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…
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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…
Hot Cross Bun Bread Pudding – Angie Quaale Well Seasoned
Left Over Hot Cross Buns For Pudding Another grand recipe from Angie Quaale from Well Seasoned In Langley. “At my house with Easter dinner, I always serve Hot Cross Buns. But, I always buy too many thinking everyone likes them as much as I do. Alas, the turkey & gravy is too delicious, the sweet…
BCPMA Healthy Chef Competition 20 Year Anniversary – Event Listing
Enjoy Delicious Healthy Meals At the Healthy Chef Competition We’ve been attending this event for many years and it’s always an fun and tasty night! Last year’s coverage here. On Wed, March 20, 2019, the BCPMA Healthy Chef Competition, will welcome 500+ guests to its 20th annual event. Ten restaurants will create an array of…
Top Chef Canada Returns – News Release
Food Network Canada Brings Us Another Season of Top Chef Canada #TopChefCanada Premieres Monday, April 1 at 10 p.m. ET/PT Food Network Canada is Available on National Free Preview from March 1 to April 30 Cast of Top Chef Canada, Season 7. (L-R): Renée Lavallée, Max Straczek, Erin Smith, Sebastien Laframboise, Takeshi Horinoue, Phillip Scarfone, Mijune Pak, Mark McEwan, Eden Grinshpan, Chris…
Vancouver’s Grain Rebrands as Flourist – News Release
Grain Artisan Flour Miller Rebrands as Flourist and Launches Bakery We love Grain, now Flourist, and are thrilled to hear their products and now baked goods, will be available at a new bakery and cafe coming soon. From the release: The Vancouver-based, artisan flour miller and farmer-direct dry goods supplier formerly known as GRAIN has…
Best Cookbooks Of 2018
Favourite Cookbooks From This Year’s Crop I’ve read over 100 cookbooks this year in some form of another and am truly addicted to them and count about 800 in my library that I recently had arranged in a manner that they actually make sense! I pour over these books, reading the stories behind the recipes…
Presidents Choice Makes Holiday Entertaining Easy
Presidents Choice Insiders Collection Simplifies Holiday Meals We love to entertain, but often just don’t have time to make everything from scratch. Yes, even though I’m married to a chef and have been cooking all my life, it’s just not possible to do it all, so we have to cheat a bit here and there…
Gourmet Warehouse Celebrates 40 Years
Caren McSherry And Her Gourmet Warehouse Are Full Of Culinary Treasures Any cook in the city that knows what’s what has been to Gourmet Warehouse and surely come home with much more that they went for, as there’s just too many good ingredients and tools to play with her. I’m an addict and always leave…
Jacek Chocolate Holiday Collection
Make The Holidays Sweet With Jacek Chocolate The 2018 Holiday Collection from Jacek Chocolate Couture, is both gorgeous and delicious includes a perfectly curated selection of hand-crafted chocolates, artisan bars like The Audrey (tart cherries & pistachio) or The Colette (marbled chocolate), and other delicious surprises your readers will enjoy gifting to their list this…
