008. “I am…

Van Houtte Introduces Coffee Profiles And Recipes from Wendy Boys

Are you bold and woodsy or mellow and fruity? Why do we need a coffee profile? Well, much like how we choose different wines for different foods to create a memorable experience, coffee is another wonderful way to learn about our palates and taste preferences. Every person has a preferred blend, roast and pairing that…

National Casting for Food Network Canada’s Next Top Chef – onsite at EAT

Open Now Until June 19 –Casting Details and Applications Available at www.topchefcanada.ca Shaw Media is thrilled to announce today the renewal of its number one Food Network Canada series, Top Chef Canada.  Since the launch of season one in April 2011, the Canadian adaptation of the international smash hit has consistently been Food Network’s top ranked series.  A national casting…

A Canadian Tribute to Bacon at the Take Out Window

On Friday, May 18, the start of Victoria Day long weekend, Edible Canada at the Market is reopening their busy Take Out Window for the summer. Building on last year’s incredible success at their Granville Island location, the culinary team has created a brand new menu centered on the global infatuation with bacon – with…

For the Love of Prawns – Powell River

Spot Prawn Festival Powell River Westview Wharf – June 16, 2012 FREE admission. Fun for the whole family. Come and GET TRAPPED at the Prawn Festival! FREE admission – Westview Wharf. Llots of activities for families. A colouring raffle contest will be distributed through local schools. MORE prawns to eat MORE ways! Chef demonstrations and…

Afternoon Tea at Fleuri Restaurant at The Sutton Place Hotel Vancouver

Afternoon Tea is something I adore.  It means catching up with friends and enjoy a pot of tea, savories and sweets.  Who doesn’t enjoy little tea sandwiches, cupcakes or variations of depending on who is hosting the tea and what the theme is; there are endless possibilities. After The Sutton Place Grande Hotels Group bought The Meridian Hotel…

Anna Olson at Edible Canada – Recipes

Anna Olson is now on her seventh cookbook, Back to Baking – 200 Timeless Recipes to Bake, Share, and Enjoy.  Last Saturday she joined Edible Canada at The Market, at their bistro to demo recipes from this cookbook and others. The team from Edible Canada, Chef Tom Lee, Sous Chef Jack Lin and the kitchen crew…

Butter on the Endive Pops-Up Again

Chef Owen Lightly of Butter on the Endive is pleased to be hosting the second Chef In Residence, with collaborators Adam Chandler of BETA 5 Chocolates, James Town of Mikuni Wild Harvest, Blue Owl Antiques, Tonio Creanza, & Luis Valdizon. The Michas family, owners of the Connaught building and Blue Owl Antiques on the corner of Broadway and Vine have…

VCBW Opening Night

VCBW Opening Night Overture Presented by Darby’s Public House & Liquor Store FRIDAY May 18 – 5:00pm – 10:00pm Every great rock song begins with an overture – Skynyrd’s Free Bird, Zeppelin’s Stairway to Heaven, AC/DC’s Thunderstruck – a great beer week is no different, you have to open strong. With that in mind VCBW and Darby’s…

Cloverdale Cowboy Cook-Off BBQ Competition

FIRE UP THE GRILL AT THE FIRST EVER CLOVERDALE COWBOY COOK-OFF BBQ COMPETITION Get ready for secret recipes that have been passed on for generations, aromas that will make your mouth water and the best food ever served on a paper plate at the first ever Cloverdale Cowboy Cook Off BBQ Competition during this year’s Cloverdale…