Slow Fish Dinner at the Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts One of my favourite venues for events is the Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts in Granville Island. They’ve got eight kitchens where chefs can set up and strolling around between them with a glass of wine in hand is pure bliss! Now add in a celebration…
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Les Dames d’Escoffier Culinary Garage Sale – September 16
Les Dames d’Escoffier Marketplace at Lazy Gourmet THIS SUNDAY As many of you know I am a member of Les Dames d’Escoffier and we are having our annual treasure-filled Culinary Garage Sale this Sunday and you’d be smart to come early! (Following is an excerpt from Dame Cate Simpson). Fellow dames spent last week unearthing all…
What’s Good September 6th Edition
What To Do In Vancouver This Weekend Onward It’s already been a busy September and it doesn’t look like it’s slowing down yet. Husband Michael is busy with UBC going back to school with all the sports venues back in full swing and the food trucks more active again, and I’ve been devoting myself to…
The Barbarian’s Feast at The Cascade Room – Event Listing
Meaty Festival Takes Over The Cascade Room The Barbarian’s Feast at The Cascade Room, Sunday September 23rd 6pm Dictionaries define barbarians as uncivilized, primitive and wild. But to the less rigid, more convivial folks at The Cascade Room, hosting the 2nd annual. Barbarian’s Feast on September 23rd means they want to unleash your primal appetites…
Feast of Fields 2018 – Event Listing
24TH ANNUAL METRO VANCOUVER FEAST OF FIELDS SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2018 – 1:00 – 5:00PM at UBC Farm I can’t believe it’s been 24 years of Feast of Fields! I can’t recall how many I’ve been to, and I’ve even done a couple in the Okanagan and on the Island and they are always a…
What’s Good August 28th Edition
What To Do In Vancouver This Week It’s the end of August and we’re so ready for fall and a reprise from the heat and smoke. As Labour Day weekend approaches we’re going to try to get in a few more sunny walks, some patio dining and maybe a bike ride or two. Here’s a…
Burnaby – Crave The Heights! – Listing
A Neighbourhood Dining Showcase In Burnaby A quick trip out to Burnaby this week will take you to Crave the Heights to celebrate delicious food and lively entertainment. Fun fact? Yours truly worked at Cristos Greek Restaurant, one of the participants, and lived in the Heights during my University Days. Boy that restaurant has been around…
The Apothecary Journey: A dinner pairing affair at Long Table Distiller – Listing
Featuring: Chef Curtis Luk with Long Table’s Brand Ambassador, Tarquin Melnyk For those who have been desperately missing Chef Curtis Luk since Mission had shuttered, and we count ourselves in this crew, here’s your chance to experience his cooking again. Long Table Distillery is presenting ‘The Apothecary Journey’, two nights of a one-of-a-kind collaborative pairing dinner…
Wild Salmon Celebration August 25 – Listing
Local chefs show support for sustainable BC salmon Summer in British Columbia means that the seasonal delicacies appear, and that includes fresh, ocean-caught wild salmon! In collaboration with BC Salmon Marketing Council, the Chefs’ Table Society of British Columbia(CTS) hosts the second annual Wild Salmon Celebration event at the dockside of False Creek Fishermen’s Wharf on Saturday, August 25…
Fraser Common Farm – Annual farm field dinner – Sunday August 19th
Help Fraser Common Farm Raise The Barn It’s Fraser Common Farms annual farm field dinner on August 19th in Aldergrove and we’re heading out to the valley to celebrate! The farm is partnering with DL Chicken Shack, and will be the much loved Merchant’s Workshops last supper. Glorious Organics produce will be present, as well as…
What’s Good This Week August 13 Edition
What To Do Around Vancouver This Week I can’t believe we’re half way through August! Where did the summer go? I walked outside this morning and it looked like the trees were turning colour, but apparently they are just dried out from lack of water. With no rain in site and temperatures up to 25…
Garagiste North The Small Producers Wine Festival – Event
Wine Festival Celebrates Smaller Garagiste Wines! If there’s only one wine festival you get to this summer, this should be the one! August 19th in Kelowna the Garagiste North returns to wow wine lovers with a unique taste of the future of wine country. Garagiste North “The Small Producers” Wine Festival, celebrates the artisan winemaker…
Les Dames Summerdine
Summerdine 2018 – One Night, Many Dinners and Many Already Sold OUT! As many of you know I am a member of Les Dames d’Escoffier, an invitational organization of women leaders in food, beverage and hospitality whose mission is education, scholarship and philanthropy. Much of our fundraising goes towards scholarships for women in the culinary,…
Food Day Canada 2018
An Invitation to ALL Canadians – Help Put CANADA on the Menu! Celebrate Canadian Food with Great Ingredients, Top Chefs, Amazing Farmers and Canada’s Most Iconic Icon, the CN Tower Fifteen years ago in 2003, our borders were closed to Canadian beef. It may have been an economic disaster, but it was not a culinary one….
What’s Good This Week July 24 Edition`
What To Do Around Vancouver I can’t believe it’s the last week of July! June and July just flew by as we took some time to head to the Island, had lots of family visits and then there’s the fact that I am working full time in ECommerce now. I’ve got much less time to…
Indian Summer Festival
From July 5 – 15 the Indian Summer Festival Spreads Out Across Vancouver We were lucky enough to stop in for the opening of the Indian Summer Festival this week, and yesterday, the first ever outdoor space PAUSE opened, located at Vanier Park. PAUSE will host 15+ fascinating, family-friendly and unique free events July 6-15. The opening included dishes…
Canada Day Celebrations
Last Minute Ideas For Canada Day Happy Canada Day to you all! It’s a fairly gloomy one here in Vancouver, but we’re not going to let that stop us from enjoying some Canadian Food and getting out to raise a good ol’ glass of Canadian beer, wine or a Canadian-spirit based cocktail or two! Here’s…
Where To Take Dad For Father’s Day
Treat Dad With a Meal Out On Father’s Day What are you doing for your Dad this Father’s Day? We’ve got a couple suggestions for brunch and dinner, but you might just want to cook up his favourite meal at home, so there’s a great list of suggested recipes here too! Brunch at CRAFT CRAFT…
CLOSED #Giveaway 2 Tickets to Nomad Dinner Club Katsuji Tanabe
Top Chef Mexico’s Katsuji Tanabe in Vancouver June 19 Congrats Rebecca! We’ve partnered with the Nomad Dinner Club, to give 2 tickets to their next event away! The Nomad Dinner Club promotes celebrity chefs and brings in some of the biggest names in the culinary world and this dinner features Chef Katsuji Tanabe. The evening…
BC Seafood Festival Signature Weekend
#BCSeafoodFest Features over 40 Local, National and International Chefs We’re packing our bags and heading over to the Island this weekend for the BC Seafood Festival with Chef Shelome Bouvette from Chicha! There’s still some tickets left but many events are sadly sold out! I’ve been many times and this year sounds EVEN BETTER. This…
