Vancouver Hosts Canada’s Premier Citywide Gin Celebration From AUG 12th– 26th Do you love gin? YVR hosts the summer edition of Gin-A-Palooza – Canada’s first-ever, citywide Gincentric Celebration! For two weeks, Vancouverites have the opportunity to navigate the city’s streets visiting participating venues. Please your palates with 30 signature ginspired cocktails; learn fact from fiction about this classic spirit; and,…
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Richmond Garlic Festival At The Sharing Farm
The 7th Annual Richmond Garlic Festival & Chefs To The Field On Sunday August 23rd Okay, seriously, who doesn’t LOVE garlic? It just makes a dish and I am mad about it! So when we heard about this festival a few years back we headed on out, but far too late! This year we’ll get…
Share The Table Barilla Family Friendly Recipes
Pasta Recipes From Barilla We’ve partnered with Barilla to bring you some Barilla family-friendly recipes to encourage you to cook and dine together! Barilla® created Share The Table® to help inspire, empower, and support all families to enjoy more meaningful meals. Check out the website for more details on how to make family mealtimes more…
CONTEST CLOSED Win A Made With Love Cocktail Tasting
Congrats to Michelle, Cindy and Grace! To celebrate the upcoming MadeWithLove™, the largest mixology competition in Canada, we are giving away a pre-competition cocktail tasting for four with Good Life Vancouver and 05 Tea Shop. Two sets of two tickets are available. Date confirmed shortly. a Rafflecopter giveaway Made with love is August 31, 2015 Visit www.enjoymadewithlove.com to…
Dinner on The Pier for Growing Chefs
Next Thursday August 20th will host the North Shore’s first ever Dinner on the Pier raising funds for Growing Chefs! Starting at the beautiful Pipe Shop Building in Lower Lonsdale, there will be a cocktail hour with yummy cocktails and of course plenty of beer and wine! Enjoy live music, Nautical photobooth and raffle prizes before…
Canadian Cheese Rolling Festival
Canada’s most unique festival rolls back into town. It’s time for Cheese Rolling! The Canadian Cheese Rolling Festival, one of Canada’s most exciting and fun-hearted events, is back again. Hosted by Dairy Farmers of Canada, the event will feature activities the whole family can enjoy including cheese rolling races, costume contest, recipe demos and tastings,…
Polo Day at the Pacific Polo Club
Vancouver – Witness the Sport of Kings; Power and pure Polo passion featuring two matches! Sunday, August 16th, 2015 – 11:30AM to 5PM GET YOUR TICKETS TODAY! >>> The Vancouver Polo Club is located in the Southlands and is a purveyor of the fine sport of polo. The Vancouver Polo Club opened in May 2014. Since then,…
3rd Say Hi to a Stranger Weekend Brightens Vancouver August 21-23, 2015
Get friendly with the 3rd edition of the Say Hi to a Stranger Weekend from August 21-23, 2015. Vancouver businesses, artists, and volunteer street teams will create socially interactive environments to encourage residents to say hello to one another and use the hashtag #sayhitoastranger on social media. This movement was borne out of the reputation of…
Shake It Up At Made With Love
MadeWithLove™, the largest mixology competition in Canada, is coming back to town! After Winnipeg and Calgary, continues its 2015 western tour in the great city of Vancouver. The finals will be held on August 31st at Fairmont Hotel Vancouver, located at 900 West Georgia Street from 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm. Tickets are available at the presale price of…
The Botany of Beer
Beer in the garden with Bomber Brewing? Yes please! This 2-part class explores the plants essential to beer through an interactive talk, a local microbrewery tour, and plenty of tasting. The Botany of Beer is presented in partnership with Bomber Brewing, this will be a focused look at the ingredients in beer, and why and…
Edible Canada Hosts Top Chefs
UPCOMING MARKET DINNERS & EVENTS Guest chefs from BC are en route to Edible Canada for gourmet, seasonal feasts in the private room at the Market. 2015 Guest Chef Market Dinner series will welcome new chefs and old favourites into the custom demo kitchen in the heart of Granville Island. For these one-of-a-kind evenings, guests enjoy an…
Avocado Showdown With Avocados From Mexico
Hobby Chefs Dish Up Avocado Recipes In A Tough Culinary Competition – The Avocado Showdown! It’s been a rough life being an Avocados from Mexico in the past few months. I’ve been creating delicious avocado-based dishes, interviewing sports royalty and celebrity chefs, giving myself avocado facials, and the worst yet, having to sample through tasty avocado dishes…
Les Dames Summerdine – A Few Seats Left + Online Auction
On Wednesday, August 12th join Canada’s largest concurrent dinner party as Les Dames d’Escoffier BC Chapter presents Les Dames Summerdine . This fundraiser takes place at thirty different restaurants, wineries, cooking schools and culinary venues across the province. While most venues are sold out, seats in Vancouver can still be bought at Barbara-Jo’s Books to Cooks, where Chef Jennifer Peters of Nextjen…
BOMBAY SAPPHIRE EAST and Cocktails with David Wolowidnyk
Top Five Reasons Why Bombay Sapphire Gin is the Spirit of Summer Yesterday I wrote about how my new Escents Outdoor Survival Kit helped keep the mosquitoes away (although I neglected to use the spray the the day before….and one bit me on the neck….right in my apartment while sleeping…so very rude!) and today I…
Golden Dumpling Cook Off and Derby August 12!
Bao Bei Chinese Brasserie and Here There present Vancouver’s Golden Dumpling Cook Off! The Cookoff returns August 9th! Refreshments are by Red Truck Brewery, restaurants will plate fresh takes on the filling-and-wrapper format. An expert panel of judges will taste their way through entries from 17 restaurants battling to fill, wrap, steam and fry their way…
Escents Outdoor Survival Kit
Bugs love me and I am constantly being bitten from everything from mosquitoes to spiders, and I’ve got the scars to prove it; I am unable to stop scratching. I’ve tried those patches and the disgusting smelling repellents out there, but I’ve now found a fragrant alternative to keep the mossies away that is chemical free…
Petite Patios
Although we are well into mid-summer, it’s not too late to redesign your outdoor living space, or at least give it a spruce up. In Vancouver, apartment living means our outdoor space is rather small, but we’ve managed to utilize it well and have a beer fridge, Weber BBQ, patio set and a good selection…
BC Pinot Noir Celebration
August 22, 2015 3:00pm – 11:00pm The 3rd annual British Columbia Pinot Noir Celebration is a celebration that aims to bring together passionate Pinot Noir producers in the province in an interactive and fun atmosphere – giving guests an intimate experience with our winemakers and winery principals whilst building education and excitement about BC Pinot Noir. …
Chilled Summer Seafood Plate from Chef Dino Renaerts
Summer seafood is abundant, so why not put out a plate at your next gathering. Chef Dino Renaerts, Chef, Sommelier, and owner of The Bon Vivant Hospitality Group LTD & Bon Vivant Catering LTD has this tasty seafood creation for us. Chilled Summer Seafood Plate Serves 4 4 oz Dungeness crab meat 8 side stripe shrimp…
#BigSmokeBurger July 29 Big Smoke Burger Giving Away Burgers
BIG SMOKE BURGER GRILLS ITS WAY INTO VANCOUVER On July 29th, the gourmet burger franchise opens its first location in Vancouver on West Broadway Internationally celebrated gourmet burger shop Big Smoke Burger today announced its first location in Vancouver at 500 West Broadway. To celebrate the grand opening, Big Smoke Burger will be giving away…
