Pour Some Local Bubble into your Glass this Holiday Season What’s in your glass this holiday season? How about some BC Bubbles to help you celebrate the close of one year and the start of a new one? Listed in alphabetical order so I didn’t pick favourites. Priced as sold in BC at the winery,…
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PC® Holiday Insiders Report™
Simplify Your Holiday Entertaining with President’s Choice I am always excited about the PC® Holiday Insiders Report™. I worked in the marketing department for a grocery retailer, and I know what it takes to make something like this report happen. I drool over the graphics, food styling, recipes, and everything inside it. I’d like to…
Have a Chocolatey Holiday with Purdys Chocolatier
Purdys Chocolatier Holiday Edition We’ve been nibbling away on the Purdys Holiday Edition chocolates to make sure they’re worthy of recommending, and the answer is….be careful with these if they’re around because they’re extermely addictive. Very grateful for my gym membership! More on Gourmet Groceries Purdys White Chocolate Himalayan Pink Salt Caramels ($28.50) The caramels…
Lidia’s From Our Family Table to Yours
Lidia’s From Our Family Table to Yours – More Than 100 Recipes Made with Love for All Occasions Lidia Bastianich’s newest cookbook is co-authored by her daughter, Tanya Bastianich Manuali, and is full of family stories and passed-down recipes. Lidia shares the dishes she cooks for the ones she loves the most. I’ve had the…
Chef Bruno Feldeisen Truffle Dinner
Swallow Tail Supper Club and Chef Bruno Feldeisen Present BC Truffles Star Chef Bruno Feldeisen from The Great Canadian Bake Off is creating a 6-course truffle dinner menu for the annual Christmas celebration dinner at Swallow Tail’s Underground Supper Club. Truffle hunter Launie Fairbairn will be out hunting for truffles for dinner, and you get…
Fried Chicken Party Pack December 15 at Downlow Chicken Shack
Get Down for Dames with a Fried Chicken Meal from Downlow Chicken GET DOWN FOR DAMES with a Fried Chicken Party Pack ($35 + value for just $29.99). On Sunday, December 15th at Downlow Chicken Shack, 905 Commercial Drive, from 12pm until sold out. ONLY 50 AVAILABLE! More Events You’ve shopped till you dropped and…
Eat, Drink and Be Merry at Provence Marinaside
Let Provence Marinaside Take Care Of Your Holiday Needs The holiday season is suddenly upon us. Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Festivus, Winter Solstice, Kwanzaa or none, this is when people gather to eat, drink and make merry. It’s the most wine-derful time of the year! Meeting with friends and family over good food and…
2024 BC Food & Beverage Rise Award Winners
2024 Rise Awards Winners Celebrated at 17th Annual Rise Awards Night by BC Food & Beverage The 2024 winners were honoured at the Rise Awards Night, hosted by BC Food & Beverage on November 28, 2024, in front of a packed crowd of over 400 attendees. This year’s event, which took place at a new…
Chinatown BBQ One-Day Pop-Up With Chef William Lew
Chinese Winter Soltice at Chinatown BBQ honouring the Dongzhi Festival In celebration of the upcoming Dongzhi (Winter Solstice) Festival, Chinatown BBQ is hosting a special pop-up with chef William Lew of Pacific Reach on December 9, 2024. For one day only, from 11 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., guests can feast on two exclusive Chinatown BBQ…
A Grape Reborn: Carmenère Rises in Chile and BC’s South Okanagan Valley
Carmenère makes its way from France to Chile and the Okanagan Valley On November 24th, wine lovers around the world will celebrate Carmenère Day. This often misunderstood grape once considered extinct in its native France, has found an ideal home and a renewed reputation in Chile and, more recently, in British Columbia’s Southern Okanagan Valley….
Crust: Essential Sweets and Savories
Cookbook Corner – Crust Bakery Fans of Victoria, B.C’s Crust Bakery can now satisfy their sweet and savoury cravings at home when they cook from Crust: Essential Sweets and Savories from Victoria’s Beloved Bakery. With over 85 recipes, home bakers will learn the secrets behind those delicious bakery items. More on Cookbooks Within the…
Celebrate Radicchio at Burdock
Burdock & Co Celebrates Radicchio On Wednesday, November 27th, Michelin-starred Burdock & Co is hosting a unique tasting experience that will celebrate radicchio. Guests will enjoy delicious culinary creations prepared by several talented chefs, highlighting the complex flavour profile of radicchio. Sea Cider will be there! More Evetns Three time slots are available, and tickets…
Passions 2024
Support the Dr. Peter Centre at Passions 2024 Passions promises a night of incredible food, artisanal cocktails, and exciting auction items. Passions, now in its 21st year, brings together the best restaurants in Vancouver offering tasting plate creations for you to enjoy. Meet and mingle with Vancouver’s most talented head chefs, bartenders and beverage professionals…
BC Zinfandel: From California Sunshine to BC’s Golden Mile
Uncorking a Bold Grape: Zinfandel’s Journey from California to British Columbia Raise a glass, wine lovers! November 20th marks Zinfandel Day, a celebration of this red, robust, versatile grape variety. While California may be its traditional home, Zinfandel’s story takes on a local vibe with plantings in and around Oliver in the southern Okanagan Valley…
Pizzeria Spacca Napoli Named Top Pizzeria in Canada
Venture to Port Moody to Pizzeria Spacca Napoli We braved the cold last night and headed out to Port Moody, which is a nice drive from Kits and has a ton to offer, including Pizzeria Spacca Napoli, who just won the award for best pizza in Canada! We sampled several pizza’s including a…
Fresh St. Market Opens in Lower Lonsdale
Fresh St. North Van Market in Lower Lonsdale Partners with FoodMesh to Donate Meals B.C.-based and family-owned Fresh St. Market North Van celebrated the official opening; it’s now the eighth location at 150 Esplanade West, in North Vancouver on November 15. We attended the opening and were super proud to see Sea Cider Temperance Series…
Tempranillo: A Global Gem, Grown Locally
British Columbia’s Tempranillo – Good Wine Gal’s BC Picks On November 14th, it’s time to raise a glass and celebrate International Tempranillo Day. This famous grape from Spain grows here in beautiful British Columbia with an attitude. It’s found a home in sun-soaked southern Okanagan Valley where wineries like Moon Curser, Black Hills, Three Sisters…
BC Food and Beverage Rise Awards
BC Food and Beverage Rise Awards Reward BC’s Innovative Products and Rising Stars On November 28th, the BC Food and Beverage Rise Awards will celebrate the fantastic leaders, rising stars and innovative products that make up our beautiful province of BC. Best in Brand Award Finalists The Best in Brand Award celebrates brands achieving growth…
Folietta Brings La Dolce Vita to Vancouver’s Nanaimo Street
Folietta – Wentworth Hospitality Group Brings La Dolce Vita to East Vancouver Wentworth Hospitality Group, the culinary team behind widely acclaimed Vancouver restaurants Tableau Bar Bistro, Homer St. Cafe & Bar, and Maxine’s Cafe & Bar, is set to enhance the dining scene in East Vancouver in early 2025 with the upcoming opening of the Italian restaurant,…
The Chinese Restaurant Awards: Elite 15 Winners
The Chinese Restaurant Awards Winning Dishes The Chinese Restaurant Awards judges select the Best New Restaurant of the Year, Rising Star Chef of the Year, Master Chef of the Year, and The Critics’ Choice Signature Dish Awards. At a special awards ceremony at The Vancouver Club, the 15th Annual Chinese Restaurant Awards announced its Elite…
