Fresh St. Market Opens in Lower Lonsdale

Fresh St. North Van Market in Lower Lonsdale Partners with FoodMesh to Donate Meals   B.C.-based and family-owned Fresh St. Market North Van celebrated the official opening; it’s now the eighth location at 150 Esplanade West, in North Vancouver on November 15.  We attended the opening and were super proud to see Sea Cider Temperance Series…

BC Food and Beverage Rise Awards

BC Food and Beverage Rise Awards Reward BC’s Innovative Products and Rising Stars On November 28th, the BC Food and Beverage Rise Awards will celebrate the fantastic leaders, rising stars and innovative products that make up our beautiful province of BC. Best in Brand Award Finalists The Best in Brand Award celebrates brands achieving growth…

Purdys Chocolatier Vegan Dark Chocolate Collection

Purdys Chocolatier’s Vegan Chocolate for those who like it less sweet Purdys Chocolatier’s newest luxurious chocolate box is an artisanal collection of vegan dark chocolate exquisitely infused with fruity flavours for those who like it “less sweet.” Each piece is elegantly hand-adorned, offering a touch of luxury to every bite. We were already addicted to…

Bocuse d’Or Team Canada wins Silver

Bocuse d’Or Team Canada wins Silver at the continental semi-finals of the world’s toughest culinary competition CHEFS CANADA is thrilled to announce that our national culinary athletes to the Bocuse d’Or placed second at the continental competition in New Orleans today and qualified for the 2025 finals that will take place in Lyon (France). Chef Keith Pears…

The 2024 James Beard Media Award Winners

Congratulations to the winners of the 2024 James Beard Media Awards The James Beard Media Awards took place in Chicago on Saturday, June 8 and honoured the nation’s top food authors, broadcast producers, hosts, journalists, podcasters, and social media content creators. Join us in celebrating the winners below! More Cookbook Coverage 2024 James Beard Foundation…

Last-minute Mother’s Day Brunch Ideas

Mother’s Day Brunch Perhaps you forgot about Mother’s Day (yes, it’s THIS WEEKEND) or maybe you always leave things to the last minute due to an overly ambitious work or social schedule, but either way, brunch must hit the table. We’re here to rescue you with some last-minute Mother’s Day brunch ideas.  AS HEARD ON…

Purdys Chocolatier Is Hopping Into Easter

Purdys Chocolatier Is Hopping Into Easter With New “Where’s Philbert?” Game and Chocolates Galore News from Purdy’s – Canada’s beloved chocolatier is spotlighting its much-loved mascot; an adorable plush hedgehog toy by the name of Philbert among its exciting Easter chocolate collection. For the first time, Philbert is bringing fun, mischief, and tons of Purdys treats…

Chocolate All Day by Steven Hodge

Chocolate All Day – From Simple to Decadent, 100+ Recipes For Everyone’s Favorite Ingredient By Steven Hodge Calling all chocolate lovers, here’s the book for you – 100 rich, delicious, yet accessible recipes for baking with chocolate all day long! Chocolate All Day is from Temper Pastry owner, chocolatier, pastry chef, and TV star, Steven…

Anna Olson’s Top 5 Cheesecakes for the Holidays

Festive Cheesecake for the holiday table Anna Olson, Canada’s baking sweetheart selected the country’s Top 5 cheesecakes that are perfect for the holidays, or any day really including a velvety matcha cheesecake, a no-bake gingerbread cheesecake topped with salted caramel, a festive pear cranberry cheesecake, a cheesecake swiss roll, and a triple gingerbread cheesecake made…

Chez Christophe Holiday Chocolate and Cake

Chez Christophe Chocolaterie Patisserie launches 10th Anniversary Holiday Collection Holiday Collection for festive gift-giving and seasonal indulgence. Located in Burnaby Heights and White Rock, the chocolatier is featuring its signature handcrafted showpieces, Bûche de Noël (Yule Log), limited edition dragee, bespoke gift boxes, and stocking stuffers, including festive chocolate lollipops starting from $2.95++, now available…

Purdys Chocolatier Holiday Collection

Holiday Chocolates from Purdys Chocolatier Are A Must Cherished and renowned for creating connection and joy through the power of chocolate since 1907, Purdys Chocolatier Christmas Collection features the perfect holiday gifts for family, friends, colleagues, and teachers. Returning for its fifth year is the much-loved Dear Santa Bar, a delicious gift that gives back….

BReD – Sourdough Loaves, Small Breads, and Other Plant-Base Baking

Vegan chef and artisan bread-maker Ed Tatton shares techniques and 100 recipes for making naturally leavened sourdough loaves, small breads, and earth-friendly small baked goods. We love this cookbook and you are lucky to get two recipes from it as well,  Ginger and Molasses Cookies and Spiced Carrot and Walnut Cake, just in time for…

5 Ingredients Mediterranean Jamie Oliver

5 Ingredients Mediterranean Dishes Out Flavour Without the Fuss Chef Jamie Oliver is back with the follow-up to his most popular cookbook to date — this time inspired by the food from his travels — 5 Ingredients Mediterranean. This eagerly awaited new cookbook follows the tremendous success of its predecessor, 5 Ingredients, which has sold…

Vancouver Golf Club Attracts Top Talent

Vancouver Golf Club’s Food and Beverage Team Expands Vancouver Golf Club, one of the Pacific Northwest’s most historic and distinguished private golf clubs, recently relaunched its food and beverage program. In addition to hiring acclaimed chef Rob Feenie as Culinary Director and Chef-In-Residence, the members-only establishment has bolstered its team with several of Metro Vancouver’s…

PC Insiders Report

Global flavours, grilling must-haves and over 50 new PC products arriving in stores across the country For most Canadians, the May long weekend signals the start of summer – longer days, warmer nights and more time celebrating with friends and family. To kick off the season of fun, President’s Choice® has once again delivered the…

Cookbooks by Asian and Asian American Chefs

Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Calls for A Cookbook Celebration Try out new versions of your favourite recipes from these cookbooks by some of the best chefs out there for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month and all year round! And if you’re still craving more dishes, check out Brandon Jew’s Lunar New Year recipe perfect…

Les Dames d’Escoffier’s New Board

Les Dames d’Escoffier, British Columbia Chapter Appoints New Board for 30th Anniversary Year Here’s some news about an organization I am so proud to work with. Look forward to hearing about some great fundraising events for 2023! Les Dames d’Escoffier British Columbia Chapter (LDBC) is delighted to introduce its new board president, Cassandra Anderton, and the…

Pastel Easter Doughnuts

Pastel Easter Doughnuts Courtesy of BakeGood.ca These Pastel Easter Doughnuts from BakeGood.ca combine some of the most fun parts of the spring holiday, including delicious treats, bright pastel colours and everyone’s favourite candy-coated chocolate eggs. More recipes INGREDIENTS Doughnuts: 1/3 cup milk 1/3 cup water 1 (2-1/4 tsp.) envelope Fleischmann’s® Traditional Yeast 2 to 3…

Hot Cross Buns

Hot Cross Buns for Easter When I was younger Hot Cross Buns were not my favourite. We bought some supermarket brands that were inevitably stale and had those pieces of coloured candied cherries that come in the equally horrid Christmas Cake, very unappealing. Then there was the margarine!!!! Don’t get me wrong, some amazing things…

Purdys Easter Chocolates

Purdys Has Something for Every Bunny for Easter Sorry, I couldn’t help it with the pun, because Easter is always such a happy holiday for me. When we were younger the anticipation of Easter Egg Hunts and then finding eggs months later, usually melted, because my mom and dad were such good egg hiders, the…