Noodlebox Pairs With Food Gays, Julie Van Rosendaal and Dreena Burton This August Noodlebox Canada has launched a guest feature recipe series with three innovative recipe creators to showcase each of their dishes, one available for a week-long run this August. My pals the Food Gays were asked to collaborate and you can scroll down for their segment on GlobaI TV! I give a shout out to these guys/gays any chance I can because they are nailing it! Great website (Food Gays) with excellent photos and recipes. I’m a big fan of Julie’s too, and was lucky enough to travel…
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What To Do In Vancouver This Week of August Hard to believe we are hard into the second week of August. Summer’s been good to us so far, but it’s flying by and this smoky haze we have hanging over us is putting a bit of a damper on what would have otherwise been some damn fine days. We went up to the Okanagan last week and spent some time with my Mom and Dad, visited some Summerland cideries, a brewery, and winery, and had some excellent meals at home with fresh garden produce as well as at some great…
Chef Ken Nakano’s decadent take on Steak – Recipe for Slow Grilled Wagyu Beef We’ve been posting a lot about pork lately, but we can’t neglect beef, and we do eat our share of it! We had a delicious wagyu beef recently and when we saw this recipe it reminded us we better get some on the BBQ soon. Then this delicious recipe was shared with us and we couldn’t help but share with you. You may have to adjust a bit if you don’t have a smoker, or perhaps use your BBQ and some wood chips. Thanks Chef Nakano…
Pirate Pak Day For Adults Raises Funds For Zajac Ranch For Children Who doesn’t love an old school White Spot Burger, especially when you’re helping raise funds for a worthy cause! On Wednesday, August 9, you can order up an Adult Pirate Pak at 62 White Spot restaurants throughout British Columbia and four locations in Alberta. For the eighth consecutive year, a toonie from the sale of every Pirate Pak will be donated to Zajac Ranch for Children, a local charity that provides kids and young adults with life-threatening illnesses and chronic disabilities a unique summer camp experience. Pirate Pak…
PNE Food Vendors Reveal Newest Crazy Food Items for 2017 Each year the food at the fairs around the world gets crazier. Some people flock to try anything weird and wacky, while others just prefer a good old hot dog or burger. Once again our Vancouver PNE Food items sounds a little different, some items may shock some, appeal to others, and absolutely revolt a few. You’ll find the persistent warm mini donuts and corndogs, caramel popcorn, cotton candy and fries, and some new foods to try. Here’s a few you may or may not want to gorge on. What will you be…
Chef Trevor Bird Collaborates With Egg Farmers of Canada For Devilled Eggs Recently we headed to Fable Restaurant for a Canadian Egg Feast with Chef Trevor Bird and wine pairings by Sommelier and co-owner of their sister restaurant, Mission. A most delicious progression of egg dishes were presented including these pretty Soy Stained Eggs. We’ll have a series of egg dishes from Canadian Chef and Egg Ambassadors, first up these eggs. 4 eggs 1 cup (250 mL) soy sauce 1 cup (250 mL) rice wine vinegar 2 tbsp (30 mL) Sriracha sauce Boil water; place eggs in water and cook…
Lick Your Plate Cookbook – Simple, Easy Homecooking I’ve got a lot of cookbooks to catch up on and feature! Lick Your Plate landed March 2016, but is a classic, with more than a few great recipes that I need to share with y’all. Lick Your Plate has 160 recipes easy to follow recipes for home cooks that are quick and simple, but full of flavour . There’s lots of fun to be had reading through this and the ingredients are readily accessible. You’ll find chapters on No Fork Required Appetizers; Steamed-Up Soups; Crunch Time Salads; Pick of the Crop Vegetables; Fueled-Up…
Juice-forward cocktails with Carissa Campeotto from Black Bamboo Joe Leary and I taped another episode of my segment, Good Life Vancouver, part of his TSN1410 Hand Crafted Spirits Show, this time with Carissa Campeotto from Black Bamboo, a new pop-up! Listen to the segment here: From the release…. The city’s newest pop-up experience, Black Bamboo, is ready to elevate the everyday cold-pressed juice with its cocktail bar at 1219 Granville Street (back alley entrance). Guests can expect to celebrate summer vibes in a tropical-inspired and intimate room, while enjoying music, live entertainment, champagne, and of course, juiced cocktails. Black Bamboo has partnered…
Everyday We Eat Canadian Food, but Food Day Canada Is Extra Special If you joined our twitter chat on August 2nd, you may be a little extra pumped about Food Day Canada, but even if you missed it there’s still time to plan for your celebration on August 5th! It’s a chance for all Canadians to join hands in one massive concurrent party in praise of our farmers and fishers; our chefs and researchers…and, above all, our home cooks. You can head to one of the Food Day Canada restaurants or plan your own party! Remember to use only Canadian ingredients to create…
H2 Rotisserie Pride-themed Menu On Until August 10 Last week we were doing yoga at the Westin on the pool (details here) and today we’re heading back there to talk about their cocktail program for The Craft Spirits Show with Joe Leary on TSN1410. There are lots of reasons to visit H2 Rotisserie & Bar and here’s another one! H2’s Chef Caitlin Mark, a proud member of the LGBTQ2+ community, has created a Fresh Sheet: Pride Edition, available during dinner for two weeks, July 27 – August 10. The colourful three-course meal begins with a Caprese Salad, featuring rainbow heirloom…
