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…
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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…
Taste Canada Awards Canadian Cookbooks
Taste Canada Awards has announced the winners of the country’s only national, bilingual food writing awards As you all know I’m obsessed with cookbooks and am always keen to see who receives the Taste Canada Awards. As most of my readers are English-speaking, I’ve included the English titles only. Congratulations to everyone who’s brave enough…
Great Bear Scallops Two Ways
Chef Karen Dar Woon’s Cured and Baked Great Bear Scallops My friend and fellow Les Dames d’Escoffier member, Karen Dar Woon, Your Secret Chef, and I had some fun with freshly harvested Great Bear Scallops from Coastal Shellfish. Dar Woon designed a recipe for both cured and baked (or BBQ’d) and I helped shuck, an…
Chef Vish Mayeker Beef Sirloin With Blueberry Jus
Beef Sirloin, Celeriac, Braised Kale and BC Blueberry Jus Chef Vish Mayeker has been cooking with BC Blueberry’s and we’re sharing this particular recipe for Beef Sirloin with Braised Kale and BC Blueberry Jus. Follow Chef Mayeker on Instagram for more recipes and techniques. Ingredients BC Blueberries Beef Sirloin Au Jus Cipollini Onions Morel Mushrooms…
Angie Quaale’s BC Blueberry Lemon Loaf
BC Blueberry Lemon Loaf From Well Seasoned’s Chef Angie Quaale When you are out in the valley, you are going to want to stop in at Well Seasoned Gourmet Food Store at 20353 64 Avenue and pick up a thing or two for your home kitchen. Owner, Angie Quaale, sources sauces and spices from near…
BC Blueberries With Salmon From Chef Jesse Zuber At Cibo
Salmon With BC Blueberries From Chef Jesse Zuber BC Blueberries are all the rage, all year long, but right now they are super fresh and available at all your local markets. For those more adventurous, there’s you-pick too; locations listed HERE. To get you even more jazzed about these local BC gems, BC Blueberries has…
Plenty & Grace Food Hub & Innovation Centre
Plenty & Grace Food Hub & Innovation Centre opens its doors to small to medium sized agri-food producers in the Fraser Valley We’ve been waiting to here about when the Plenty & Grace Food Hub would open. We are big fans of The Preservatory, Dame Lee Murphy’s jam centre, and now she is sharing processing…
Taste Canada Awards Shortlist Revealed
Taste Canada releases the shortlist for the 2020 awards, with authors from 6 provinces represented So excited to see some of our friends here and we highly recommend checking out all of these books! In a year where cookbooks have taken centre stage in the homes of Canadians across the country, it has never been…
Melitta Coffee Recipes And New Pour Over
Add Flavour By Cooking With Melitta Coffee We’ve partnered up with Melitta to bring you a couple coffee recipes to honour their new colourful coffee makers. First up Coffee-Rubbed Slow Cooker Pork Sliders and for those looking for alternative baking methods, paleo muffins. Coffee-Rubbed Slow Cooker Pork Sliders Looking for the perfect recipe to celebrate…
Organic Ocean Donates 100 lbs Of Spot Prawns
Organic Ocean Donated 100 lbs of spot prawns to the LunchLAB: Chefs for Families Program We are so grateful for all doing their part to support those in need in our community. Organic Ocean has once again stepped up and is providing spot prawns to the LunchLAB program to make a nutritional bowl of spot…
Organic Ocean Delivers
Organic Ocean Rejigs Putting Seafood on The Table Neighbours Helping Neighbours – News From Our Friends At Organic Ocean – GLV Organic Oceans started our business by selling fish to neighbours from the False Creek Fishermen’s Wharf. Chef Robert Clark discovered us, started telling his friends, and before long, we were supplying seafood – almost…
In My Kitchen With Emily Lycopolus
Emily Lycopolus’ Teaches From Her Award Winning Cedar + Salt Cookbook When we first saw Emily Lycopolus’ newest cookbook, Cedar + Salt, we immediately fell in love with the stunning photography in this tribute to Vancouver Island’s producers and artisans. Lycopolus grew up on the Island and has assembled this collection of approachable recipes that…
Chefs’ Table Society Announces New Podcast
‘Mise-En-Place’ Chefs’ Table Society of BC’s new podcast looks to the future of the culinary industry Our friends at the Chef’s Table Society have launched a new podcast! Listen up! From the press release: Chefs’ Table Society of BC (CTS) launches its first podcast Mise-En-Place, celebrating the professional cook with a look to the future…
Vancouver Hot Chocolate Festival
Sip Some Delicious Drinks During The Vancouver Hot Chocolate Festival With the chill descending over the Lower Mainland, there’s no better time to warm up with some inspired creations courtesy of the 2020 Vancouver Hot Chocolate Festival, which is celebrating its tenth anniversary with a 28-day celebration that’s bigger and better than each edition that…
Chef McEwan’s Food Trends for 2020
Mark McEwan Insights On Food Trends for 2020 We’ve always been a fan of Mark McEwan and his approach to cooking and have several of his books, check them out here. He’s shared with us his insights on European inspired food trends to hit BC this 2020! Hello fondue! AND while we are a fan…
Experience Gifts For The People That Have Everything
Give An Experience Gift And You’ll Be On The Nice List All Year We all have too many things, don’t we? This year you still have time to shop online and grab a gift certificate for a great experience gift. There’s everything from foodie gifts to wellness gifts and entertaining experiences. Here’s a few suggestions….
Winter Harvest Ratatouille With Siduri Pinot Noir
Recipe For A Winter Harvest Ratatouille We’ve partnered with Jackson Family Wines to bring you a recipe for Winter Harvest Ratatouille that pairs perfectly with the Siduri Russian River Pinot Noir. You’ll love this Pinot Noir as it’s full of earthy, spicy notes, bright cherries, cranberry and pomegranate. Flavours are similar, and it’s medium body…
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…
