Cooking With Tequila

Cooking With Tequila with Chef Nathan Fong I found this post from about Cooking with Tequila from 2012 with some great recipes from, Chef Nathan Fong, from a demo at the Cambie Kitchen at the BC Liquor Store. Why not cook a few to honour his memory and delight your guests. Sadly, Nathan Fog passed…

Experience Gifts For The People That Have Everything

Give An Experience Gift And You’ll Be On The Nice List All Year We all have too many things, don’t we? This year you still have time to shop online and grab a gift certificate for a great experience gift. There’s everything from foodie gifts to wellness gifts and entertaining experiences. Here’s a few suggestions….

In My Kitchen – Japanese Cooking With Naomi

Cooking Classes From In My Kitchen I attended one of the very delicious Tayybeh Syrian Catering pop-ups last year and luckily met Paula Mohammed, a women with a mission to bring eclectic cooking experiences from home cooks to Vancouver through “In My Kitchen”. I was thrilled to hear about the possibility of learning home cooking techniques from…

VANCOUVER CHEFS TO TEACH ADULT COOKING CLASSES

Raising Fund for Earthbites School Garden Program Some of Vancouver’s most talented and award-winning chefs have signed on to teach cooking classes to adults in order to raise funds to help kids connect with their food. The list is impressive and includes a diverse array of Vancouver chefs: Chris Whittaker (Forage) – BC Restaurant Hall…

Gelato 101

Classes start on November 15, 2014….more on this soon!

hua foundation Fall Cooking Workshop

The hua foundation are  dumpling aficionados, and co-director Kevin Huang’s pork and cabbage version is the bomb! On October 18th, Kevin will be sharing his top-secret family recipe and you will learn how to make and cook perfect, juicy dumplings from scratch featuring local ingredients, including hormone-free meat from Windsor Quality Meats and Chinese cabbage from…

Date Night – I’ll Cook!!!

Tired of Mr. Noodles on a Friday night? Join Sonia on a series of cooking with menu items such as Pad Thai, pizza, tantra fruit salad, and for the finale class we will create a special dessert! Fridays. Food. Meet new people. Take one or take all three – this is a series you won’t…

Mayan Cooking Class at UBC Farm

Members of the Maya in Exile Garden at the UBC Farm invite you to a traditional cooking workshop. Help prepare (and eat!) four dishes: Bledo con frijol (beans with amaranth leaf), tortillas de maiz (corn tortillas), ensalada tradicional(traditional salad), kelite frito con queso envuelto en tortilla (lambs quarters cooked with cheese wrapped in tortillas) and café tradicional (Mayan coffee). Date: Saturday July 19th, 2014 Place:…

The Perfect Match Wine and Food

On August 29, 2014 learn the magic of perfect food and wine pairings  your dinners into decadent experiences. Join Chef David Robertson at The Dirty Apron Cooking School and house wine for a class that will demystify the art of harmonizing flavours and uncovering what makes for a perfect match. On the menu: Warm Lemon-Chive Goat Cheese & Ratatouille Salad Smoked Sablefish with…

BC dine and vine: a celebration of local flavours

On July 25, 2014 join The Dirty Apron Cooking School and house wine for a night of BC food and wine pairings you won’t soon forget. Revel in cooking with local ingredients while you sip Riesling, Pinot Noir, and Syrah as well as a sparkling and dessert wine. Each dish will be paired with its perfect wine mate, making…

Get Inspiralized

July 13, 2104 from 11 am-12 pm join Williams-Sonoma for a class designed by Ali Maffucci, blogger and founder of Inspiralized.com, the ultimate online resource for cooking with the spiralizer. This class will teach you some of Ali’s favorite recipes and tips. These recipes are perfect for summer, many of them are gluten-free and paleo-friendly as…

Jean-Georges Spice Market at Books To Cooks

Enjoy the Southeast Asian flavors of Spice Market, Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s famed New York restaurant on March 30th at Books to Cooks and leave with a cookbook to recreate the experience at home. Spice Market’s executive chef, Anthony Ricco will be in town to kick off a new Spice Market menu at MARKET by Jean-Georges here in Vancouver. While here, he will join forces with Montgomery…

Deconstructive Modernist Molecular Cuisine

EVENT ALERT Cooking Class at The Vancouver Club ‘Deconstructive Modernist Molecular Cuisine’ Explore the art and science of ‘modernist cuisine’ as Executive Chef Sean Cousins and his culinary team draw inspiration for this dinner from the innovative techniques developed by the likes of Ferran Adria, Heston Blumenthal, Thomas Keller and Harold McGee. March 26th at…

Indigo Cafe Introduction for Raw Living Cuisine January 13 6-9 pm

EVENT ALERT! Come meet the Chef, interact with the raw food community and sample delicious culinary creations!  I did the vegan cheese making class in December and loved it! GLV 1. How to make a green coktail 2. How to make almond milk and green tea mocha late 3. Kale chips 4. Cheese-dip 5. Chocolate…

Cooking Classes with Chef Celine Turenne at 39th and Cambie BCLDB

If you’d like to learn a bit more about food and wine pairing as well as take a cooking class, the BC Liquor Store on Cambie and 39th has some lessons on Duck on December 2nd, 2013.  The “Duck Cooking Demonstration” with chef Celine Turenne is from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m and tickets are only $30!…

Learn to cook something new for Diwali

Diwali Fest 2013 October 29 – November 8 We celebrate our 10th Anniversary with a new name, new features and the traditions we’ve begun over the years by engaging community centres around Vancouver. The Annual Festival of contemporary and classical South Asian arts & culture, previously called Vancouver Celebrates Diwali, runs October 29 to November 8 at venues across Metro Vancouver. New! Diwali…

BC Dine and Vine: A Celebration of Local Flavours

The Dirty Apron and house wine for a night of BC food and wine pairings you won’t soon forget. Revel in cooking with local ingredients while you sip Riesling, Pinot Noir, and Syrah as well as a sparkling and dessert wine. The class will start with BC Spot Prawn and Yuzu Ginger Vegetable Gyozas. Next, Crispy BC Duck…

Mollie Katzen at The Farmer’s Apprentice with Books to Cooks

I learned to cook with Mollie Katzen’s books!  This event will be epic! I am there.  GLV Mollie Katzen was the first celebrated cookbook  author to cross our threshold at Books to Cooks, sixteen years ago.  We were a mere three weeks old, not ready to host a grand event, but we made her lunch, and…

Making Great Sausages – Sausage 101 with Well Seasoned

September 29 at Stuffer’s Supply – THE sausage making experts! Students will meet at Stuffer’s before 11 am. 22958 Fraser Highway Langley (just east of the Langley hospital on the south side of the street) Reno DeGianni brings years of experience and knowledge from traditional “Old World” methods of Italian sausage making. With his guidance and…

Crepe Cooking Classes in Down Town Vancouver

Found these cool little cooking classes that send you home with a bread basket. Perfect for a date night me thinks!  Held at European Breads on Burrard Street. GLV Authentic Crepe-Making Class for 2 includes: • Coffee & tea upon arrival • 2 dinner crepes accompanied with 2 glasses of wine • 1 dessert crepe…