Support Olympic Athletes While Sampling Canada’s To Chef’s Dishes at the Canadian Culinary Championships We’ve booked our flights and have sent the interview questions to the chefs competing to get a bit of background information on who is competing at this year’s Canadian Culinary Championships held in Kelowna of February 2 & 3, 2018. Our…
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What’s Good This Week – Dine Out Vancouver
What to do for Dine Out Vancouver I started writing my weekly picks and it ended up being so Dine Out Vancouver heavy that I decided to do a whole post on a couple of my ideas. So here’s my Dine Out Vancouver 2018 suggestions and there’s so many choices that I’m not going to pretend…
What’s Good This Week – January 9 Edition
What to do in Vancouver This Week We are already into week two of 2018 and I’m slowly getting back into the swing of things! Hoping that you are feeling energized and ready to make the most of the year, I need to kick this cold, but my motivation is gradually returning and the Tylenol…
What’s Good This Week – January 5 Edition
What’s Up In Vancouver – Events and Happenings I’d planned on launching into the New Year with new energy and intentions, but as many, I’ve had a nasty cold, so it’s been a bit of a slow start and I’m having to temporarily substitute pajamas for the sports tights I’d planned on wearing. It’s certainly…
Last Minute Vancouver New Year’s Suggestions
No Vancouver New Year’s Plans Yet? Check Out These Spots How have y’all been through the holidays? I’ve found it hard to come back to Vancouver after having so much going on in Kelowna and have been a bit down, and now have a cold! I’ll rally though as I always do, but we still…
What’s Good This Week December 21 Edition
What To Do Around Vancouver This Week It’s the count down to Christmas and we’re almost ready, are you? Yesterday we tripped up to Kelowna to visit the family, and it’ll be pretty low key here for the next few days. It’s extra special because my aunt is visiting from New Zealand and we haven’t…
What’s Good This Week December 13 Edition
What to do in and around Vancouver this week? Good lord it almost Christmas and we’ve got so much to do. How’s your holiday prep going? We’ve got presents to buy, cookies to bake, articles to write and packing to do for Kelowna. We’ll be spending the holidays with my family and zipping back to…
What’s Good This Week – December 1 Edition
What to do Around Vancouver This Week It’s now December and I can’t believe how fast the year has zipped by! I’m already sick of the weather, so I’m heading to sunnier skies on Sunday and off to Palm Springs. In the meantime I’ve got a few things to do before I go including Vancouver…
What’s Good This Week – November 22 Edition
What To Do Around Vancouver This Week As The Holidays Creep Even Closer Every year the holidays come breathing down your throat sooner and sooner, and I’m all for it! Well, to a certain extent, like, after Halloween at least please. I’ve already been to Christmas in November at the Fairmont’s Jasper Park Lodge, so…
The Uncommon Cookie Class: Decorate & Bake
Learn To Decorate Like A Pro With The UnCommon Cafe Cookie Class How are your baking skills? I do an okay job of baking, but when it comes to icing, my game ain’t so strong. Last year, though, I surprised myself and after a bit of a demo from some more experienced bakers in the…
What’s Good This Week in Vancouver – November 13 Edition
What’s On Your Agenda Vancouver? It’s been a busy week! I’ve been on the road at Christmas in November in Jasper, and researching a few other destinations. I’ll be glad to be home in Vancouver for a couple nights tomorrow and then off again to the Okanagan. Here’s a few suggestions for you in the…
EAT! Vancouver Reveals Menu for 2017 Events
Last Chance: Limited Tickets Available For EAT! Vancouver Signature Events The 25th annual EAT! Vancouver is on and we’ve got a sneak peek menu reveal for EAT! Harvest and EAT! Pastry events. Most events are sold out but limited tickets are still available online for a few : http://eat-vancouver.com/ EAT! Harvest (November 10 from 7-10pm): Amanda…
What’s Good This Week – October 17 Edition
Events and Happenings In and Around Vancouver It’s supposed to be slower in the fall, but so many businesses take advantage of the pre-Christmas season that it’s chock full of possibilities. We covered the David Foster concert here and even have a giveaway – Steve Tyler and the Tenors are performing! We’ll be at Superhuman…
Ellevate Together at the Fairmont – Chefs Nicole Gomes, Melissa Craig, Isable Chung
Ellevate Together – Fairmont’s Collaborative Fundraiser Dinner Another chance to dine on spectacular food made by top chefs in the country, fundraising for cancer and they are all female this time! #girlpower Join Fairmont Chateau Whistler For A Collaborative Culinary Dinner on Sunday, November 12 with three of Canada’s Top Powerhouse Chefs Lending Their Time…
Superhuman Summit
Live Beyond Your Limits at The Superhuman Summit Achieve breakthrough lifespan, augment your abilities and shatter your comfort zone. Superhuman Summit returns Saturday, October 21st for its third edition, returning to BMO Theatre Centre in Olympic Village. Join us at this future-thinking educational showcase as we help to unmask the secrets behind longevity, mindfulness, quantified-self and…
Eat Vancouver Dinner Series – Chicha hosts Whistler’s Isabel Chung from Chateau Whistler
Fusion Dinner at Chicha with Chef Isabel Chung from Fairmont Chateau Whistler It’s not often we devote an entire post to a single event, but this one is just one that needs attention. I’m so sad to miss this one as I’ll be in Jasper at Christmas in November (which will be equally awesome), I…
Au Comptoir and La Quercia – Collaborative Chef’s Dinner
Congratulations Au Comptoir on Your Third Anniversary These chefs collaborative dinners just keep getting better! Monday, October 23 Au Comptoir welcomes La Quercia Chef/Owner Adam Pegg to co-host a seven-course collaborative dinner and celebrate their third anniversary in fine style. The menu looks divine and we wouldn’t miss it. Two pedigreed culinary talents will share the stage…
What’s Good October 5 Edition
What to do In Vancouver This Week Oh fall is indeed here and it’s time to sip some great beer and perhaps head out for some turkey. Here’s a couple thing going on this weekend. Celebrate Oktoberfest at Harvest Haus Harvest Haus, runns October 5 – 7 and October 13 – 14, 2017! Over the course…
National Taco Day in Vancouver
Get Your Taco On at Tacofino And Taqueria Yesterday we got ahead of the curve and made our own tacos, a pulled chicken version from Caren McSherry’s newest cookbook in fact. There’s more about that book here. But today is actually the official National Taco Day and Vancouver’s got some great ways to celebrate. Whether…
What’s Good this Week September 22 Edition
What To Fall Into This Week in Vancouver First day of fall today and not only are there new seasonal items to add to my instastories, but there are so many fall things to eat around the city. This week certainly felt like fall, and it rained like crazy off and on, but that didn’t…
