We are not waiting until official BBQ season to try Brian Misko’s House of Q’s Cheese-Stuffed Bacon-Wrapped Hot Dogs! Check him out at The Earlybird RV Show in Abbotsford at the Tradex. House of Q’s sessions will take place: Thursday, February 19 at 2:00 PM and 6:00 PM Friday, February 20 at 12:00 PM and 5:00 PM Saturday,…
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Whole Foods Market West Vancouver Store Tours
Many rush through the grocery store with lists in hand, grabbing what is needed and getting out of there as fast as possible. As a food obsessed person, I generally completely loose track of time in any food shop and end up checking out new products and leaving with way more than I had planned. There…
A Gold Medal Canadian Culinary Achievement
The competition was fierce, the determination was evident, as eleven of Canada’s best chefs competed for top honours during the coveted Canadian Culinary Championships on February 6 and 7, 2015 in Kelowna, B.C. Chef Ryan O’Flynn of the Westin Edmonton, won with his Terrine of pine smoked Alberta river sturgeon and cured Quebec foie gras,…
A BITTER APERO WITH JENNIFER MCLAGAN
Jennifer McLagan will be at Barbara Jo’s Books to Cooks in the shop today. Author of Bones, Fat, Odd Bits, and now Bitter, Jennifer is someone we admire and look forward to welcoming back to the shop each time she comes. We always learn so much. Before our sold out dinner tonight, Jennifer will host an…
Apple Cider sweetened with Xyla®
Brrr folks. It is January and it’s not getting any warmer anytime soon. After those days on the mountain, or just around the block, be sure to warm up with this delightful and healthier cider! Xyla®, is a natural sugar alternative made from North American hardwood, that looks and tastes just like sugar, and replaces…
Hippie Garden Chips
If you’ve resolved to eat better in 2015, fear not, there’s a whole industry out there willing and ready to feed you the latest in “must have” health foods. While you are reading up on what to throw in your smoothie, and what is the ideal post-workout snack, you can rely on your common sense, and simply…
White Chocolate Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies
This is an easy peasy recipe. 2 bowls. One dry and one wet. The key to this is having soft butter, meaning leaving it out on the counter for the day, and creaming it well. Also add the eggs one at a time….mix. AND same with the dry ingredients into the wet, slow down….
President’s Choice Holiday Tastes
Counting down to holiday dinner and we see a few things missing from our table. We’ll be hitting up President’s Choice for a few last minute items so we can spend our time decking the halls and concentrating on that turkey! PC Black Label Pomegranate Lemon Sparkle for the non drinkers in our house…
Christmas Goodies Terra Breads
Not sure how you are doing in the last few days before Christmas, but we are feeling a little overwhelmed! There’s turkey to debone, a tree that needs decorating and a ton of cleaning that simply must occur before our guests arrive. So while I’m am whipping up some cookies today, I need some serious…
Pink Spatula Holiday Marshmallows
Hot chocolate will never be the same once you float one of Tina Bacon’s Pink Spatula decadent handcrafted marshmallow atop your mug! These pillowy soft treats are handcrafted in small batched with real ingredient such as fresh fruit, liqueurs and spices. Her Winter Marshmallow Collection includes Ginger Spice, with a of black pepper, Chocolate-Rippled Pomegranate, Peppermint and Toasted Coconut….
Atelier Micro Store Wild Sweets Holiday Hours
Wild Sweets® By Dominique & Cindy Duby beta version of its new and novel concept — The Atelier Micro-Store — acts as an extension of the Wild Sweets® By Dominique & Cindy Duby online Virtual Boutique. Local Metro Vancouver customers now have an opportunity to pick up not only items they have ordered online, but…
Temper Pastry Stocking Stuffers
There’s still time to nip in to Temper Pastry where Chef Steven Hodge has gotten creative with his seasonal chocolate sculptures to capture the holidays. There’s an adorable Temper Reindeer, a Temper Snowman and Temper-style ‘Grinch’ Tree. Lots of exquisite chocolate boxes in all sizes and great stocking stuffers such as chocolate Candy-cane bark, a chocolate Santa boot,…
Gifts From Vancouver’s Farmers Market #BuyLocal
There’s still time to put together some pretty awesome local-themed gift baskets when you visit this weekends Nat Bailey Winter Vancouver Farmer’s Market (10-2 pm Saturday). Why not grab some Copper Pot Preserves with their offers gourmet twist on old-fashioned homemade preserves such as jams, jellies and fruit relishes, using locally sourced berries and fruit, or…
Chef Dan Clapson’s Turkey Recipes
We’ll be publishing some recipes over the holidays to help make your holiday food prep easier. We’ll have some of our own of course, but we just had to post some from our pal Chef Dan Clapson as he has teamed up with President’s Choice for these great turkey recipes. Coconut Curry Turkey Pot Pie Ingredients…
Holiday Dinner From Epicure in 60 Minutes or Less
Except perhaps a pizza and a salad here and there, I’ve never done dinner in 60 minutes or less, let alone a holiday dinner, so when I was told that a full holiday dinner could to be prepared for me in this quick manner, I was intrigued. STAY TUNED for a giveaway where you can make this…
Handmade Gifts From The Kitchen
It’s not too late to be that person that makes all of their Christmas gifts. You don’t need to channel Martha Stewart; there’s many fairly low effort items that you can whip up in your kitchen and look like a superstar with something either savoury or sweet. Thanks to the cookbook from Alison Walker, Handmade Gifts From The…
Chef Dino Renaerts’ Turkey Recipes
We’ll be publishing some recipes over the holidays to help make your holiday food prep easier. We’ll have some of our own of course, but we just had to post some from our pal Chef Dino Renaerts as he has teamed up with President’s Choice for these great turkey recipes. The Turkey Sous-Vide recipe is a sure fire…
Gifts for Foodies Featured on Global TV 2014
Each year we choose our favourite gifts for foodies and present on Global TV. This year the choices were so tough, as I only have six minutes, so with apologies to all of those who know how much I love and want them under my tree, here’s the list for this year. We will also curate…
Neal Brothers Partner with Vikram and Chuck
We love kettle chips, so this spring when Neal Brothers announced a partnership with two of our favourite chefs and brought us two new flavours , we were of course eager to get our hands on a bag or two. These chips feature Vancouver chef Vikram Vij and Montreal chef Chuck Hughes for these new varieties. Chef Vij contributed a masala…
