Some fun news from our favourite neighbourhood restaurants! Four restaurants in the Vancouver neighborhood of Kitsilano collaborate via Instagram to bring awareness to the growing cocktail culture forming in the neighborhood. For the month of November AnnaLena, Maenam, Mission Kits and Supermarine welcome guests to enjoy a craft cocktail at their establishments and Instagram a…
Month: October 2015
Hallow Night Spritz Cocktail
Gin, who doesn’t love it? Why not mix up something with a Canadian Gin in this Hallow Night Spritz cocktail from Ungava Gin! Taking its name from the expansive unspoiled region bordering Ungava Bay in northern Quebec, Ungava Gin is made from a combination of rare arctic plants and herbs that are harvested by hand…
Halloween on Main Street
If you are looking for more treats than tricks this Halloween, The Cascade Room, The Union, El Camino’s and Charlie’s Little Italian are all featuring their Halloween promotions on Saturday, October 31 — with lots of delicios food & drink specials. Instagramers can also win by dressing up and snapping a picture with one of the restaurants’ scary…
GUY-FAWKES-TOBERFEST New Westminster Re-Up BBQ
GUY-FAWKES-TOBERFEST: A Fanciful Un-Holiday for the Late Autumn blues We love RE-Up BBQ and are saddened to hear that a member of their team is having some serious medical issues. BUT, you can help by atteding this feast and entering a meat draw with funds going to the family in need. At the Guy-Fawkes-toberfest Re-Up…
Spooky Avocado Recipes
While we are not fully in Halloween Mode (apart from a plastic bat on the fireplace and the finding of Michael’s devil horns) I am still thinking I may at least whip up a few things tomorrow in honour of the occassion. I may even dig out my witch costume if I get motivated. Since…
Taste of Yaletown
There’s still three more nights to enjoy Taste of Yaletown! We’ve checked out a few spots and there’s still time for you to do so! Featured menus, special tastings and innovative pairings abound! Either $25, $35, or $45. A portion of profits from each meal served during Taste of Yaletown is donated to The Greater Vancouver…
#Modifry with McCain #SuperFries
McCain Fries Deserve More Than Just Ketchup While we love a good french fry dipped in ketchup, or even better with a little aioli, we decided to kick it up a notch and go for a slightly more posh topping for a recent dinner party! We featured Ocean Wise seafood in this “Seafood Poutine” and…
Fitness Fridays – The Dailey Method and Ice Breaker – GLV Spruces Up
Continuing GLV Spruces Up with The Dailey Method Studio Well it’s been a week since I started Dailey Method Barre and Cycle Classes and I’ve now been five times and have the stickers to prove it! (I’m also in the photo above, but WAY, WAY in the back – I swear). Keeping accountable is the…
TEDxVancouver 2015
TEDxVancouver 2015 is coming! Saturday, November 14, 2015 Link to purchase tickets: http://tedxvancouver.com/countdown/ 9:00AM-5:30pm at the theatre at Rogers Arena 800 Griffiths Way Vancouver Tickets: $99.00 TEDxVancouver returns for its seventh edition and will be the largest TEDx event in the city’s history! This year’s theme is ID – a unique focus on the conceptions and realities…
October 21 – Restaurants for Change
It’s TODAY! Dine at JamJar, Burdock & Co and My Shanti and support healthy food and food security. Restaurants for Change supporting food security! Restaurants for Change is an annual fundraising event that brings together some of Canada’s best restaurants to create change in our food system. On October 21, 50+ of Canada’s best restaurants…
Canadian Beef #GIVEAWAY with Hopcott Farms
Canadian Beef #GIVEAWAY with Hopcott Farms for a $100 GC to the storefront! Thanks to all for the votes! I had thrown my hat in the ring Canadian Beef Ambassador, but didn’t read the rules properly (girl has to slow it down!), so have had to withdraw for now, although I’ll still be rooting for keeping…
The Ultimate Lobster Experience Heads To Vancouver
We’ve partnered with Sam Adams to help spread the news about a series of tasty lobster dinners in Vancouver and Squamish! Chef Matt Dean Pettit of Toronto’s Rock Lobster Restaurants and cookbook author of THE GREAT LOBSTER COOKBOOK, in partnership with Samuel Adams beer, will be travelling to Vancouver, B.C., to collaborate with three talented…
THE ULTIMATE GIRLS WEEKEND AT THE 15TH ANNUAL WEST COAST WOMEN’S SHOW
Western Canada’s Largest Women’s Show The West Coast Women’s Show offers the Ultimate Girl’s Weekend, October 16, 17 & 18 at the TRADEX Trade & Exhibition Centre in Abbotsford. With more than 400 exhibiter booths, five stages and a variety of show specials and giveaways, the West Coast Women’s Show is Western Canada’s largest show…
Avocado Pasta Sauce with Macaroni, Olives and Tomatoes
Avocado Pasta Sauce There’s bound to a few leftovers in your fridge from time to time and rather than wasting them, I find the best way to use things up is either soup, or pasta. We had some post-Thanksgiving ham in the fridge, so I whipped up some Avocados from Mexico Sauce and added in…
TRANSFORMING FOOD WASTE WITH “UGLY DUCKLING” DINNER
#NOFOODWASTED: ACCLAIMED LOCAVORE CHEF DAVID GUNAWAN AIMS TO TRANSFORM FOOD WASTE, PERCEPTIONS WITH “UGLY DUCKLING” DINNERS Five-Course Menu Calls Attention to Sustainability Issues, “Trash Cooking” Concept by Showcasing Dishes Featuring Usually Overlooked, Often Discarded Offcuts and Outcasts Royal Dinette Chef/Owner David Gunawan’s waste-not, want-not culinary values come into focus this fall with a duo of Ugly Duckling…
Vancouver’s Sustenance Festival Brings Communities Together
From October 13-25, 2015 all around Vancouver, Vancouver’s Sustenance Festival Brings Communities Together Art, Culture, Food and Sustainability – As We Are, Together From October 13 until October 25, 2015 Vancouver’s Sustenance Festival focuses on making connections in your communities through a series of events focused on food preservation, gardening, and the right to food….
Sunday Der Brunch Oktoberfest
What better way to brunch than with beer, pretzels, and sausage during a German Harvest Haus Festival! General Admission includes: A four hour Oktoberfest-inspired seating, with access to the Harvest Haus Halle alongside hundreds of other autumn revelers Theatrical keg tapping opening ceremony, interludes and closing stage performances that immerses attendees in an interactive story of…
Eat for a cause at Nature’s Path Eat Well Do Good Foodraiser
Pop-up café and market features organic goods by donation to the food bank It’s never been easier to eat well and do good. Local organic food company, Nature’s Path Foods Inc., is inviting Vancouverites to eat and shop in support of the hungry at the annual Nature’s Path Eat Well Do Good Foodraiser being hosted…
Thanksgiving Recipes With Almond Breeze
So you’ve got your turkey ordered and your silver’s polished, now what to serve on the side? Almond Breeze has some great recipes for side dishes packed with nutrition and flavour. Sweet Potato Hummus to start, a Cream of Carrot Soup, Moroccan Quinoa Salad and a smoothie! Sweet Potato Hummus Roasted sweet potatoes and shallots…
Wild Sockeye Salmon Ceviche with Passion Fruit Ginger Vinaigrette
This week’s Avocados From Mexico post takes us to Chicha Peruvian Restaurant for ceviche! If you haven’t been to Chicha, you are truly missing out on the best Latin food in Vancouver. Chef Shelome Bouvette excels at ceviche and this recipe has some avocado in the dressing and in the final presentation. It’s healthy and…
