Sunday, October 7th & Monday, October 8th, 2012 Roasted Parsnip and Apple Velouté Braised Chestnuts, Parsley Purée or Salad of Roasted Beets and Speck Ham House Made Ricotta, Watercress Walnut and Apple Cider Dressing ~ Roast Free Run Turkey with Cranberry Compote Roasted Vegetables, Apple & Chestnut Stuffing Sage & Rosemary Roasting Juices ~ Spiced…
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Thanksgiving Dinner at Pastis
Celebrate the bounty of the season with Thanksgiving Dinner at Bistro Pastis this Sunday, October 7th. Treat yourself and your family to a delicious dinner lovingly prepared by Chef Tobias Grignon in our cozy, fireplace-warmed, dining room. Value priced at only $39, it’s less expensive than buying the turkey and making the dinner yourself… and…
The Soup Sisters Cookbook now available across North America
With 100 recipes arranged by season, The Soup Sisters Cookbook is a truly unique way to enjoy heartwarming soups throughout the year. The Soup Sisters Cookbook showcases scrumptious recipes from the “souper volunteers” of the Soup Sisters and recipes from many of Canada’s top celebrity chefs–including Michael Stadtlander, Bonnie Stern, Lucy Waverman, Massimo Capra, Anna Olson, Michael Bonacini and…
Gambado Dinner and Auction, October 4th
Performance Works and Dockside , Granville Island Comments from Kristy Pennock after attending last year’s event “In Vancouver we are lucky to have a lot of well-established charities who put on great events so it is really difficult to set yourself apart and attract a good crowd to your event. Shooting Stars has truly set…
Vancouver Art Gallery #Compassion2Action Oct. 3
Eat Well. Do Good. Compassion Into Action is an annual pop-up organic café and marketplace where you can purchase delicious local organic food by donation to the Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society. For every dollar spent at Compassion Into Action, the food bank can buy three dollars worth of food to feed the 27,000 people who depend on it…
Hawksworth Announces Zero Proof Pairings
Elegant and refined alcohol-free sippers crafted to complement Chef’s Tasting Menu Hawksworth Restaurant & Bar is adding another dimension to their award-winning bar program with the introduction of Zero Proof cocktail pairings, as an alternative complement to the Chef’s Tasting Menu. Hawksworth’s Zero Proof cocktails are expertly crafted by a skilled team of bartenders. Made…
Earls does Lobster for $25 Oct. 11-13
This October, for three days only, celebrate one of the world’s finest ingredients. Lobster, fished fresh from the cold, icy waters off the Nova Scotia coast and flown daily to over 50 Earls restaurants across Canada. On October 11th, from Toronto to Whitehorse, Yukon – Victoria, BC to Winnipeg, hundreds of fresh live lobsters arrive…
Swallow Tail Wild Mushrooms & Pinot Noir
Before the meal, mushrooms will be foraged from our local forests by your Chef and you’ll get to BYO wine. Some of the tasty things you can expect on your plate are Cauliflower Mushrooms, Lobster Mushrooms and Chanterelles. Robin’s been playing with this wonderful truffle oil lately too, so that’s likely to make an appearance….
Celebrity Chef Cooking Classes
Enjoy a fun-filled evening of food and wine with our celebrity chefs! A fundraiser for the Arts Club Theatre Company, our Celebrity Chef Cooking Classes feature a three-hour interactive cooking demonstration, a four-course meal with wine pairings by Mark Anthony Group, and premium coffee service from Nespresso! Classes are held in gorgeous private homes across…
POSTPONED UNTIL SPRING 2013 Drag, Food and Wine Aficionados head to the Okanagan to celebrate Priscilla Queen of the Desert – October 19-21, 2012
Filmed in the Australian Outback, the original The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert followed a group of drag queens and their adventures aboard a bus. While their journey had its ups and downs, on October 19-21, 2012 the Okanagan’s celebration of all things food, wine and drag, promises nothing but the very best…
Big Lou’s Butcher Shop is a one-stop thanksgiving destination
Order your turkey, turducken or full dinner to make the day a feast The spectacular September weather might make it feel like summer, but the calendar says that Thanksgiving is just around the corner and with only two weeks until the big day, it’s an ideal time to pre order the centrepiece of your feast….
Chef Marisa Goodwin demonstrates her culinary prowess at multiple fall culinary events.
End the Summer Season with a Lasting Food Memory in Cowichan Bay Foodies have been very pleased to find Chef Marisa Goodwin and her amazing Organic Fair products at multiple events this year. Chef Marisa has been seen launching her Organic Fair Soda Syrup line as well as Raspados (snow cones) and popsicles, serving small…
Farmers Market at MARKET at the Shangri-La
For a few Sundays this summer (the next one is September 23) the Vancouver Farmers Markets comes downtown to the patio at Market at the Shangri-La Hotel Vancouver. I headed downtown for the July 29th event and tried out the Farmers Market Menu Brunch. Chef Wayne Harris works with the vendors at the market to…
Recipe to Riches is Back
RECIPE TO RICHES IS BACK IN SEARCH OF CANADA’S NEXT $250,000 RECIPE AND GROCERY STORE SENSATION 21 Competing Home Cooks and Their Original Recipes Revealed New Season Premieres October 17 at 9pm ET/8pm PT on Food Network Canada The hit original competitive reality food series Recipe to Riches is back and 21 fresh new faces…
Gold Medal Plates British Columbia
Can’t Wait for….Friday, November 16 2012 at The Westin Bayshore Vancouver Competing Chefs for 2012 Angus An Maenam Joe Campo The Westin Bayshore Vancouver Quang Dang West Mark Filatow Waterfront Restaurant & Wine Bar David Gunawan Wildebeest Lee Humphries C Restaurant Nicholas Nutting The Pointe Restaurant at Wickaninnish Inn (Tofino) Darin Paterson Bogner’s of Penticton Jeff Van Geest Miradoro at Tinhorn Creek Winery Taryn Wa Savoury…
Granville Island Brings Tomatoes to the Small Screen
@granville_isle Chef Ryan Gauthier is hot for cold tomato soup. Tweet, share and pin the video for a chance to win. Foodies are in for another treat with Granville Island’s latest culinary video featuring Chef Ryan Gauthier, Corporate Chef for The GLOWBAL COLLECTION of Restaurants (glowbal grill, COAST, Italian Kitchen, SOCIETY, Trattoria and Black+Blue). The new…
Julia Child Celebrates 100th at Pastis
Pastis is one of Vancouver’s top French bistros and when it came to celebrating Julia Child’s 100th Birthday they stepped up and recreated many of the items from her epic cookbook, Mastering the Art of French Cooking and are still doing so until September 2. We attended the August 16 dinner, which was both a cooking…
The Westin Grand – Pop Up Patio
Act quick to check out the latest pop up at The Westin Grand at Homer and Robson Street. Sit poolside and catch the last rays of summer amongst the gardens with music from their live DJ. On every Thursday and Friday while the weather lasts. The menu is created by Executive Chef Matthew Richmond and…
Foodie Fridays on News1130
Today we are talking all about blueberries since they are at their peak and what is more delicious than a big blue berry? The BC Blueberry Council is a great source of information about this fruit which is one of the best antioxidants around, helping slow the aging process and reduce cell damage that can lead…
Best of The West
For the second year in a row The Harmony Arts Festival presented Best of the West. The event was hosted again by Michaela Morris and Michelle Boufard of house wine, who did a spectacular job of pairing up West Vancouver’s best restaurants with stellar BC Wines. Held at the Ambleside Pier at the foot of 14th Street,…
