PC® Holiday Insiders Report™

Simplify Your Holiday Entertaining with President’s Choice I am always excited about the PC® Holiday Insiders Report™.  I worked in the marketing department for a grocery retailer,  and I know what it takes to make something like this report happen.  I drool over the graphics, food styling, recipes, and everything inside it. I’d like to…

Have a Chocolatey Holiday with Purdys Chocolatier

Purdys Chocolatier Holiday Edition We’ve been nibbling away on the Purdys Holiday Edition chocolates to make sure they’re worthy of recommending, and the answer is….be careful with these if they’re around because they’re extermely addictive. Very grateful for my gym membership! More on Gourmet Groceries Purdys White Chocolate Himalayan Pink Salt Caramels ($28.50) The caramels…

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…

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…

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…

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….

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…

Easy Appetizers with President’s Choice

President’s Choice Appy’s Make Holiday Entertaining a Breeze Around the holidays, we spend a lot of time in the kitchen. This year we’re headed over to Qualicum to visit Michael’s parents and then Kelowna to visit mine, and there will be siblings, nieces, nephews, and other family friends dropping by. Snacks will be needed and…

Organic Ocean Seasonal Offerings

Organic Ocean Offers Seafood Celebration Solutions This Holiday Season Organic Ocean – British Columbia’s award-winning purveyors of sustainable seafood have some exceptional bundles for the 2022 holiday season. Why not make nutritious, delicious, ocean-friendly seafood a part of your holiday celebrations and gift-giving? Organic Ocean Gift Card & Cookbook Bundle Give the gift of the…

BC Food & Beverage Award Winners

Big Mountain Foods Takes Gold for Product of the Year at the BC Food & Beverage Awards The best of BC food, beverage, and natural health products were highlighted and celebrated at the annual BC Food & Beverage Awards Night. From the Innovation Award to Product of the Year, the 2022 award winners were crowned….

Championing Women-Led Businesses

Coho Collective releases new hyper-local Women-Led Businesses Box ahead of International Women’s Day In celebration of International Women’s Day, Coho Collective has released an updated version of its popular Women-Led Businesses Box, filled with a variety of ten small-batch food products and handcrafted goods from women-led local businesses in its commissaries. The box is available…

Chefs’ Table Fundraising Chocolate

Chefs’ Table Society of BC has a Sweet Tooth  To raise funds for the CTS Culinary Library, which I’m looking extremely forward to, you can now purchase speciality chocolate bars to be delivered directly to your home to support the cause. Chefs’ Table Society of BC (CTS) launches fundraiser featuring a speciality chocolate bar. With…

MRKT HAUL November Series

Celebrate Local Food Purveyors with MRKT Haul MRKT HAUL curates a monthly package of local Vancouver goods, all available for pick up at one location at 302 Industrial Avenue. Partners Corvette and Matt, owners of Shameless Buns Filipino Food Truck, created this platform for passionate entrepreneurs and curious Vancouver foodies to connect and discover new…

Spooky Halloween Treats

Halloween Treats for Kids and Adults Alike We love Halloween but could do without the tootsie rolls and cheap candy. Fortunately, there are some innovative pastry chefs in town so we can celebrate with something tasty, creative, and sweet. Here’s a few favourite Halloween Treats that we may go trick or treating for. BOO! It’s…

Gifts For Foodies 2019 Edition

Gifts for Food Lovers Global Television Noon News December 13 Here’s the list of items we will showcase on our Gift For Foodies segment on December 13, 2019 noon news on Global TV. Yeti Soft Cooler and Wine Tumblers The coolers from Yeti are all very durable, but we like the soft ones as they…

Cookies For Kids Fundraiser from Vista D’Oro

Vista D’Oro Sells Cookies for Kids With Proceeds To BC Children’s Hospital Our friends at Vista D’Oro, Lee and Patrick Murphy have been busy baking cookies and organizing other bakers for their 14th annual Cookies For Kids Fundraiser for BC Children’s Hospital The tins can be preordered and will be ready for pickup beginning December…

Summer Entertaining With the PC Insiders Collection

PC Insiders Make Entertaining Easy With This Seasons Must Try Products Each season the PC Insiders Collection selects “Must Try” Products, so we do what you would do if you were told you must try something, we try it.  We head to the farmers markets for lots of our products, but it’s great to also…

Vancouver’s Grain Rebrands as Flourist – News Release

Grain Artisan Flour Miller Rebrands as Flourist and Launches Bakery We love Grain, now Flourist, and are thrilled to hear their products and now baked goods, will be available at a new bakery and cafe coming soon. From the release: The Vancouver-based, artisan flour miller and farmer-direct dry goods supplier formerly known as GRAIN has…

Jacek Chocolate Holiday Collection

Make The Holidays Sweet With Jacek Chocolate The 2018 Holiday Collection from Jacek Chocolate Couture, is both gorgeous and delicious includes a perfectly curated selection of hand-crafted chocolates, artisan bars like The Audrey (tart cherries & pistachio) or The Colette (marbled chocolate), and other delicious surprises your readers will enjoy gifting to their list this…