Les Dames d’Escoffier – Holiday Suggestions Part Two

Les Dames d’Escoffier Dish on Holiday Gifts Earlier this week I wrote a little about Les Dames d’Escoffier and what some of our Dames suggested for holiday gifts. Click here for part one, and continue reading for part 2! Dame Mireille Sauve – Dames Wines Earlier this year Dame Mireille Sauve led a fundraising initiative for Les…

Gifts for Food and Drink Lovers – Global TV 2015

What do you get that person in your life who lives for the latest kitchen gadget, best bottle of wine or the ultimate cookbook? I spent some time in cook shops and snooped around many a kitchen to come up with the list for gifts for foodies this year. Here’s the details that I presented on Global TV for…

All I Want For Christmas with Jennifer Schell

This holiday season we are catching up with some of our favourite local personalities to find out how they are celebrating the holidays and what might be on their holiday wish lists. First up, cookbook author and food writer, Jennifer Schell. Schell’s cookbook, The Butcher, The Baker, The Wine and Cheese Maker celebrates all great…

Jennifer Schell Puts the Okanagan on the Culinary World Map

First there was one award, then another, another, and yet another, bringing the trophy count now to an impressive five for Okanagan-based writer Jennifer Schell. Schell grew up in the sunny Okanagan, a farm girl at heart, who’s equally comfortable dressing to the nines to check out the latest hot spot in dining. She’s traveled…

The Butcher, The Baker, The Wine and Cheese Maker Wins Best International Gourmand Cookbook Award for Best Local Cuisine Book in Canada

Awesome news for Jennifer Schell! Still time to buy for XMAS presents. GLV Jennifer Schell, author of The Butcher, The Baker, The Wine and Cheese Maker – An Okanagan Cookbook has been honoured with the award for “Best Local Cuisine cookbook in Canada” at the Gourmand World Cookbooks Awards.  The Gourmand World Cookbook Awards are often compared by journalists to…

Okanagan Chefs Set To Sharpen Their Knives At The Dirty Apron

Culinary class to showcase celebrated BC cookbook Vancouver’s top culinary classroom will celebrate all things Okanagan with a special cooking class on May 5th, 2013 highlighting recipes from the popular cookbook by Jennifer Schell, The Butcher, The Baker, The Wine & Cheese Maker – An Okanagan Cookbook. In a unique twist, The Dirty Apron will welcome…

Okanagan Food and Wine Writers Workshop

Sunday, April 28, 2013 afternoon: arrival of workshop registrants in Kelowna and check-in at the Delta Grand Okanagan Hotel and Resort 4:30 pm       Registration at Delta Grand Okanagan Hotel, pick up your delegate bags and final schedule materials 6 p.m.          Evening Reception: Tourism Kelowna throws a welcome reception and event kickoff of vin-tastic and gastronomic proportions, featuring farm-to-table…

A Taste of the Okanagan comes to Vancouver

THE BUTCHER, THE BAKER, THE WINE & CHEESE MAKER – AN OKANAGAN COOKBOOK BOOK SIGNING AND ARTISAN OLIVE OIL TASTING AT WEST ELM SATURDAY APRIL 6, 2013 from 1-4 pm On April 6, 2013 Vancouver’sWest Elm Market will be hosting An Okanagan Cookbook author, Jennifer Schell, for a book signing and afternoon meet and greet. …

Books to Cook Sunday Supper with Okanagan Artisans and Author Jennifer Schell

Sunday Supper: Company’s Coming Jennifer Schell and The Butcher, the Baker, the Wine & Cheese Maker Sunday, February 24, 5:00 p.m. Food and wine columnist, Jennifer Schell, joins us on this evening, and brings along a few companions from the Okanagan Valley. A beautiful book with over 160 recipes and stories contributed by some of the Okanagan Valley’s…