What To Do In Vancouver This Week It’s the end of August and we’re so ready for fall and a reprise from the heat and smoke. As Labour Day weekend approaches we’re going to try to get in a few more sunny walks, some patio dining and maybe a bike ride or two. Here’s a…
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Wild Salmon Celebration – Coverage
Wild Salmon Dished Up at Fisherman’s Wharf Last night was a lot cooler than last year’s Wild Salmon Celebration, but that didn’t stop chefs plating up some very creative and wildly different dishes, all made with Sockeye Salmon. The wines were all salmon-safe and Shelter Point Distillery was onsite generously sampling their stellar whisky! Thanks…
Elevated Dining Experience With Ned Bell
Dinner In The Sky by Chef Ned Bell The first question almost everyone asked when I told them I was participating in Dinner In The Sky, a dinner where your table is 150 feet in the air, is what if you have to pee? And honestly, it was my biggest worry too, but after I…
Burnaby – Crave The Heights! – Listing
A Neighbourhood Dining Showcase In Burnaby A quick trip out to Burnaby this week will take you to Crave the Heights to celebrate delicious food and lively entertainment. Fun fact? Yours truly worked at Cristos Greek Restaurant, one of the participants, and lived in the Heights during my University Days. Boy that restaurant has been around…
The Apothecary Journey: A dinner pairing affair at Long Table Distiller – Listing
Featuring: Chef Curtis Luk with Long Table’s Brand Ambassador, Tarquin Melnyk For those who have been desperately missing Chef Curtis Luk since Mission had shuttered, and we count ourselves in this crew, here’s your chance to experience his cooking again. Long Table Distillery is presenting ‘The Apothecary Journey’, two nights of a one-of-a-kind collaborative pairing dinner…
Wild Salmon Celebration August 25 – Listing
Local chefs show support for sustainable BC salmon Summer in British Columbia means that the seasonal delicacies appear, and that includes fresh, ocean-caught wild salmon! In collaboration with BC Salmon Marketing Council, the Chefs’ Table Society of British Columbia(CTS) hosts the second annual Wild Salmon Celebration event at the dockside of False Creek Fishermen’s Wharf on Saturday, August 25…
Fraser Common Farm – Annual farm field dinner – Sunday August 19th
Help Fraser Common Farm Raise The Barn It’s Fraser Common Farms annual farm field dinner on August 19th in Aldergrove and we’re heading out to the valley to celebrate! The farm is partnering with DL Chicken Shack, and will be the much loved Merchant’s Workshops last supper. Glorious Organics produce will be present, as well as…
What’s Good This Week August 13 Edition
What To Do Around Vancouver This Week I can’t believe we’re half way through August! Where did the summer go? I walked outside this morning and it looked like the trees were turning colour, but apparently they are just dried out from lack of water. With no rain in site and temperatures up to 25…
In My Kitchen – Japanese Cooking With Naomi
Cooking Classes From In My Kitchen I attended one of the very delicious Tayybeh Syrian Catering pop-ups last year and luckily met Paula Mohammed, a women with a mission to bring eclectic cooking experiences from home cooks to Vancouver through “In My Kitchen”. I was thrilled to hear about the possibility of learning home cooking techniques from…
Garagiste North The Small Producers Wine Festival – Event
Wine Festival Celebrates Smaller Garagiste Wines! If there’s only one wine festival you get to this summer, this should be the one! August 19th in Kelowna the Garagiste North returns to wow wine lovers with a unique taste of the future of wine country. Garagiste North “The Small Producers” Wine Festival, celebrates the artisan winemaker…
Overnight At The Pangea Pod Hotel In Whistler
Pangea Pod Hotel in Whistler, BC, now taking reservations This week I took a day off for an escape up to Whistler to check out the new Pangea Pod Hotel. Yep folks, pods, not the spacious rooms we’ve been lounging about in lately. However, for those solo travelers and those looking to getaway without the…
Les Dames Summerdine
Summerdine 2018 – One Night, Many Dinners and Many Already Sold OUT! As many of you know I am a member of Les Dames d’Escoffier, an invitational organization of women leaders in food, beverage and hospitality whose mission is education, scholarship and philanthropy. Much of our fundraising goes towards scholarships for women in the culinary,…
Bistro Pastis Shutters After Two Decades of Success
Have One Final French Fête Before August 20th After more than twenty years in business, another neighbourhood gem will disappear from West 4th Avenue. Bistro Pastis has been serving diners some of the best French Onion Soup, Steak Frites, Escargot and Duck Confit Cassoulet in the city; many guests have been dining here for decades….
BC Blueberry Cocktails
Mix Up Some BC Blueberry Cocktails With These Local Libations It’s BC Blueberry season and there’s plenty of berries this year. They’re great in muffins, salads, in pies, sauces jams, and, of course, cocktails! There’s even a locally made Blueberry Vodka made with Bremner’s Blueberries by Marcus Von Albrecht at XFour Vodka(they’re also a client…
BC Living Simply Beautiful Editor’s Box
Simply Beautiful Box By Janine Verreault, Editor, BCLiving For a very limited time you can purchase the Simply Beautiful #editorsbox spring edition $190 Value for $79. I’ve received two boxes now and I love the products that Janine Verreault, the Editor at BCLiving, has chosen for each one. They’re items that I wouldn’t necessarily have chosen for…
Food Day Canada 2018
An Invitation to ALL Canadians – Help Put CANADA on the Menu! Celebrate Canadian Food with Great Ingredients, Top Chefs, Amazing Farmers and Canada’s Most Iconic Icon, the CN Tower Fifteen years ago in 2003, our borders were closed to Canadian beef. It may have been an economic disaster, but it was not a culinary one….
What’s Good This Week July 24 Edition`
What To Do Around Vancouver I can’t believe it’s the last week of July! June and July just flew by as we took some time to head to the Island, had lots of family visits and then there’s the fact that I am working full time in ECommerce now. I’ve got much less time to…
PC Garden Centres One-Stop Shop
PC Garden Centre Sources from 100% Canadian Growers Throughout the summer there’s always some replanting that’s needed on our little balcony and that’s generally husband Michael’s role, part of the jokingly blue vs pink jobs that we have a home (trust me it’s a total joke there are no defined sexist roles around our abode)….
Indian Summer Festival
From July 5 – 15 the Indian Summer Festival Spreads Out Across Vancouver We were lucky enough to stop in for the opening of the Indian Summer Festival this week, and yesterday, the first ever outdoor space PAUSE opened, located at Vanier Park. PAUSE will host 15+ fascinating, family-friendly and unique free events July 6-15. The opening included dishes…
Escape to Ladner
Clair’s Bed and Breakfast and Greek Night in Ladner Sometimes I get seriously behind in blogging and this Ladner post is so very long overdue, but luckily for us, it’s almost timeless and everything I experienced in Ladner this winter is still readily available. Perhaps it’s an even better time of year to visit now…
