The Baromoter on 104.3

Vancouver Craft Beer Week – Jody Vance gets the update on this week’s Dining Guide with The Good Life Vancouver’s Cassandra Anderton.  It’s all about Vancouver’s Craft Beer Week and the restaurant’s that support Craft Beer.

From May 10 – 16 local craft breweries have teamed up with local establishments to showcase the beer phenomenon in Vancouver.  Each day there’s a signature event, and many functions featuring true beer authorities.

Here are three unique establishments and their beer offerings.

Beer Cooking School – The Dirty Apron
-   Vancouver’s newest cooking school is a joint venture between Karri and Nico Schuermans of Chambar, and Sous Chef David Robertson
-   Sip and learn to cook with Russell Brewing Company on May 10^th – $145
-   Other classes include Mama Mia Italian Cooking, Cooking with Spot prawns and knife skills
-   Also have a Cookshop filled with great kitchen tools.
-   http://www.dirtyapron.com/

Ethnic Eats and Beer – Japanese Izakaya and Beer
-   Hapa Izakaya is one of Vancouver’s oldest Japanese-style tapas restaurants with 3 locations – Robson, Yaletown and Kits
-   May 11 – Teaming up with Driftwood Brewing so show us what happens when a North American interprets Belgium and Japan – $40
-   Chef Tomoki Yamasake and Brewmaster Jason Meyer pair 8 small plates with 4 Driftwood Beers
-   Beer not your thing?  Great cocktails, Yaletown good spot to watch the game.  Great udon, ebi tempura prawns with mayo.
-   http://www.hapaizakaya.com/

Fine Dining and Beer Pairing – Cru

-   Cru is a multiple award winning restaurant – Best Tapas in 2009 from Van Mag-  centrally located on Broadway near Granville
-   Just won at Playhouse Festival for their wine list
-   Sunday May 16 pairing up with Whistler Brewing to bring you five courses with beer – light Weissbrier to rich Black Tusk Ale  – Bruce Dean Pres of Whistler Brewing will host
-   Cru is also open for leisurely lunches!  – Don’t miss beef Carpaccio, or caeser salads.
-   www.cru.ca

The Good Life on Talk 1410

On this week’s segment we chat about the upcoming Slurp and Swirl oysterfest with Nessa van Bergen from Joe Fortes Restaurant.  Our wine pick is an oyster-friendly Le Petit Sigma Blanc from Le Vieux Pin Winery and we begin meatball month with some samples from The Edge Social Grill and Lounge in the Granville corridor.

Toast to the Coast (November 6, 2009)
Wine on the Mountain “Arouse your Senses” (November 7, 2009)
20th Annual Fraser Valley Wine Tasting Festival (November 7, 2009)
Victoria’s Art of the Cocktail (November 7, 2009)
Kate Booth House Fundraiser at Cobre (November 9, 2009)
Slurp and Swirl at Joe Fortes (November 10, 2009)
Chocolat Ce Soir (November 10, 2009)
Cornucopia, Whistler’s Celebration of Wine and Food: Outstanding Dinners! (November 12, 2009)

The Good Life on Talk 1410 radio

Good Life Vancouver   This week on The Good Life we chat about with Marcus von Albrecht BC Chef’s Association and their contributions to our community.

Sunday Roast at Nu
The Home Grown Grocer
Ileach Single Islay Malt Whisky
Candlelight Conservation Dinners (October 28, 2009)
Globe in Your Glass (October 28, 2009)
Undercover – wines under $19.95 (October 29, 2009)
Irashai Grill Presents A Future Without Breast Cancer (October 29, 2009)
Live it up with Los Muertos – at Zocalo (November 1, 2009)
Pictures of Los Muertos
Desert Hills Wines at Hamilton Street Grill (November 2, 2009)
BC SPCA Fundraiser at Elixir (November 4, 2009)

The Good Life on The Buzz 1410 a.m.

Good Life Vancouver   This week on The Good Life we chat with The Pear Tree’s Scottt Jaeger about The Chef’s Table Society and get an update on his award winning Burnaby Restaurant.  Wine of the week is the newly opened Lulu Island’s Merlot.  Tune in to win a copy of Vancouver Cook’s, the newest cookbook whose proceeds go to the Chef’s Table Society, and 2 tickets to Globe In Your Glass.

Award-Winning Filmmaker Craig Noble Presents The Booz How Tooz Video Release Party (October 21, 2009)
The Vintage Affair in White Rock (October 22, 2009)
Science World After Dark: Grape Expectations (October 23, 2009)
Just Here for the Beer partners with CocoaNymph (October 23, 2009)
The Asian Society for the Intervention of AIDS presents: Celebrity Dim Sum 2009! (October 24, 2009)
What should I do on a fall Sunday? Lunch à la Française! (October 25, 2009)
Zin Fundraiser for Manila Typhoon victims (October 25, 2009)
World’s Most Awarded Singel Malt Showcased At Elixir (October 26, 2009)
Globe in Your Glass (October 28, 2009)
Undercover – wines under $19.95 (October 29, 2009)

For more events….

The Good Life on The Buzz 1410 a.m.

This week on The Good Life we chat with Diva at The Met’s Dino Raenarts about the upcoming BC Home Show.  There’s chocolate in the studio courtesy of the Westcoast Chocolate Festival and we pair it with a port style wine from Saturna Island Family Vineyards.  Tune in to win a chocolate give-away. Listen live at 4:15 pm on Wednesdays on the Joe Leary show at Buzz 1410 or to the podcast on the link above (should appear by Thursday).

Events

West Coast Chocolate Festival (October 15, 2009)
Coffee and Tea show (October 15, 2009)
Taste of Yaletown on Open Table (October 15, 2009)
Experience interactive cheese & wine tasting at Mt. Pleasant (October 15, 2009)
Octoberfest (think Beer) in Surrey at The Compass Point Hotel (October 17, 2009)
100 mile harvest banquet (October 17, 2009)
Splash – Arts Umbrella’s 27th Annual Signature Art Auction & Gala (October 17, 2009)
Cornucopia, Whistler’s Celebration of Wine and Food: Outstanding Dinners! (November 12, 2009)
Big Guns Winemaker’s Dinner at Araxi (November 13, 2009)
Four Seasons Restort Whislter’s Cornucopia Package (November 15, 2009)
Cornucopia 2009 (November 15, 2009)
Delta Whistler

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