KitchenAid Celebrates Hibiscus with Spring Recipes I’m a KitchenAid fanatic, I have two, one tiny one and one larger, but they’re not Hibiscus colour and now I am envious! However, I can whip up some recipes that will at least pay homage to the colour including a Mocktail, Galette and Chicken Wings. Looking for a…
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The Artful Pie Project by Denise Marchessault and Deb Garlick
The Artful of Pie by Denise Marchessault In honour of pie day, March 14 3.14, we salute the Queen of Pie, Denise Marchessault, and her newest cookbook The Artful Pie Project, with Deb Garlick. Denise is a fellow member of Les Dames d’Escoffier British Columbia and has been an integral part of our scholarship committee…
Cookbooks for Black History Month
Celebrate Black History Month Through Cookbooks Penguin Random House has a wonderful list of Cookbooks to celebrate Black History Month. “Food is an important part of the fabric of our lives, and it’s one way we can connect with people from diverse cultural backgrounds from our own. In celebration of Black History Month, they’ve curated…
Cookbooks – Vegan Chinese Kitchen
The Vegan Chinese Kitchen: Recipes and Modern Stories from a Thousand-Year-Old Tradition: A Cookbook – Hannah Che Author Hannah Che discovered the tradition of Zhai cai, a Chinese cooking technique emphasizing vegetarian cooking using umami-rich ingredients that has its roots in Buddhist temple kitchens. In The Vegan Chinese Kitchen, Che replicates Chinese dishes in a meatless way,…
Our Favourite Meal Kits for Healthy Eating
Meal Kits Help Make our Meals Healthier and More Sustainable When it comes to dinner decisions, we are always overwhelmed with the choices we have when grocery shopping and end up buying too many things, or items in portions that are too large, and we end up with leftovers that don’t always get eaten. Luckily…
Bocuse d’Or Team Canada Wins 11th Place
Bocuse d’Or Team Canada wins 11th place at the world’s toughest chef competition After winning silver and their golden ticket to the world finals in France, today, our national culinary athletes to the Bocuse d’Or placed 11th, moving Canada up two places from the 13th position in 2019. Proud of their accomplishments, Chef Samuel Sirois,…
Asian Cookbooks for Lunar New Year
Asian Cookbooks to Expand Your Cooking Repertoire Start the new year with Asian cookbooks that will elevate your cooking skills and expand your recipe repertoire with Thai, Vietnamese, Korean and Taiwanese recipes. Written by Asian authors from all over the world, these cookbooks emphasize the joy of shared meals and gathering with family and loved…
Denmark Wins Bocuse d’Or 2023
Bocuse d’Or Gold to Denmark, Norway Silver, and Hungary Gold On 23rd January 2023, after two days of high-level competition, the victory of Denmark represented by Brian Mark Hansen and his commis Elisabeth Madsen closes the 19th Grand Final of the Bocuse d’Or, thus succeeding the French Davy Tissot, Bocuse d’Or 2021. The team from Norway,…
Cookbooks – The Woks of Life
The Woks of Life by Bill, Kaitlin, Judy, and Sarah Leung This is the story of a family as told through food. Judy, the mom, speaks about traditional Chinese dishes and cultural backstories. Bill, the dad, worked in his family’s Chinese restaurants and will walk you through how to make a glorious Cantonese Roast Duck….
Fresh Prep and Anh and Chi Collab
Fresh Prep launches a limited-edition collaboration with Michelin Bib Gourmand restaurant Anh and Chi to celebrate Lunar New Year We have Fresh Prep Meal Kits delivered weekly as they solve what to have for dinner and I just added the Lemongrass Chicken to the January 25th order as January 18th is already sold out. Act…
The Lazy Gourmet Joins Compass Group Canada
The Lazy Gourmet team, founded by Canadian female culinary trailblazer Susan Mendelson, joins Compass Group Canada Compass Group Canada is the nation’s leading food service provider. The historic deal will see The Lazy Gourmet and its entire team of 130, join the food service leader to further the locally run business’ footprint in Metro Vancouver…
The Best Cookbooks of 2022
Cookbooks You Need on Your Shelf from the Best Cookbooks of 2022 How does one proclaim that these are the best cookbooks of 2022, or even try to compete with that title in an SEO search without some absurd keywords that cater to the search engines and not necessarily the people reading this article? I…
Cheese4Change Holiday Recipes
Junior Chef Showdown Finalist Victor Chow’s Cheese4Change Recipes Victor Chow was a finalist in Junior Chef Showdown Cheese4Change and wowed the judges with his gourmet dishes. Now he’s created a stunning three-course holiday meal with a new focus: sustainability. More recipes Victor knows waste is at an all-time high this time of year, so he was…
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…
Taste Canada Awards
For the 25th consecutive year, Taste Canada Awards has announced the winners of Canada’s only national, bilingual food writing awards. This year, eighty-seven cookbooks entered the Taste Canada competition, representing authors from nine provinces. The shortlist announced in June narrowed the competition to forty-five cookbooks, representing authors from six provinces. CANADA’S BEST COOKBOOKS 2022 English-Language…
Vancouver’s Fav Foodies Dive into BC Greenhouse Veggies
A Trio of Vancouver’s Foodies Compete in a Recipe Challenge Using BC Greenhouse Grown Vegetables Diana Chan, Joyce Lam, and Maggie Mei can be seen indulging daily in all sorts of delicious food around the city, and in their travels. If you don’t follow them already on Instagram, get on it, their handles are below….
Bobby Milheron Takes Gold in Canada’s Great Kitchen Party
Bobby Milheron will Represent Vancouver at the Canadian Culinary Championship in Ottawa in February 2023 Bobby Milheron stands on the top step of the podium this evening, emerging victorious among the city’s brightest culinary stars. Canada’s Great Kitchen Party is proud to announce the gold medalist of the Vancouver regional culinary competition held today at…
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….
Chai Latte Cupcakes
Chai Latte Cupcakes from the Luxe Baker Alina Fintineanu is a competed in season five of The Great Canadian Baking Show. Since her season aired, she has spent time perfecting new original recipes, including her Chai Latte Cupcakes. Made with chai-infused milk and buttercream, this will be your new go-to baking project when you must…
