15th Annual BC Seafood Festival

Seafood Lovers Delight as the BC Seafood Festival Heads to Mount Washington – June 23 – 25 I can’t believe it’s the 15th annual BC Seafood Festival! I went to the very first one in 2008 when it was the BC Seafood and Shellfish Festival and at least again in 2011, 2014, 2015 and 2022,…

Halibut Season is Here

Wild Pacific Halibut is Glorious Right Now Halibut season is here, and the halibut boats are coming in. It’s Wild Pacific Halibut you are looking for to remain Ocean Wise and tasty.  These fish can get to eight feet and in Latin are called Hippoglossus, translating to “hippo of the sea”.  Our favourite supplier is…

UBC Goes 100 percent Ocean Wise

Sustainable Ocean Wise Seafood On The Menu At UBC UBC has always sourced much of its seafood from the Ocean Wise choices, but now, 100 percent is Ocean Wise! My husband Michael works for UBC Food Services and I’m always so impressed of how much care goes into considering our environment on a day to…

Elevated Dining Experience With Ned Bell

Dinner In The Sky by Chef Ned Bell The first question almost everyone asked when I told them I was participating in Dinner In The Sky, a dinner where your table is 150 feet in the air, is what if you have to pee? And honestly, it was my biggest worry too, but after I…

Chef Ned Bell’s Arctic Char

Pan-Seared Arctic Char with Lentils, Parsnips, and Vanilla Vinaigrette We caught up with Chef Ned Bell at Christmas in November where he demonstrated this tasty Arctic Char from his new cookbook, Lure! You can also make this with chicken, he mentioned, as he often does when cooking for his kids as some of them prefer…

Holiday Giveaway For Food Lovers

It’s Time For Our Annual Holiday Giveaway Hope you’re having a fantastic holiday season and for one of you I am going to make it tastier with this year’s Holiday Giveaway worth over $300 that will be drawn on Christmas Day. We’re thanking our readers and followers with our annual holiday giveaway. This time we’ve…

What’s Good This Week in Vancouver – May 11 Edition

Enjoy Vancouver This Week With These Tasty Events What’s up for Vancouver this week? Lots! We are back in town and settling back in from our honeymoon and have plans to hit the Spot Prawn Festival on Saturday for our 2 week anniversary celebration (joking). There’s a ton of Mother’s Day Celebrations and I did an entire…

Devour! Osoyoos Food Film Festival

Okanagan hails the delicious, delightful return of Devour! Osoyoos Food Film Festival, May 5 – 7 We just returned from the Osoyoos Oyster Festival and had a marvelous time, and they just don’t seem to stop the party down there! Next up is Devour! Osoyoos Food Film Fest on May 5 – 7 and we are wondering…

Chef Ned Bell Vancouver Aquarium Ocean Wise Chef

  Chef Ned Bell is on his way to Victoria this week to compete for the in Gold Medal Plates culinary competition and we posed a few questions in advance to get a feel for just what he might be preparing. Tell us a little bit about your restaurant and/or style of cooking. My Focus is on…

What’s Good This Week August 16 +

What’s Good This Week in and around Vancouver So strange to believe we are half way through August and most of the way through summer! What’s up this week? There’s rum, garlic, cheese rolling and more. AND Will we see you at Diner En Blanc? The Cascade Room Presents the Main Street Cup, August 16…

Chef Ned Bell’s Dungeness Crab Tacos With Avocado

Chef Ned Bell is all about sustainable seafood and is devoted to spreading the word about chosing Ocean Wise products. If we want to continue having healthy seas, this really is the only choice. At Yew Restaurant + Bar the menu is heavy on the seafood and one of the items we’ve tasted and loved…

Interview with Ned Bell YEW Restaurant Gold Medal Plates Competitor

Chefs from across British Columbia will meet in Victoria on November 19, 2015 to compete in the Gold Medal Plates for the BC spot in the Canadian Culinary Championships held in Kelowna in February.  We’re heading over to check out the event and as a prequil have interviewed the chefs. Here’s the scoop on Ned bell from YEW Seafood + Bar…

Whole Foods Get Local Dinner With Ned Bell and Little Locavore

Whole Foods Market on Cambie is hosting their first ever Get Local Dinner If you haven’t meet these two chefs, it’s time you did. This will be a great collaboration for a great cause! CJA On September 1, 2015 Whole Foods will host Whole Foods Get Local Dinner, a private ticketed 4 course meal prepared by chef Ned Bell, the executive…

Chef Ned Bell Takes The Win At The Chowder Chowdown

Chef NED Bell of YEW wins Both people’s choice and the title at 2014 vancouver aquarium ocean wise chowder chowdown and we’ve got the recipe below! The Vancouver Aquarium was the site of a fierce battle last night, when 14 top Ocean Wise chefs from British Columbia ladled out their best work for guests and judges…

Chefs for oceans journey TO conclude in vancouver September 12

Cross-Canada Cycle to Culminate with Sustainable Seafood Celebration  On September 12, Chefs for Oceans founder Chef Ned Bell is scheduled to arrive back in Vancouver after an 8,700-kilometre, 72-day journey across the country. His trip began in Newfoundland on Canada Day and will conclude in Vancouver with a celebration event at the Four Seasons Hotel…

Les Dames d’Escoffier – Honouring John Bishop

HONOURING A CULINARY HERO Les Dames d’Escoffier, BC Chapter, alongside some of this country’s finest chefs, will honour John Bishop, founder of farm-to-table dining October 3rd the BC Chapter of Les Dames d’Escoffier will honour John Bishop – Vancouver’s iconic chef, restaurateur, slow food proponent the creator of the farm-to-table movement in Canada’s restaurant scene.  This is…

Spot Prawns at YEW seafood+ bar

Once again Chef Bell get’s the jump on the season with a special advanced access dining experience on Thursday, May 8 when YEW will receive the local prawns right off the docks of Granville Island.  They’ll be one of the  first restaurants in Vancouver to serve up these crustaceans. If memory serves me correctly I first met this…