Celebrate Craft Beer Month in BC with some of the leading ladies in the business. Rogue Kitchen & Wetbar in Gastown October 23rd at 6:30 for a three course dinner featuring three BC Breweries and their leading ladies. Each Course Served with a 6 oz serving of beer, expertly paired by Rogue Chef Cory Chapman. Moon Under Water, Victoria, BC Pumpkin Pearzen…
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Calabash Rum & Chocolate tasting at Calabash – Sunday October 19th
Rum & Chocolate tasting at Calabash! Sunday October 19th | 6pm – 8pm | $35 (tax inc) Five rums, a rum cocktail, handmade chocolate & a entertaining presentation about rum. All for $35, bargain! Moonshine Tastings will be teaming up with local chocolatier Riadh Aine of Bumble & Oak to bring you one of the tastiest combinations of all…
Annual UBC Farm Harvest Festival
Harvest Fest Market and UBC Farm Market – October 11th Pumpkin Carving Competition The Doughgirls demonstration on how to make caramelized apples with shortcake The Mayan group offering samples of tomatillo salsa with pan de elote (sweet corn bread) and tamalitos de frijol molido (bean tamales). In addition to farm-fresh veggies, fruits, herbs, flowers and…
hua foundation Fall Cooking Workshop
The hua foundation are dumpling aficionados, and co-director Kevin Huang’s pork and cabbage version is the bomb! On October 18th, Kevin will be sharing his top-secret family recipe and you will learn how to make and cook perfect, juicy dumplings from scratch featuring local ingredients, including hormone-free meat from Windsor Quality Meats and Chinese cabbage from…
Dockside Restaurant Thanksgiving
Another great Thanksgiving menu down in Granville Island – Dockside is encouraging you to celebrate Thanksgiving and let them do the cooking this year! This special three-course menu is available a là carte or as a table d’hôte and will be served at dinner daily from Saturday October 11th until Monday, October 13th. Call 604-685-7070 or…
Thanksgiving dinner at Left Bank
We’re posting a couple of the top choices around town for Thanksgiving dinner and had to include Left Bank! Celebrate the bounty of the season with Thanksgiving Dinner at Left Bank Sunday, October 12th. Treat yourself and your family to a delicious dinner lovingly prepared by Chef Spencer Watts in our authentic leather banquets. Value…
Thanksgiving at West
Still not organized for Thanksgiving – Still some tables left at West Restaurant Celebrate The Seasons Friday, October 10th – Monday, October 13th Delight your friends and family with traditional holiday flavours with a contemporary twist, as Executive Chef Quang Dang presents an exclusive seven-course Thanksgiving Tasting Menu. With suggested festive wine pairings carefully selected by Wine…
Lesley Stowe’s Desserts from My Kitchen Book Launch
On Wednesday, October 29, 2014 from 7:00pm 9:00pm at the Equinox Gallery Books to Cooks celebrates the the launch of Lesley Stowe’s new book, Desserts from My Kitchen. The net proceeds for this evening will be donated to Project CHEF, a hands-on, curriculum-based school program that teaches children and families about healthy cooking and eating. This delectably social evening will include…
Chef Robin Kort on Foraging
What do people that love food do when it rains in Vancouver? Mushroom Hunting! Let me teach you a few simple tricks to start you safely foraging for wild foods in your own backyard. I’m Chef Robin Kort, a Vancouver native and forager of culinary delicacies. My company is Swallow Tail Culinary Adventures and I’ve…
Native Edibles Foraging
Village Vancouver and Dunbar Community CentreLocation: Dunbar Community Centre, 4747 Dunbar Street (Rm 202)Date: Thursday October 16 WORLD FOOD DAY (7-9pm)It can be easy to forget about the wealth of food that grows all around us. Come out and learn about edible plants that call our region home. Lori Snyder from the Metis Nation will discuss…
Thanksgiving Swedish Ham at Oyama Sausage
Do you know who has the best ham in the city? It’s Oyama Swedish Ham in Granville Island. ORDER ahead for these as they always sell out of these incredibly tasty Swedish Hams – ½ or whole. While you are there pick up sausages, patés, terrines, salamis, prosciuttos, and cheeses and you are set for the weekend. October…
Vancouver’s Game and Wild Mushroom Festival
La Buca, Pied a Terre, Sardine Can, and The Abbey celebrate the harvest with seasonally foraged mushrooms and abundantly flavourful meats Now in its ninth year, the Game and Wild Mushroom Festival takes place October 15 to November 2 with three or four course prix fixe menus at La Buca and Pied a Terre, and…
Date Night – I’ll Cook!!!
Tired of Mr. Noodles on a Friday night? Join Sonia on a series of cooking with menu items such as Pad Thai, pizza, tantra fruit salad, and for the finale class we will create a special dessert! Fridays. Food. Meet new people. Take one or take all three – this is a series you won’t…
Crock-Pot Yogurt
Join Ninna Snider on Tuesday, October 14, 7-9 pm click here to register Making homemade yogurt and yogurt cream cheese is easy, yet can seem overwhelming at first. Ninna will walk you through her method of making homemade yogurt. After you’ve done it once or twice, you’ll be able to provide your family with freshly made yogurt…
CONTEST CLOSED ZWILLING Knife #Giveaway
Congrats to Karen! Winner of the knife set. We are jealous! In honour of Thanksgiving, we’ve got a giveaway of ZWILLING Five Star Knives Includes a 7-piece knife set, a sharpening tool, a pair of scissors and a knife block. To get your own set of ZWILLING Five Star Knives, head to Safeway to check out their…
Real Canadian Superstore Last Minute Thanksgiving Rescue
Suddenly it’s Thanksgiving and you haven’t ordered the turkey, you’re short on plates and don’t want to break the bank just to host a memorable Thanksgiving Feast that people will actually be thankful for. No worries at all. We walked the isles of the Real Canadian Superstore and found a few items that will be…
The Superhero Show at The Improv Centre on Granville Island
Vancouver TheatreSports™ League Presents The Superhero Show It’s a bird… it’s a plane… it’s improv! Vancouver TheatreSports™ League (VTSL) leaps into a fresh season of laughs with The Superhero Show, debuting Thursday, October 2. Featuring action, adventure and plenty of comedy, the talented VTSL team will create an entirely improvised superhero story each night based on…
Tricky Travel Trinkets
After my last trip to Toronto where I over packed and ended up lugging heavy things around, straining my shoulder and drastically annoying me, I decided to look into travelling smartly. After intensive research I came up with these excellent items that are sure to make your journey a less stressful one. Scott…
CONTEST CLOSED #Giveaway Ticket to TEDxVancouver Oct 18
CONTEST CLOSED Congrats to Loren and Mark! See you there! In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TED has created a program called TEDx. On October 18 TEDxVancouer hosts a day of speakers and discussion around the theme of TILT – exploring ideas from another angle. TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that…
Chef Trevor Bird Dishes on Thanksgivng
We caught up with one of our fav chefs from Fable Restaurant in Kitsilano and grabbed some tips for you for Thanksgiving Dinner. He also let us in on what he’s up to this year and let us in on some things he is giving thanks for. Don’t have anywhere to go for Thanksgiving? Still…
