Granville Island’s ‘Twitter Personal Shopper’ Provides Gift-Giving Inspiration

Clueless about holiday gifts? Granville Island has just the tweeter!

Starting today, November 30, the Island comes to the rescue of bewildered holiday shoppers everywhere with its own ‘Twitter Personal Shopper’.

Twitter – the real-time short messaging service with countless followers – is the perfect tool to share Granville Island’s myriad festive offerings. With an eye for style and a nose for deals, the ‘Twitter Personal Shopper’ will provide live tweets complete with photos of unique shopping finds sourced from all corners of the Island to bestow on followers.

This timely holiday helper is available to answer any questions followers may have, including the best spots to acquire handcrafted children’s toys, unique artsy collectibles, edible wonders and beautiful adornments.

In addition, the Granville Island tweet team and ‘Twitter Personal Shopper’ will provide updates about the many fun, family-friendly events happening every Saturday and Sunday in Triangle Square, from December 5 – 25. Alight your Yuletide spirit and enjoy music, performances, special events and kids’ activities in Vancouver’s cultural haven.

Granville Island’s ‘Twitter Personal Shopper’ is available November 30 – December 24. Follow us at Twitter.com/Granville_Isle.

Granville Island Public Market and The Net Loft are open until 7 pm, seven days a week. For more information about merchants and holiday events, visit granvilleisland.com.

Edible BC Market Dinner

On Tuesday, November 10th, we are very excited to have Chef Afke Zonderland join us for our next Cooking with BC’s Best Market Dinner.  And this evening is an EBC first – a gourmet, Raw Food Feast!

Afke exchanged her creative talent as kitchen designer for a chef’s jacket two years ago. Her passion for gourmet vegetarian food and a desire for abundant health naturally led her towards eating more un-cooked food.  She is the creator behind the popular Krumbleez and Krackleez brands and continuously amazes participants in her Raw Gourmet workshops with how satisfying, filling and delicious Fresh, Living Food really is.  Afke’s understanding of the value of eating, organically grown, minimally processed edibles forms the foundation of extraordinary beverages, meals and guilt free desserts. Her sincere enthusiasm to prepare and enjoy “the best food ever” is contagious.

Our demonstration-style Market Dinners take place in Granville Island, after hours, and allow you the unique opportunity to watch the chef prepare five seasonally-inspired courses in our open kitchen, right before your eyes.  Enjoy your dinner with sommelier-selected wines from BC’s top wineries.

Afke has generously previewed her menu for us – yum!

Orange Onion Wafers ~ Spicy Kale Chips ~ Almondaise

Salsa Wrap

macadamia nut cheese, honey, tomato, red pepper, radish sprouts, greens

Creamy Carrot Soup

ginger, lime, avocado, fresh coconut

Winter Kale Salad, Onion Crisps

avocado, lemon, greens, red beet

Thai Vegetable Teriyaki

Asian vegetables, pineapple

Fresh Okanagan Apple Torte

ginger, cashew cream, filberts, dates

Date: Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
Time: 7:45 PM – 10:30 PM
Cost: $84.95 per person, plus GST and gratuity
Price Includes:

five course seasonal meal with BC wine pairings
recipes, photos and the opportunity to interact with

professional chefs up close and personal
15% off everything in the EBC store that evening,

and a 10% discount on future tours and events booked that night.

Tickets are going fast – you can book online, or by calling our office at 604.812.9660.

Fall into the Market

Wine tasting at Granville Island’s Net Loft on Thursday, November 19th for the annual Fall into the Market Tasting event. The evening will feature wines of the Pacific Northwest along with tasty samplings from Granville Island food purveyors. It’s the perfect autumn event!

7:30 – 9:30 pm
ph. 604.739.7801
Come out and support the BC SPCA!

Tickets are ON SALE at all Liberty locations.

WEBSITE: www.libertywinemerchants….

Donut Deals at Granville Island’s Lee’s Donuts

Lee’s Donuts Celebrates 30th Anniversary – Popular Granville Island Shop Offers Delicious Deals, September 22 – 25

Lee’s Donuts, the family owned and operated purveyor of tasty, doughy treats is celebrating 30 years of business by offering valued customers their original 1979 price for Plain Cake Donuts — only 30 cents each — from September 22 – 25.

The shop is owned by Betty-Ann and Alan Lee and is located in Granville Island’s Public Market. Including Betty-Ann and Alan, the entire Lee’s Donuts team totals just six. Most of the staff has been with Lee’s since the early days; even the most recent team member has been with the operation for more than nine years!

“We are most thankful for our dedicated long term staff,” says Alan. “We could not have been as successful as we are without their hard work and service to our customers.”

Alan’s motivation for starting the donut shop was that he could not find any donuts to compare to the old fashioned ones of his youth. On celebrating the 30 year milestone, Alan and Betty-Ann say, “The last thirty years have truly been the best years of our lives. Thank you all so very much.”

A testament to Lee’s tastiness — Vancouver Magazine (October 2009) named Lee’s ‘Honey-Dip Doughnuts’ #18 on its list of “101 Things to Taste (Before You Die).” The Magazine also featured this mouthwatering description: “Made from scratch everyday, Lee’s Donuts are so moist they melt in your mouth.”

Swing by the shop and see for yourself what makes Lee’s Donuts such a success!

Lee’s Donuts
122-1689 Johnston Street
Vancouver, BC
(604) 685-4021

For more information about Granville Island merchants and events, visit granvilleisland.com.

Edible BC does Mexican with Susanna Palazuelos

RENOWNED MEXICAN CHEF SUSANNA PALAZUELOS JOINS EBC FOR ONE VERY SPECIAL GRANVILLE ISLAND TOUR ; COOKING LESSON

We are very excited to have renowned Mexican Chef Susanna Palazuelos join us for a very special Granville Island Market Tour and cooking lesson on Tuesday, September 15th, the eve of Mexico’s national holiday – Independence Day.

Chef Palazuelos is currently touring to spread the word and wealth of foodstuffs from the state of Guerrero (home to Acapulco and Ixtapa Zihuatanejo).  During her visit to Vancouver, she has graciously  agreed to collaborate with local Mexican gastronomy expert (and popular EBC chef guide) Rossana Ascencio for a Mexican-centric Market Tour and Cooking Demonstration at the EBC Retail Store.

Well-known and respected Palazuelos is a popular chef, caterer and author, and regarded as a leading authority on both traditional and contemporary Mexican cuisine.  As Chef Ascencio’s guest guide for the tour, the two chefs will be chatting about the Mexican ingredients that have made up their culture’s cuisine for centuries, along with sharing recipes and cooking tips and answering participants’ Mexican culinary queries.  After the tour, Chef Palazuelos will be utilizing the ingredients discussed for a special cooking demonstration at the EBC Retail Store. Tour guests will receive a copy of her recipe, and samples of her cuisine will be available for tasting.

This special tour is limited to 8 participants only and tickets are expected to sell out quickly.

Details:

• Date: Tuesday, September 15, 2009
• Time: Market Tour 9-11am, Cooking Demonstration noon-1-pm
• Price: $49 per person plus GST for Market Tour.  The Cooking Demo and tasting samples are FREE.
• Group Size: The market tour is limited to 8 people

This special Mexican Market Tour cannot be booked online.  Reserve your space by emailing events@edible-britishcolumbia.com or by calling 604.812.9660.

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