*All events take place at 39th & Cambie, unless otherwise noted. For further information about BC Liquor Stores’ special events, new products and more, visit our website: www.bcliquorstores.com Thursday, December 1 | 4:00 – 6:30 p.m. Christmas Dinner Wines Excite your taste buds with a selection of wines perfect for your Christmas dinner! Our Product Consultants have…
Month: November 2011
Christmas Countdown event featuring Kurtis Kolt at Beachside Forno
Make sure your festive fête is fabulous and easy to execute. Learn tips, tricks and tools from the entertaining experts at Beachside Forno and Liberty Wines which are guaranteed to light up any cocktail party! Enjoy five expertly selected wines, with five creative canapé courses, and get the inside scoop on holiday entertaining for 2012….
Cocktail Retro-Rejuvenation
Last year we asked Vancouver’s best bartenders to ‘Surpass Cuffs and Buttons’ and take M.W. Heron’s timeless concoction, now known as Southern Comfort, to the next level. They answered the challenge admirably with dozens of entries resulting in quite possibly the best Southern Comfort cocktails, sours, punches, and smashes EVER. Of course one bartender managed…
Alice In Wonderland Meets Fine Dining
Celebrity Chef and Food Network Star Bob Blumer is Vancouver bound, on his televised, international hunt for The Worlds Weirdest Restaurant. Swallow Tail Secret Supper Club runs underground culinary events here in Vancouver, and their Alice In Wonderland themed Pop-Up Restaurant has got Blumer’s interest piqued. The Pop-Up will serve 5 playful courses, inspired by…
Foodie Fridays on News 1130 – #OYSTERS!
Foodie Fridays November 18, 2011 – Click to listen Listen live on News 1130 AM Friday’s 11:05 am (November 18 – 11:35 am). Published originally in Daily XY The Pacific Northwest is renowned for its oysters, but the recipe for a good oyster bar requires much more than just a fresh, meaty, brackish bivalve, and includes…
BACON JAM THROWDOWN
This special cook-off event will feature Josh Henderson, the founder of Skillet Street Foods and the creator of one of our favourite new products, Bacon Jam. Henderson along with Well Seasoned’s own Angie Quaale and Chef Jeff Massey from Restaurant 62 in Abbotsford will create some of their favourite bacony treats using Bacon Jam for you to…
Celebrating the Odd Bits – Barbara Jo’s Book to Cooks Event at Cibo
Monday, November 28 · 6:30pm – 9:30pm Non-North American cuisines have long valued the odd-bits and savoury cuts other than tenderloins, breasts and chops. Author Jennifer McLagan rediscovers the delights of these less-celebrated morsels in Odd Bits: How to Cook the Rest of the Animal. This evening we celebrate the odd bits and special guest Jennifer McLagan at…
Fête the Fest Closing Festive Literary Cocktail Party
AND Mini Iron Chef competition Danyelle Freeman — Try This: Traveling the Globe without Leaving the Table Thursday, December 1 at 8pm, $36 including delicious samplersand wine Journalist and foodie Danyelle Freeman says, “Life is one long feast. Devour it.” Celebrating life, books and food, the Festival’s closing cocktail party appropriately also celebrates Freeman’s new…
ADVANCE TICKETS FOR THE VANCOUVER PLAYHOUSE INTERNATIONAL WINE FESTIVAL ON SALE NOVEMBER 22nd, 2011
Reduced prices available for IFT, Gold Pass and Salud Chile Theme Region Pack On November 22nd the Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival will release advance tickets to the 2012 Festival. The tickets will offer wine-savvy consumers an opportunity to purchase discounted Festival packages and International Festival Tasting tickets in advance of the official ticket release…
Edible Canada Guest Chef Market Dinner Series Welcomes C Restaurant
On Tuesday, November 15 we are welcoming a leading Vancouver restaurant and chef to our Guest Chef Market Dinners. Join us for a special evening with C Restaurant and Chef Lee Humphries. As the founding restaurant in the Vancouver Aquarium’s Ocean Wise Program, C Restaurant has led the way in ensuring product that is of…