Drink Up For Charity, Pride-Themed Cocktails Benefit the Dr. Peter Centre Start celebrating as until August 6, dozens of bars and restaurants across Vancouver will shake up an array of signature cocktails in celebration of the Dr. Peter AIDS Foundation. I’m feeling rather thirsty already! Scroll down for a cocktail recipe featuring Long Table Distillery from Justin Taylor of the Cascade Room. Establishments will be offering Pride-themed cocktails with partial proceeds from the sale of each drink donated directly to the Dr. Peter Centre, a facility in Vancouver’s West End that provides services for British Columbians who face poverty, homelessness,…
From the GLV archive: July 2017. The Union closed in October 2022. This review records our visit and the menu offered at the time. Stellar Southeast Asian Food at The Union Lately we haven’t been venturing much outside the neighbourhood to dine, and have been eating rather unadventurous dinners. Fortunately I got an invite to dine at The Union, and remembered how good some of my previous meals there, so packed full of flavour, so I was totally game. The Union, led by Chef Lisa Henderson, dishes up the flavours of Southeast Asia using fresh, locally sourced ingredients. The restaurant,…
On August 2nd Prepare For Food Day Canada August 5 And Win Prizes! I’m working to help promote Food Day Canada with as a Food Day Canada’s Culinary Ambassador @goodlifevan along with Chef Michael Smith @ChefMichaelSmth , Amy Matheson @amyemathe and Julie Van Rosendaal @dinnerwithjulie and the whole Food Day Canada Team. Date: Wednesday, August 2nd Time: 8 – 9 pm EDT Location: @FoodDayCanada on Twitter We’ll learn about the REAL Canadian cuisine from some of the experts and hope you’ll share your own foodie stories and even get a bit of help planning your Food Day Canada menu. How does it work? Starting at 8 p.m.…
We Did Liquid Yoga at The Westin Bayshore and Stayed Dry H2 Restaurant + Bar opened recently at The Westin Bayshore and I have yet to try their highly acclaimed roast chicken or steak, but I did have a great brunch there the other day and would highly recommend the patio for summer drinks. However, today we returned for a little something other than just food, liquid yoga on mats on the pool. This is not your regular yoga, although the moves are definitely from the practice, as while you are going through the flow, you are atop a mat…
Philips Airfryer A New Favourite In Our Crowded Kitchen We’re finally home enough to make a few things in the kitchen and I’ve been testing out the newest Philips Airfryer. I’ve made some crispy fries, pork tonkatsu, zucchini sticks, chick peas and salmon quite successfully now. The Airfryer blasts hot air through the cooking chamber and allows you to crisp food with way less oil than you would with a deep fryer, making healthy meals easy. It sits nicely on the counter top, the latest version is 20% smaller, looking quite slick if you care to leave it there. The…
What To Do In And Around Vancouver Week – Living The Good Life in Vancouver It’s a diverse city we live in and this week you’ll find everything from people dressed to the nines at the race track for Deighton Cup (see you there!) to folks consuming more meat in an afternoon than some do in a year at Brewery And The Beast! There’s an Italian Market, Cocktail Crawls, and Brunch to be had too. Get out there and celebrate summer. Italian Market at the Italian Cultural Center Local organic and artisan products and tastes of Italy collide! Shop for…
Original Daiquiri And a History Lesson The Daiquiri is a member of the sour family of cocktails. A sour is composed of a base spirit, a sweet ingredient, and a a sour ingredient. In the case of the Daiquiri, those elements are rum ), lime juice and sugar. 2oz Bacardi Carta Blanca 1oz fresh lime juice 0.75oz Cocktail syrup (castor sugar, confectioners sugar, hot water) Shaken, Coupe glass The origin of this drink, like many others, is controversial. On theory is that it was invented by American mining engineer, Jennings Cox, in Cuba at the time of the Spanish–American War.…
Drink and Dine #OnRobson This Summer I came home to a cool kit for a Moscow Mule to celebrate to launch of Let’s Patio #onRobson, a cool campaign from the Robson Street BIA. It’s kind of strange that we don’t head downtown to dine more, but in the summer we are hanging out at home more and enjoying the BBQ. I am a super big fan of CinCin for one, so a visit there is long overdue! In any case this campaign is a pretty good reason to get down to Robson Street and enjoy some time in downtown Vancouver.…
Eats, Drinks, And Culture Feature Large in Today’s Squamish It seems this summer is one endless honeymoon as Michael and I have been venturing around BC having a series of fantastic adventures. We’d journeyed through Squamish, perhaps stopping for lunch or a refuel on the way to or from Whistler, but hadn’t actually spent the night there until just last month. This town is well worth putting a night or two aside for it’s got everything from a Distillery to First Nations Cultural Tours. On the way up we stopped at the Sea to Sky Gondola and ventured up for…
What To Do In And Around Vancouver This Week I’ve been away on assignment in San Diego and just catching up to what’s happening a little further north. We’re heading to Chicha Restaurant shortly for their BBQ, and tomorrow another BBQ at a friends house celebrating a birthday. Summer is definitely in full swing and I’ve even got a bit of a tan already! Here’s a couple things to do this week. All You Can Eat Peruvian BBQ Chicha Restaurant 5 pm TODAY July 15 Annual “All You Can Eat Peruvian Street Meat” BBQ! Sample every kind of Peruvian street…
