End the Summer Season with a Lasting Food Memory in Cowichan Bay Foodies have been very pleased to find Chef Marisa Goodwin and her amazing Organic Fair products at multiple events this year. Chef Marisa has been seen launching her Organic Fair Soda Syrup line as well as Raspados (snow cones) and popsicles, serving small…
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Farmers Market at MARKET at the Shangri-La
For a few Sundays this summer (the next one is September 23) the Vancouver Farmers Markets comes downtown to the patio at Market at the Shangri-La Hotel Vancouver. I headed downtown for the July 29th event and tried out the Farmers Market Menu Brunch. Chef Wayne Harris works with the vendors at the market to…
Gold Medal Plates British Columbia
Can’t Wait for….Friday, November 16 2012 at The Westin Bayshore Vancouver Competing Chefs for 2012 Angus An Maenam Joe Campo The Westin Bayshore Vancouver Quang Dang West Mark Filatow Waterfront Restaurant & Wine Bar David Gunawan Wildebeest Lee Humphries C Restaurant Nicholas Nutting The Pointe Restaurant at Wickaninnish Inn (Tofino) Darin Paterson Bogner’s of Penticton Jeff Van Geest Miradoro at Tinhorn Creek Winery Taryn Wa Savoury…
Taste Victoria 2012 July 19-22 – Why You Should Be There
This year Taste Victoria celebrates its fourth year with an even busier few days celebrating Vancouver Island’s cuisine and the wines of British Columbia. Fellow Dame d’Escoffier Kathy McAree, a food, wine and travel writer and owner of Travel With Taste indulgent culinary adventures does an amazing job of coordinating vintners, farmers, fishermen and food suppliers…
Maui Onion Festival 2012
I’m off to Maui tomorrow to judge this festival. Follow my adventures at #goodlifevanmaui Here are the highlights: There are onions. And then there are Maui Onions. Believed by many to be the sweetest onions in the whole wide world, these glorious bulbs are the star of our annual festival. Saturday, May 5 The Maui…
Oliver Osoyoos Oyster Festival #oooysterfest
If you love Oysters, you need to be at the Okanagan’s only oyster festival: the OOOyster Festival! The Oliver Osoyoos Oyster Festival was created to showcase sustainable oysters together with the award-winning wines of the Oliver Osoyoos Winery Association. Even oysters need a day in the sun! Sip the new Spring releases from the participating wineries of…
Vancouver Does St. Patrick’s Day
Vancouver makes a big deal of St. Patrick’s Day, so I thought I’d give you some hints on how to celebrate the day locally. Here’s some local, pubs, beers and Irish treats available around town. AND PLEASE NO GREEN BEER. Also check out my article on Daily XY for St. Patrick’s Day Suggestions. Local Irish…
Canada’s Top Chefs Cook Out to Stop the Mega Quarry
Sunday, October 16 · 12:00pm – 3:00pm Honeywood, ON on farms that refused to sell out Join Chef Michael Stadtlander and 70 of the best chefs from across Canada for an outdoor, pay-what-you can, public food event in support of the movement to Stop The Mega Quarry. All funds raised will go to fighting the mega quarry application that…
