Create delicious fare featuring locally sourced BC ingredients. Discover which BC wines are best paired with gourmet treats such as Qualicum Bay shrimp salad, BC cowboy barbecued short ribs with thyme-glazed corn on the cob, pan-seared Fraser Valley duck breast with ambrosia apple sauce, and brown butter raspberry tartlet. Turn your next meal at home…
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The Missing Ingredient Launches Canada Wide
The must have monthly subscription service for Canadian foodies. Is there something missing from your weekly dinner-time routine? Your dinner needs to meet the Missing Ingredient, a monthly box of inspiration delivered to your doorstep. Described best as a culinary adventure in a box, each monthly Missing Ingredient subscription provides hard-to-find ingredients paired with feature…
Gorgonzola Cheese and Recipes
Written By Vincenzo D’Antonio Gorgonzola is one of the most renowned Italian cheeses in the world. It is a blue veined DOP cheese produced exclusively in Italy from whole cow milk. As it often happens for many specialties of the traditional Italian cuisine, its origins are halfway between legend and reality. According to the historians, the first Gorgonzola…
Taleggio Cheese and Recipes
Taleggio is a cheese of incredibly old origins, first appearing even before the fifth century. Some documents from the eighth century refer to the commerce and the exchange concerning this cheese. Why this name Taleggio? Because its origin area is the Val Taleggio, in Lombardy, the north region of Italy. The Val Taleggio farmers began…
Vancouver Foodster Cheesecake Challenge Sampling
From March 7-28, 2013 Vancouver Foodster is running a cheesecake challenge with twelve separate restaurants participating. Go out and order the cheesecakes in this challenge, then you decide who has the best cheesecake creation. We were invited to try three and headed to the Gramercy Grill, Salontea and Santori Factory. Gramercy Grill Strawberry Cheese Cake…
Edible Canada Dine Out Menu 2013
Hit up another Dine Out at Edible Canada last night before heading to the highly entertaining Ride the Cyclone at the Granville Island Arts Club Theatre. Chef Greg Reid recently took over the leadership of the kitchen as the new Chef de Cuisine. He had been with Edible since the summer, so was already more…
Choucroute Festival at Oyama Sausage
I grabbed some of these tasty treats last year and a bottle of Alsatian Riesling from Liberty Wines across the way in Granville Island and it was all divine! CJA Just when you thought the celebrating was over, the always “food enthusiastic” staff at Oyama Sausage have another festival to celebrate – January 17 to 20th,…
Stocking Stuffers for Food Lovers
It’s that time again to get those items for under the tree organized. If there’s a food lover in your life we’ve got some suggestions that won’t break the bank. Great for hostess gifts too. Pink Spatula Marshmellows Handmade Marshmellows with real ingredients such as fresh fruit, liqueurs. Made in small batches to ensure freshness….
