Hit up another Dine Out at Edible Canada last night before heading to the highly entertaining Ride the Cyclone at the Granville Island Arts Club Theatre. Chef Greg Reid recently took over the leadership of the kitchen as the new Chef de Cuisine. He had been with Edible since the summer, so was already more…
Month: January 2013
Top Five Food Trends Spotted at Winter Fancy Food Show
The top five food trends for 2013 have been picked by a panel of trendspotters at the 38th Winter Fancy Food Show, which ends today in San Francisco. The show is the largest marketplace for specialty foods and beverages on the West Coast, with 80,000 products on display including cheeses, snacks, olive oils, vinegars, chocolate, and natural and…
Street Food City II
Presented by the Street Food Vancouver Society, and the Downtown Vancouver BIA January 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 11am – 3pm Wednesday through Friday 11am – 5pm Saturday and Sunday North Plaza, Vancouver Art Gallery FREE ENTRY Returning for a second season, Street Food City II is your opportunity to sample from a collection of…
Dine Out Vancouver Italian Kitchen
Stop 2 on our Vancouver Dine Out sampling with Glowbal Group’s Italian Kitchen. Here the menu is $28 here and the choices vary from crostini to minestrone and include strip loin and rigatoni primavera, Portions are generous and the atmosphere here is more formal than fish shack. Hard to say what the crowd will be…
Gung HAGGIS Fat Choy tickets now available
2013 Gung HAGGIS Fat Choy Robbie Burns Chinese New Year – Celebrating BC Scottish and Chinese pioneer culture, history – in music, poetry and culinary fusion New theme for 2013: celebrating Sir James Douglas, the father of BC and first governor in 1858. ~new incentive to buy tickets early: We are going to put a bottle…
Choucroute Festival at Oyama Sausage
I grabbed some of these tasty treats last year and a bottle of Alsatian Riesling from Liberty Wines across the way in Granville Island and it was all divine! CJA Just when you thought the celebrating was over, the always “food enthusiastic” staff at Oyama Sausage have another festival to celebrate – January 17 to 20th,…
Dine Out Vancouver’s Fish Shack
Dine Out Vancouver is on and Glowbal Group has a variety of choices and price points. We got an early start on the food festival at Fish Shack, an awesome deal at $18. They didn’t yet have the donuts, but the salmon cakes where very good with a nice dense texture and a lift from the…
Taste Washington 2013
One Weekend – One Location – March 23-24 Taste Washington brings more than 200 spectacular Washington wineries together under one roof on one weekend for your sampling pleasure. Featuring wine from boutique wineries, newly established wineries as well as some of Washington’s original producers, the two-day tasting format gives wine lovers the opportunity to try…
Return of Wine & Dine Thompson Okanagan
The Okanagan Branch of the BC Restaurant and FoodServices Association (BCRFA) has proudly proclaimed the return of its annual wine and dine promotion. The 11th Annual Wine & Dine Thompson Okanagan promotion runs from January 16 to February 3. Participants get to sample fantastic three course dinners at set prices of $15, $25 or $35,…
Vancouver Hot Chocolate Festival
Back for its third year, and this time, even more chocolate makers have come together to spike their hot chocolate drinks with the wildest, most delicious flavours you can imagine. 23 CHOCSTARS — 27 DAYS — 60+ CRAZY FLAVOURS! January 19 – February 14, 2013. Chocolate makes you happy. ~~~~~~~ FIND A HOT CHOCOLATE BY VENUE ~~~~~~~ Beaucoup Bakery Bel Cafe…
Healthy Choices at the Gramercy Grill
This Weekends Dinner Features Are All Gluten Free Appetizer Arugula & Cherry Boccicini Cheese Salad $14 oven dried tomatoes, toasted pecans sherry mustard vinaigrette Entrees Braised Beef Short Rib Spaghetti Pasta $22 (spaghetti made of rice) tamari, sesame & green onions Pan Seared Sockeye Salmon $24 lemon & thyme sauteed kale & lentils basil mint…
Vikram Vij Launches “Vij’s Kitchen” at UBC
Award-winning Vancouver-based chef Vikram Vij and his wife Meeru Dhalwala are proud to announce their involvement in a brand new venture with the University of British Columbia’s Faculty of Land and Food Systems. Vij’s Kitchen is a facility that provides state-of-the-art learning space for UBC students studying food, nutrition and health, dietetics, community health and…
Dine Out Vancouver – Book Now!
RESTAURANTS NOW ACCEPTING RESERVATIONS – 240 participating restaurants sets a new Dine Out record January 8th Tourism Vancouver released the names of all restaurants taking part in the 2013 Dine Out Vancouver Festival. Every year, the citywide celebration showcases Vancouver’s explosive culinary scene to tens of thousands of local and visiting foodies – and this year…
Noodlemania around Vancouver
Taste a variety of noodle dishes around Vancouver on a noodle journey on January 12 from 1;30-5:30 pm. Sample chow mein, spaghetti, mac & cheese, pho, pad thai, ramen and more from restaurants featuring American, Chinese, Filipino, Hong Kong, Indian, Italian, Southern, Taiwanese, Thai, and Vietnamese cuisine. http://www.eventbrite.ca/e/noodle-mania-vancouver-2-tickets-9140049133 Each restaurant will be serving up Tasting…
House Wine Presents A Toast to Robbie Burns
One of our most popular tasting of the year is back by popular demand! At house wine it’s not just about the grape; sometimes we cheat on wine… In honour of Robbie Burns Day, we are excited to toast the great poet and share our passion for our favourite brown spirit. Explore the wonderful world…
Parksville Uncorked 2013
A once a year opportunity to savour and sip while you mingle, mix and learn from renowned chefs, sommeliers, vintners and restaurateurs’ from all over British Columbia. Now celebrating its fifth year, Parksville Uncorked continues to grow into one of Vancouver Islands most popular signature events. The 2013 event will be another spectacular line up…
Jennifer Schell (The Butcher, The Baker, The Wine & Cheese Maker) at Books to Cooks
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…
Plated & Paired at the Public Market – Dineout Vancouver
FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 2013 -8:00PM – 10:00PM Kick off your 2013 Dine Out Vancouver Festival experience with the new event “Plated & Paired at the Public Market” – a rare, after-hours opportunity to taste the best of Granville Island, paired with the Wines of British Columbia. Guests will enjoy the unique atmosphere of the Market with tantalizing tastes created…
Chocolate and Wine Dinner at La Cigale French Bistro
Happy 2013! To celebrate the start of the New Year, Marquis Wine Cellars is teaming up with La Cigale French Bistro and Chocolate Master, Pierre Gruget, to bring you a very unique wine and food event. The dinner which is on Tuesday, January 22nd will feature a specially created four course menu that is devoted…
Vancouver International Wine Festival On Sale January 8
Tickets to the ever-popular Vancouver International Wine Festival, presented by The Vancouver Sun, go on sale January 8, 2013. Beginning at 9:30 am, tickets may be purchased online at vanwinefest.ca, in person at 305-456 West Broadway, or by phoning the box office at 604-873-3311 or toll-free at 1-877-321-3121. Many of the festival’s coveted 55 events…