Dockside Restaurant to host Pelican Bay Fall Wine Tasting Nov. 15th
Dozens of wines and complimentary appetizers with great draw prizes to be won After a wildly successful first event which saw over 300 wine lovers sampling dozens of wines at Dockside Restaurant and Brewing Company, the Pelican Bay Wine Tasting is back for a second great event on Tuesday, November 15th. Once again, Dockside Restaurant…
RESULTS OF THE 2011CANADIAN CULINARY BOOK AWARDS
The winners of the 2011 Canadian Culinary Book Awards were announced at a gala awards ceremonyat the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair. Eighty-two entries in six categories in two languages were entered this year, and represented a grand sweep of the range and expertise of culinary publishing in Canada. ENGLISH SPECIAL INTEREST GOLD Sarah Elton Locavore:…
Twitter Tuesday Launches at Edible Canada this Week
Twitter Tuesday = Toonie Treats at the Take Out Window! Twitter Tuesday launched November 8 at Edible Canada at the Market. Every Tuesday morning they’ll tweet an incredible special deal, valid for that one day only. All you have to do is prove you retweeted our tweet to your followers (print out the retweet or show…
Bacon Jam Throwdown
Join Josh Henderson of Skillet Street Food at his first stop in Vancouver with special guest chefs Karen Barnaby of Fish House in Stanley Park, Jenny Shearman of Au Petit Chavignol and Anthony Sedlak, Foodnetwork host of The Main to sample their original recipes showcasing Skillet Bacon Jam What the heck is the original Bacon Jam? A big…
The Glenrothes Whisky Tasting
DATE: Wednesday November 16, 2011 TIME: 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm VENUE: Irish Heather & Shebeen Whisk(e)y House – 212 Carrall Street, Vancouver PRICE: $40 each plus tax and 15% service. Your evening will begin with a cocktail reception in the Irish Heather’s private Whisk(e)y House, the Shebeen, home to the largest whiskey collection in British Columbia…
THE SALT CELLAR SERIES: A TASTE OF SPAIN AND ITALY
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 15TH, 2011 7:00 PM – $40 Join us on November the 15th for an evening highlighting the joys of these two beautiful countries. The team at Salt welcomes you to the Cellar Series where we will pair Spanish cheeses to Spanish wine and Italian charcuterie to Italian wine, complete with matching condiments,…
Châteauneuf-du-Pape Lunch at Boneta
Marquis Wine Cellars invites you to join us at Boneta Restaurant on Sunday, December 4th from 12pm to 2pm as we host a lunch dedicated to the wines of Châteauneuf-du-Pape. We have always prided ourselves on our diverse selection of wines from this iconic French appellation and this lunch is a great opportunity for…
The Faces of Italy with a Special Feature on Nebbiolo @Cibo_Uva
On Tuesday, November 29th (reception beginning at 6:30, dinner for 7pm) we proudly present “The Faces of Italy” with our last dinner in a three part series, featuring Nebbiolo and its various incarnations. We invite you to join us for this beautiful night where we will showcase the wonderful diversity of Italian wines with a…
House Wine Reds to Beat the Blues
Let’s face it, November is typically when the cold, dark and rainy weather sets in. It’s time to cozy up by the fire with rib-stickin’ fare like meat stews and pasta accompanied by fuller bodied reds. Get set for the season at our next monthly tasting. We will pour some of our favourite new finds…
CLOSED – Lesley Stowe Raincoast Cookie and Cookbook #giveaway #win
CONTEST CLOSED – Congrats @lradage for winning @goodlifevan Lesley Stowe prize pack! RT, follow AND comment on this post to enter to #win Lesley Stowe’s Cookbook along with 3 of each of here new cookies. Comment should be – where is your favourite place to buy Lesley Stowe products. Earlier this fall Caterer and Chef…
