Galette des Rois: Baking Fit for a King Just when you thought the feast was over, another delicious seasonal pastry has hit the food scene. Every January, Galette des Rois, the King cake is a must for sweet devotees. The cake is flaky, sweet, and best served warm, and if the culinary pleasure itself doesn’t…
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Gifts for Food and Wine Lovers
Food, Wine, Cooking Tools and Books for those Gastronomically inclined Shopping for a baker, cook, wine devotee or just someone that likes to eat and drink? Here’s some useful suggestions. Where to shop? Support local folks and head to Gourmet Warehouse. Their prices are most excellent too. #notsponsored #justlove Staub 6.7 L Cocotte This Cocotte…
Mon Paris Pâtisserie Holiday Collection
Mon Paris Pâtisserie brings a taste of Paris home for the holidays Sweetening the season with her impeccable treats, Mon Paris Pâtisserie owner and pastry chef, Elena Krasnova, invites you to indulge in a little luxury this holiday season. Gorgeous chocolate creations, cookies, cakes and pastries from Mon Paris Pâtisserie (4396 Beresford St., Burnaby) provide…
Lift Up Local Restaurants and Assist New Immigrants with MOSAIC Gift Certs
Local Restaurants Band Together for Cultural Vibrancy When Meeru Dhalwala, co-owner of Vij’s, was faced with drastically tanking sales, even at Vij’s, one of the restaurants with the hardest seats to nail in the city, she racked her brain for “pivots” and had a vivid memory of how hard it was for her parents in…
Gift Guide: Michael’s Favourite Picks
The Gift Guide for the Men in Your Life Holy smokes peeps, I asked my lovely husband, Michael, to put together a gift guide and he went all out and produced some grand ideas for men. Many of these gems would of course be very appropriate for women too, apart from the beard grooming kit,…
Les Dames BC to Award $50,000 in Scholarships
Les Dames d’Escoffier Puts Education First This is a very challenging year and I’m so proud to announce that Les Dames BC, an organization of women leaders in hospitality who raise funds for education, has $50,000 to give to deserving women who want to move forward in their career. This year is extra special for…
Provence’s December Wine Menu
Provence’s December Wine Menu – A Celebration of Good Taste We had a sneak peek of the December celebration at Provence in December and it’s a delicious combination of some of BC’s best wines and perfectly paired dishes. The next menu in the Monthly Wine Menu series at Provence Marinaside. highlights Mission Hill Family Estate…
Growing Chefs Taco Tuesday on Giving Tuesday
Chef Sarah Stewart Teaches Tacos for Growing Chefs It’s Giving Tuesday next week, a global movement for giving and volunteering, taking place each year after Black Friday. The “opening day of the giving season,” it’s a time when charities, companies, and individuals join and rally for their favourite causes. We’ve been cooking along with Growing…
What’s Good This Week November 23 Edition
What’s Happening in Vancouver It’s another week without holiday parties and the usual outings that I do so enjoy. However, I did go sort of away with a staycation at the Marriott, and I’m making the most of my cookbook collection! Here’s a few things to do around town this week to keep on keeping…
Novo Pizzeria Fall Menu
Novo Pizzeria Dishes Up More Than Just Pizza The night we were scheduled to dine at Novo Pizzeria the pizza oven was on the fritz, but we knew that there was more than just pizza to be had at this Kitsilano neighbourhood favourite. The new fall items featured a risotto with local squash and foraged…
Good Wine Gal’s Wines of Christmas
The 12 Essential Wines of Christmas – Bubbles for the Holidays! Good Wine Gal has a wonderful guide out for the holidays and discounts from Swirl Wine Shop and Marquis Wine Cellars! Here’s some hints as to what’s in there. What are you drinking this holiday season? GET YOUR COPY HERE (click click!!) Good Wine…
Chefhyve Food Hall
Chefhyve Food Hall Opens on Kingsway Today’s news, fresh from Instagram, Chefhyve, a food hall concept, is opening in East Vancouver at 2525 Kingsway. “Chefhyve is a bite-sized, gourmet food hall offering amazing local and international cuisines prepared in open kitchens by local chefs using only real ingredients. The first location (meaning there’s plans for…
Auntie Aperitivo House Downtown Vancouver
New Restaurant Brings Contemporary Chinese Street Food Concept to Upscale Setting in the Granville Entertainment District News on a new opening inspired by Yunnan street-food. An innovative new culinary concept inspired by the comfort, soul and flavours of authentic Chinese street food makes its debut in Downtown Vancouver when Street Auntie Aperitivo House opens its…
What’s Good This Week November 16 Edition
What’s Happening in Vancouver As the holiday lights and decorations go up, my thoughts usually go to holiday parties, entertaining and how to be entertained. However, this is just not a regular year. Money’s tighter all round, gatherings extremely limited, and loved ones and experiences with them seem even more valuable. Here’s a few things…
Dine Strathcona – Restaurants Cafes and Breweries
Strathcona Restaurants, Cafes and Breweries Come Together For “Dine Strathcona” Menu Promotion Nov. 18-30 ‘By-the-Community, For-the-Community’ Initiative Helps Diners Show Support for Strathcona Small Businesses While Raising Funds for WISH Drop-In Centre – News from the Community Strathcona’s hospitality community will come together this month to showcase the neighbourhood’s vibrant culinary scene while raising money…
DL Chicken Shack and Pepino’s Spaghetti House
The Ultimate Munchies Mash-Up on Commercial Drive c/o DL Chicken Shack and Pepino’s Spaghetti House Two of our favourite foods are coming together and we are thinking we’ve got to come at this dish HUNGRY! – GLV News Release: For two weeks only, voracious Vancouverites can up their pie game with the ultimate collab between…
Provence & Checkmate Wine Dinner
Provence & Checkmate Wine Dinner – An evening drenched in collaboration & creativity Good Wine Gal, Barb Wild, Checks out Checkmate Winery at Provence. When you first meet Joshua (Josh) Carlson, the wine director at Provence, you might think he’s an artist. He is a little tailored. His blue green eyes are framed by heavy…
Recreative Apparel
Affordable and Sustainable – Recreative Apparel We’ve partnered with a new local apparel brand, Recreative Apparel, to celebrate getting back on track with our fitness classes with Cadence Cycle and to spread the word and do a giveaway. View this post on Instagram #GIVEAWAY – tote bag and tank top!!! @recreativeapparel We’ve partnered…
MRKT HAUL November Series
Celebrate Local Food Purveyors with MRKT Haul MRKT HAUL curates a monthly package of local Vancouver goods, all available for pick up at one location at 302 Industrial Avenue. Partners Corvette and Matt, owners of Shameless Buns Filipino Food Truck, created this platform for passionate entrepreneurs and curious Vancouver foodies to connect and discover new…
Provence Marinaside Features French Foods and Wine on Hugel Day
Provence Marinaside Offers Choucroute Garnie For Hugel Day November 14th marks the 11th annual Hugel Day which spotlights the Alsatian wines of the Famille Hugel and Provence Marinaside will be celebrating it in classic style. “Just prior to the pandemic, we held a winemaker’s dinner honouring the wines of Famille Hugel and we served a…
