Food Day Canada Celebrated August 3rd Across Canada Fairmont Chateau Whistler executive sous chef Derek Bendig announced that his 2019 Food Day Canada (FDC) dinner will be comprised entirely of ingredients from the Whistler Farmer’s Market, located just steps from the hotel’s front doors and now he’s released the complete menu for the August 3,…
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Fitness – Staying On Track
Tools To Keep You Moving Towards Your Fitness Goals It’s been a whirlwind couple of years and I’ve been in super good, average,and not so good shape; I’m an expert in losing, and gaining weight it seems! In 2017 I won a weight loss contest, ran a half marathon, got married and was super happy…
What’s Good This Week July 16 Edition
What To Do in and Around Vancouver This Week We’re well into July and we’ve still got lots of summer to-dos to check off the list. Don’t let the days slip away without creating some memories of your own. Here are a couple of ways to celebrate summer. Drink – Strongbow’s newly launched Rosé Apple Cider…
Do Chay Plant-Based Vietnamese Opens
Do Chay Opens Up In The Kingsway Corridor With Vegetarian And Vegan Fare Do Chay Saigon Vegetarian (1392 Kingsway) quietly opened its doors last month in Vancouver, and word quickly spread about this 32-seat, plant-based Vietnamese restaurant located in the middle of the Kingsway corridor. With street food dishes such as its popular Coconut Rice…
Downlow Chicken and Mister Ice Cream Team Up – News Release
Spicy, Cool Treats Popping Up From DL Chicken and Mister The Downlow Chicken Shack (DL Chicken) and Mister Artisan Ice Cream (Mister) team up for the ultimate hot ice cream throw down, dropping two exclusive ice cream sando flavours starting this Saturday, July 13, 2019 at DL Chicken (905 Commercial Drive). Fans can cool down…
What’s Good This Week July 11 Edition
What To Do In And Around Vancouver This Week It’s full on summer, even if the weather indicates otherwise, and once again Vancouver has so much to offer. Here’s a couple of things that popped up on our radar. Burb Pop-Up Burb, a BC-based cannabis retail and apparel brand, is hosting a Launch Party and…
Carnaval del Sol Vancouver
Pacific Northwest’s Largest Festival of Latin Culture – Carnaval del Sol What’s up for the weekend? We’re checking out Carnaval del Sol, the Pacific Northwest’s largest festival of Latin culture tomorrow, and maybe Sunday too, as it’s on both July 6th and 7th at Concord Pacific Place. This year’s theme “Sharing Our Indigenous and Afro-Latin…
Lost Horn Mediterranean Grill Opens in Kelowna
Restaurateur Peter Contos Opens Lost Horn Mediterranean Grill in West Kelowna Kelowna’s Westside has been rather limited when it comes to dining choices, but that has changed as The Lost Horn Mediterranean Grill just opened on Main Street. The Lost Horn offers a fast-casual approach to dining, focusing on quality, local ingredients wherever possible. Kelowna…
Verdi’s Macbeth in Vancouver
Blood, Guts and Betrayal: Heroic Opera presents Verdi’s Shakespearean Epic Opera, Macbeth After seeing Cinderella from Vancouver Opera this spring, we need more opera in our life so are excited to attend Macbeth! The ultimate story of ambition, murder, and betrayal, Verdi’s epic opera Macbeth is adapted from Shakespeare’s masterpiece. Verdi’s music is some of…
Tripping Out to Harrison In The Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV
Driving to Rowena’s Inn A Treat In The Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV My husband Michael and I celebrated our two year anniversary in style with a trip out to Harrison Mills, and tested out the 2019 Mitsubishi Outlander Phev along the way. The Outlander is a plug-in hybrid electric, a combination that is very timely right…
H2 Rotisserie & Bar “Great Canadian BBQ” July 1, 2019
H2 Rotisserie & Bar Goes All Out For Canada Day How are you celebrating Canada Day? Things have been so busy around here that I’ve not planned much, but this appeared in my in box and definitely peaked my interest. I’ve eaten at H2 Rotisserie & Bar many times and their food and service has…
Provence Marinaside Lobster Month
Provence’s Chefs Present Lobster Many Ways Including a Lobster Boil on July 15 Who else loves lobster! It’s such a treat and here’s your chance to try it many ways at Provence Marinaside in Yaletown at the foot of Davie Street. We recently had a delicious family brunch here, and a lunch and learn with…
Coquille Seafood Seafood Sessions
Happy Hour is Happier Now That Coquille Seafood Hosts Seafood Sessions Thursday afternoon happy hour at Coquille Seafood in Gastown is where you need to be! You’ll find a variety of guest presenters each week featuring Ocean Wise seafood and teaching you a little something about their unique fares. We’ve been to two already, and…
Groundswell Test Market At Granville Island
Alternative Business School Graduates From Groundswell Present Their Fares In Granville Island Luckily for me, I’m on Facebook (give me a like, won’t you?) and often pay attention to the events that are suggested to me, as I procrastinate on the work I need to do. Yesterday, up popped the Groundswell Test Market At Granville…
Vancouver Community College’s Culinary Arts – VCC’s The Chef’s Table
Vancouver Community College’s Culinary Arts Students Present Dinner At VCC’s Chef’s Table What a delightful evening we had, full of delicious food at the Vancouver Community College. The VCC Culinary Arts Students, under the guidance or Chef Hamid Salimian, cook dinner three nights a week during the summer, up until July 17 at the VCC’s…
Mauro Colagreco’s Mirazur is No.1 as The World’s 50 Best Restaurants
The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2019 are revealed Congratulations to all the restaurant making The World’s 50 Best Restaurants list in 2019! Canada is not among them, but of note is that Chef Andersen Lee, a 20-year-old cook from Montreal, has been named the 2019 recipient of the 50 Best BBVA Scholarship. Lee, who was raised…
Negroni Week In Vancouver
Where to Get Your Negroni On For Negroni Week We’re thinking that a Negroni tour might just have to happen this week. If nothing else, get to Juniper for their adventures! Scroll down to read about that! GLV Welcome to Negroni Week, presented by Imbibe Magazine and Campari. Imbibe launched Negroni Week in 2013 as a celebration of one…
Jessica Préalpato The World’s Best Pastry Chef 2019 – News Release
The Head Pastry Chef at Alain Ducasse au Plaza Athénée in Paris, Jessica Préalpato, has been voted The World’s Best Pastry Chef 2019 Congratulations to Jessica Préalpato, who received her award in advance of The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2019 awards ceremony, taking place on 25 June in Singapore. The World’s 50 Best Restaurants, sponsored by…
Romance & Laughter Take Centre Stage as Shakespeare in Love Joins the 30th Season of Bard on the Beach
Shakespeare In Love Another Home Run At Bard On The Beach Another night at Bard on the Beach last night and the entertainment continues! Shakespeare In Love was a huge success and the actors antics again had us in stitches once again. The costumes were impressive and the characters were ones you wanted to get…
Grissa’s Sugar Latin Bakery Pop Up at Cacao
Grissa’s Latin Pastries and Alfajores Served at Cacao in Kitsilano Lately I’ve been obsessed with Alfajores and I’ve tried a couple that are totally worth reporting on. I went by Cacao a couple weeks back for the Friday Latin Bakery Pop-Up where Chef Jefferson Alvarez introduced me to Grissa, of Grissa’s Sugar, who had a…
