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…

Spanish Food And Wine For Summer

Sipping Spanish Wine And Whipping Up Some Gazpacho Recently we’ve been cooking from Clodagh’s Suppers, a new cookbook from Clodagh McKenna, and we have a few recipes to share, but today we’ll start with her Gazpacho. We’ve been sourcing our tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers from Taves Farms, at the nearby Kitsilano Farmers Market, as they…

Broccoli Bacon Salad

Broccoli Gets Elevated With Fresh Mayo and BACON! Recent trips to the farmers market had me overindulging in all the fresh produce, and recently I had some broccoli that was calling out to be dressed up and served, so I decided to make this broccoli and bacon salad, as I also had bacon on hand….

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…

Jessica Préalpato The World’s Best Pastry Chef 2019 – News Release

The Head Pastry Chef at Alain Ducasse au Plaza Athénée in Paris, Jessica Préalpato, has been voted The World’s Best Pastry Chef 2019 Congratulations to Jessica Préalpato, who received her award in advance of The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2019 awards ceremony, taking place on 25 June in Singapore. The World’s 50 Best Restaurants, sponsored by…

Herb & Wild Berry Elk Rack – Mr. Bannock

Herb & Wild Berry Elk Rack Pairs With Nk’Mip Pinot Noir As it’s National Indigenous Peoples’ Day on June 21, so we thought we’d feature this recipe from Mr. Bannock, from the Squamish Nation, who has an Indigenous  food truck that we’ve been meaning to get to! Recommended pairing is the Nk’Mip Pinot Noir. The recipes…

#BourdainDay – Anthony Bourdain Legacy Scholarship at the CIA

Scholarship in Anthony Bourdain’s Honour Assists Students At The CIA I had the honour of meeting Anthony Bourdain several times and this announcement is great news.I’m sure he’d be honoured and touched by the Culinary Institute’s initiative and want to hear about exactly what the students will be up to. Happy birthday Tony – June…

Nespresso Barista Creations Milk Coffee Range

Nespresso Releases Coffees That Pair Best With Milk I recently starting using my Nespresso Milk Frother and it is LIFE CHANGING, so when I heard that Nespresso was working on a coffee that works best with milk, I did a happy dance. Apparently three quarters of coffee drinkers globally enjoy a white coffee, so Nespresso…

Let Me Feed You – Cookbook By Rosie Daykin

Rosie Daykin’s Newest Book Guides You Through Easy and Tasty Dishes My home is overflowing with cookbooks and I’m fully addicting to reading, and cooking through them. There’s so many books I can choose from, but Let Me Feed You, the latest cookbook from Rosie Daykin (she previously published Butter Baked Goods and Butter Celebrates)…

Crispy Salmon Spheres with Lemon Herb Aioli – Food Gays

Crispy Salmon Spheres with Lemon Herb Aioli It’s National Indigenous Peoples’ Day on June 21, so we thought we’d feature this recipe from our friends The Food Gays. Recommended pairing is the Nk’Mip Chardonnay. The recipes were created in partnership with Nk’Mip Cellars, Canada’s first Indigenous-owned winery. Crispy Salmon Spheres 1 lb Fresh Salmon fillet;…

Angie Quaale/Well Seasoned Grilled Salmon Salad & With Fresh Strawberries

Grilled Salmon & Fresh Strawberries Salad Angie Quaale, owner of Well Seasoned in Langley and Chef CJ on were on Global TV this morning and they demonstrated this recipe that we have below for you, featuring local Langley Driediger Farms strawberries! Celebrate strawberries this June by prepping this great recipe and by taking a trip…

The Hands-On Cook-Off Contest – One Week Left

Cook Together, Eat Together and Celebrate Family Dinner ONLY one week left to enter The Hands-On Cook-Off Contest BC’s popular, multi-generational cooking contest is open for just one more week! The Hands-on Cook-off contest celebrates its 10th anniversary this year and challenges families across the province to cook and eat together until May 15th, with the…

2019 James Beard Award Winners – News Release

James Beard Media Award Winners for 2019 Now we want to read and listen to all and everything on the list. AND you know our cookbook library is about to get a little bigger! YIKES ! Congratulations to the 2019 James Beard Media Award winners! The James Beard Awards Gala is on May 6, when…