Les Dames d’Escoffier Puts Education First This is a very challenging year and I’m so proud to announce that Les Dames BC, an organization of women leaders in hospitality who raise funds for education, has $50,000 to give to deserving women who want to move forward in their career. This year is extra special for…
Provence’s December Wine Menu
Provence’s December Wine Menu – A Celebration of Good Taste We had a sneak peek of the December celebration at Provence in December and it’s a delicious combination of some of BC’s best wines and perfectly paired dishes. The next menu in the Monthly Wine Menu series at Provence Marinaside. highlights Mission Hill Family Estate…
Growing Chefs Taco Tuesday on Giving Tuesday
Chef Sarah Stewart Teaches Tacos for Growing Chefs It’s Giving Tuesday next week, a global movement for giving and volunteering, taking place each year after Black Friday. The “opening day of the giving season,” it’s a time when charities, companies, and individuals join and rally for their favourite causes. We’ve been cooking along with Growing…
What’s Good This Week November 23 Edition
What’s Happening in Vancouver It’s another week without holiday parties and the usual outings that I do so enjoy. However, I did go sort of away with a staycation at the Marriott, and I’m making the most of my cookbook collection! Here’s a few things to do around town this week to keep on keeping…
Novo Pizzeria Fall Menu
Novo Pizzeria Dishes Up More Than Just Pizza The night we were scheduled to dine at Novo Pizzeria the pizza oven was on the fritz, but we knew that there was more than just pizza to be had at this Kitsilano neighbourhood favourite. The new fall items featured a risotto with local squash and foraged…
Good Wine Gal’s Wines of Christmas
The 12 Essential Wines of Christmas – Bubbles for the Holidays! Good Wine Gal has a wonderful guide out for the holidays and discounts from Swirl Wine Shop and Marquis Wine Cellars! Here’s some hints as to what’s in there. What are you drinking this holiday season? GET YOUR COPY HERE (click click!!) Good Wine…
Chefhyve Food Hall
Chefhyve Food Hall Opens on Kingsway Today’s news, fresh from Instagram, Chefhyve, a food hall concept, is opening in East Vancouver at 2525 Kingsway. “Chefhyve is a bite-sized, gourmet food hall offering amazing local and international cuisines prepared in open kitchens by local chefs using only real ingredients. The first location (meaning there’s plans for…
Auntie Aperitivo House Downtown Vancouver
New Restaurant Brings Contemporary Chinese Street Food Concept to Upscale Setting in the Granville Entertainment District News on a new opening inspired by Yunnan street-food. An innovative new culinary concept inspired by the comfort, soul and flavours of authentic Chinese street food makes its debut in Downtown Vancouver when Street Auntie Aperitivo House opens its…
What’s Good This Week November 16 Edition
What’s Happening in Vancouver As the holiday lights and decorations go up, my thoughts usually go to holiday parties, entertaining and how to be entertained. However, this is just not a regular year. Money’s tighter all round, gatherings extremely limited, and loved ones and experiences with them seem even more valuable. Here’s a few things…
Dine Strathcona – Restaurants Cafes and Breweries
Strathcona Restaurants, Cafes and Breweries Come Together For “Dine Strathcona” Menu Promotion Nov. 18-30 ‘By-the-Community, For-the-Community’ Initiative Helps Diners Show Support for Strathcona Small Businesses While Raising Funds for WISH Drop-In Centre – News from the Community Strathcona’s hospitality community will come together this month to showcase the neighbourhood’s vibrant culinary scene while raising money…
DL Chicken Shack and Pepino’s Spaghetti House
The Ultimate Munchies Mash-Up on Commercial Drive c/o DL Chicken Shack and Pepino’s Spaghetti House Two of our favourite foods are coming together and we are thinking we’ve got to come at this dish HUNGRY! – GLV News Release: For two weeks only, voracious Vancouverites can up their pie game with the ultimate collab between…
Provence & Checkmate Wine Dinner
Provence & Checkmate Wine Dinner – An evening drenched in collaboration & creativity Good Wine Gal, Barb Wild, Checks out Checkmate Winery at Provence. When you first meet Joshua (Josh) Carlson, the wine director at Provence, you might think he’s an artist. He is a little tailored. His blue green eyes are framed by heavy…
Recreative Apparel
Affordable and Sustainable – Recreative Apparel We’ve partnered with a new local apparel brand, Recreative Apparel, to celebrate getting back on track with our fitness classes with Cadence Cycle and to spread the word and do a giveaway. View this post on Instagram #GIVEAWAY – tote bag and tank top!!! @recreativeapparel We’ve partnered…
MRKT HAUL November Series
Celebrate Local Food Purveyors with MRKT Haul MRKT HAUL curates a monthly package of local Vancouver goods, all available for pick up at one location at 302 Industrial Avenue. Partners Corvette and Matt, owners of Shameless Buns Filipino Food Truck, created this platform for passionate entrepreneurs and curious Vancouver foodies to connect and discover new…
Provence Marinaside Features French Foods and Wine on Hugel Day
Provence Marinaside Offers Choucroute Garnie For Hugel Day November 14th marks the 11th annual Hugel Day which spotlights the Alsatian wines of the Famille Hugel and Provence Marinaside will be celebrating it in classic style. “Just prior to the pandemic, we held a winemaker’s dinner honouring the wines of Famille Hugel and we served a…
Hart House’s New Menus and Happy Hour Have Something for Everyone
Burnaby’s Hart House Restaurant launches new menus for lunch/brunch, happy hour, and dinner News in today from our friends at Hart House in Burnaby. Time to head out to Deer Lake Park and catch up with one of our all-time favourites. *Photos Jennie Nguyen Hart House’s Mediterranean inspired cuisine features fresh local ingredients: Executive Chef…
Chef Michel Jacob Officer Ordre du Mérite agricole
Le Crocodile’s Chef Michel Jacob now an Officer in the Ordre du Mérite agricole of the French Republic News in from our friends at the French Consulate today. Nos sincères félicitations Chef Jacob! On Sunday November 1, Chef Michel Jacob was awarded Officer in the Ordre du Mérite agricole of the French Republic for his…
What’s Good This Week November 2, 2020
What’s Happening in Vancouver It’s November and the air is crisp! I’ll be pulling out my mitts before too long and pulling out that crock pot for cozy fall dinners. In the meantime, we are still allowed out and about, so let’s make the most of it, safely! Not Only Amarone Wine Sessions with Good…
Orange You Glad It’s Halloween Cocktail
“Orange You Glad It’s Halloween” Cocktail with Mandarins from Chile Mandarins from Chile are in season and we could all use a little more Vitamin C for immunity right now. I’ve whipped up a simple cocktail that was heavy on the orange colour and flavour with some gin, Aperol, Chilean mandarins, lime, soda and salt….
Spooky Halloween Treats
Halloween Treats for Kids and Adults Alike We love Halloween but could do without the tootsie rolls and cheap candy. Fortunately, there are some innovative pastry chefs in town so we can celebrate with something tasty, creative, and sweet. Here’s a few favourite Halloween Treats that we may go trick or treating for. BOO! It’s…
