Where to Brunch New Year’s Day Vancouver 2015

It’s the morning after the night before and no matter what your New Year’s resolutions are you’ve still got to eat.  Start the year with something delicious and set the tone for a tasty year. Belgard Kitchen January 1st Open Brunch Service 11am-5pm Hosting a boozy brunch from 11am-5pm on January 1st to cure your…

Big Night 2015

Vancouver’s most exciting and exclusive culinary event, Big Night, welcomes over 500 food and wine enthusiasts, local celebrities and media for a glittering gala evening that truly lives up to its name. Each category-winning wine from Vancouver Magazine’s International Wine Competition is paired with a Restaurant Award winning chef, who creates a one-of-a-kind dish just…

A Few Options To Celebrate the New Year In Vancouver

L’Abattoir  L’Abattoir is offering up two ways for guests this year. Those seated in the main dining area will be served the full a la carte dinner including baked Pacific oysters with Burgundy truffle; juicy pork shoulder with boudin noir; or Pacific ling cod fillet with a crispy sesame crust. Behind the bar, Shaun Layton will keep the…

Secret Location 10-Course Dining Around The World

In 2015, Secret Location’s Chef Jefferson Alvarez encourages diners to “Take a journey with us and travel through Spain, Italy, France, Asia, Persia, and South America.” From the evening of January 5th to March 21st the restaurant will serve a 10 course dining experience for $95, including complimentary drinks. Spain | January 5-17 Italy | January 19-31 France | February…

Capilano Suspension Bridge Park Open Until January 3 2015

Glittering Lights, Towering Heights and Festive Nights You still have time to catch Canyon Lights at Capilano Suspension Bridge Park, the home of the world’s tallest living Christmas tree – 152 feet tall.  In fact we still haven’t go there yet and it’s a must for me every year! The entire park, including the famous suspension bridge, Treetops Adventure and…

CONTEST CLOSED Hamilton Beach Blender #Giveaway #Contest

Contest closed congrats to Jay and Hiroko! It’s almost a New Year and that means it’s time for some new items for you! We’ve partnered with Hamilton Beach to giveaway TWO BLENDERS. The MultiBlend™ Blender (53510) is designed specifically for food and beverage bending. Blend perfect smoothies, dips, salsa, hummus, and more Advanced blade design 48 oz., shatter-proof,…

Craft Beer Thursday at 39th and Cambie

It ain’t what it used to be at the BCLDB stores. Join the 39th & Cambie Beer Advocates on Thursday, January 8 from 4:00 – 6:30 p.m. and explore local craft beers new our BC market! Sip on craft beer while enjoying gourmet food pairings provided by Chef Céline Turenne.

Fitness Fridays Steve Nash Fitness And Diane’s Lingerie

Yes, you did read that headline correctly. We will be doing Fitness Fridays and Steve Nash Fitness World AND Diane’s Lingerie are an important part of this first post. Each week I’ll be featuring something fun that will help me, and therefore possibly you, achieve my/your fitness goals. The first week I had to get myself…

White Chocolate Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies

  This is an easy peasy recipe. 2 bowls. One dry and one wet. The key to this is having soft butter, meaning leaving it out on the counter for the day, and creaming it well. Also add the eggs one at a time….mix. AND same with the dry ingredients into the wet, slow down….

Bernard Noir Chocolate Boutique

Tucked away on Pender Street is a sweet little cafe and chocolate shop that recently opened offering soups, sandwiches, excellent baked goods and of course, chocolate. Owners Bernard and Yutta Schwartz, have designed their own gorgeous chocolates, and all stock a few other brands such as Michel Cluizel. What we loved was there vast selection of…

All I Want For Christmas With Prevail

Prevail may be known best for his hip hop art as a member of Swollen Members, but he’s also the editor of PrevailPrevail, a guide to the good life, and contributes to Montecristo Magazine.  You might find him hosting an event you attend as he hosts many around town including fundraisers and product launches, and he’s…

President’s Choice Holiday Tastes

Counting down to holiday dinner and we see a few things missing from our table. We’ll be hitting up President’s Choice for a few last minute items so we can spend our time decking the halls and concentrating on that turkey!   PC Black Label Pomegranate Lemon Sparkle for the non drinkers in our house…

Christmas Goodies Terra Breads

Not sure how you are doing in the last few days before Christmas, but we are feeling a little overwhelmed! There’s turkey to debone, a tree that needs decorating and a ton of cleaning that simply must occur before our guests arrive. So while I’m am whipping up some cookies today, I need some serious…

Pink Spatula Holiday Marshmallows

Hot chocolate will never be the same once you float one of Tina Bacon’s Pink Spatula decadent handcrafted marshmallow atop your mug! These pillowy soft treats are handcrafted in small batched with real ingredient such as fresh fruit, liqueurs and spices. Her Winter Marshmallow Collection includes Ginger Spice, with a of black pepper, Chocolate-Rippled Pomegranate, Peppermint and Toasted Coconut….

Atelier Micro Store Wild Sweets Holiday Hours

Wild Sweets® By Dominique & Cindy Duby beta version of its new and novel concept — The Atelier Micro-Store — acts as an extension of the Wild Sweets® By Dominique & Cindy Duby online Virtual Boutique. Local Metro Vancouver customers now have an opportunity to pick up not only items they have ordered online, but…

All I Want For Christmas With Fiona Forbes

Fiona Forbes, one of our favourite television personalities, just announced she’s hosting a new talk show, appropriately named, Fiona Forbes! It’s billed as “A 30-minute gabfest including a fun & casual personality-driven conversation, followed by candid panel commentary about headlines that are making waves in pop culture.” Look forward to insightful interviews with celebs and public…

Temper Pastry Stocking Stuffers

There’s still time to nip in to Temper Pastry where Chef Steven Hodge has gotten creative with his seasonal chocolate sculptures to capture the holidays.  There’s an adorable Temper Reindeer, a Temper Snowman and Temper-style ‘Grinch’ Tree.  Lots of exquisite chocolate boxes in all sizes and great stocking stuffers such as chocolate Candy-cane bark, a chocolate Santa boot,…

All I Want for Christmas With Natalie Langston

If you have Novus TV, you will have seen Natalie Langston on channel 4 hosting their most popular show, “City Lights,” an entertainment, lifestyle and events-based look at the city of Vancouver.  She thrives on chasing down the next story and bringing out the lighter side. When she’s not covering the hottest events, hitting a red carpet…

Criollo’s Chocolate Liquers

Looking for a last minute stocking stuffer? Criollo’s dual pack of premium chocolate liquers are the perfect addition of pure liquid luxury. Criollo is a premium chocolate liqueur made with the rare Criollo cocoa bean. Criollo comes in Chocolate Raspberry Truffle as well as our favourtie of the two the Chocolate Sea Salted Caramel. Enjoy this amazing liquer…

A Better Life Foundation Funds Raised Go To End Hunger

Kudos to all that participated in the 24-hour famine to promote awareness and raise funds for food security in the DTES. On December 19th at 6pm over twenty stellar individual reported to Save On Meats and remained “lock in” until 6am. A full night of workshops were held to help solve food security issues in the community. While the…