Come Together for the Holidays at Park Royal
Experience the fun-filled, family-friendly events at Park Royal this Holiday season It’s beginning to look a lot like the Holidays at Park Royal! Experience the many ways that families can come together for the Holidays with several events that will be sure to put a smile on the faces of parents and children alike. “We…
Recipe to Riches Season Two’s Sixth Category Winner is Burnaby BC’s Don Harquail and his Golden Toffee Nut Gems
In Wednesday’s night’s 9pm ET/8pm PT episode of Food Network’s Canadian original reality competition series Recipe to Riches season two, Don Harquail from Burnaby, BC, was declared the winner of the Candies and Chocolates category. As the winner of his category, Don will receive $25,000 and his Golden Toffee Nut Gems will be a new…
Quang Dang’s Recipe for Wild BC Herring Barigoule
INGREDIENTS Serves 6 6 pieces Wild Pacific Herring, filleted and trimmed 1 Tbsp salt 1 Tbsp sugar 3 lemons, zested and juice separated 1 tsp fresh ground black pepper 1 white onion, finely minced 2 cups smoked bacon, finely diced to match onions and carrots 2 cups extra virgin olive oil 2 fresh bay leaves 6…
Chef Mark Filatow of Kelowna Wins Gold Medal Plates Vancouver
Gold: Mark Filatow (Waterfront Restaurant & Wine Bar) Kelowna, paired with Orofino 2010 ‘Scout Vineyard’ Syrah Silver: Quang Dang (West Restaurant & Bar) Vancouver, paired with Foxtrot 2009 Pinot Noir Bronze: Angus An (Maenam) Vancouver, paired with CedarCreek 2011 Riesling Best of Show Award Winners Gold: Nichol Vineyard 2009 Syrah Silver: Le Vieux Pin 2011…
Oyama Sausage Cassoulet with Beaujolais Noveau
CLASSIC PAIRINGS AT OYAMA SAUSAGE – CASSOULET AND BEAUJOULAIS NOUVEAU Celebrate Cassoulet and Beaujoulais with Oyama Sausage this month. From November 22 – 25, 2012, the hard working staff at Oyama Sausage are offering house-made cassoulet for sale at their store on Granville Island. One form generously feeds two people and is available for a very…
The Missing Ingredient a new Canadian Culinary Subscription Service
Well Seasoned, a gourmet food store located in Langley, BC, is launching a new subscription service to Canadians: The Missing Ingredient. This tasty service is an easy and convenient way to try something new in the kitchen each month as each box contains four or five non-perishable food samples handpicked by culinary experts. Subscribers can…
The Butcher, The Baker, The Wine & Cheese Maker – An Okanagan Cookbook Celebrates the Stars of the Culinary Okanagan
Authored by food and wine columnist Jennifer Schell, the cookbook, The Butcher, The Baker, The Wine & Cheese Maker – An Okanagan Cookbook celebrating the Okanagan’s food culture and cuisine is set to hit bookshelves November 2012. Described by Schell as a “love letter to all who have created, grown and nurtured our special ‘place’…
Canadian Chefs Create Lager-Inspired Cookbook
THE “PILSNER URQUELL PERFECT PAIRINGS COOKBOOK” MERGES CANADIAN FLAVOURS WITH THE ORIGINAL PILSNER Thirty-eight celebrated chefs from across Canada have contributed their favourite Pilsner Urquell-inspired recipes to a limited edition cookbook designed for the chef-at-home. From Braised Alberta Spring Creek Beef Short Ribs to Haute Poutine with Duck Confit and Quebec Cheese Curds, the PILSNER…
President’s Choice® Chipotle Chili Bites
I will pick these up tomorrow and let you know. CJA In Wednesday night’s episode of the second season of Food Network’s Canadian original reality competition series Recipe to Riches, civil engineer Stephen Childs from Victoria, British Columbia, was declared the winner of the Savoury Snacks category. As the winner of his category, Stephen will…
President’s Choice®Mini Cheesy Bee’s Nests
I’ve got these in my freezer….will report back once I’ve cracked them open. The box is a bit scary, so hopefully it doesn’t jump out of the freezer at me late at night. CJA This week on episode one of Food Network Canada’s Recipe to Riches, home cook Jason Keary of Nerepis, New Brunswick battled…
Pumpkin – The Seasonal Bacon
Pumpkin – The New Bacon – News headlines rang out this week declaring pumpkin the “it” ingredient du jour. Well then. This may just be the case as pumpkin is seasonal and has always been an essential part of fall menus. And these days it seems pumpkins gone on a marketing blitz and it’s not…
The Soup Sisters Cookbook now available across North America
With 100 recipes arranged by season, The Soup Sisters Cookbook is a truly unique way to enjoy heartwarming soups throughout the year. The Soup Sisters Cookbook showcases scrumptious recipes from the “souper volunteers” of the Soup Sisters and recipes from many of Canada’s top celebrity chefs–including Michael Stadtlander, Bonnie Stern, Lucy Waverman, Massimo Capra, Anna Olson, Michael Bonacini and…
