Taste Canada Awards has announced the winners of the country’s only national, bilingual food writing awards As you all know I’m obsessed with cookbooks and am always keen to see who receives the Taste Canada Awards. As most of my readers are English-speaking, I’ve included the English titles only. Congratulations to everyone who’s brave enough…
What’s Good This Week October 24, 2020
What to do in and around Vancouver right now! Despite the current circumstances, we Vancouverites are innovative folks, and we are safely continuing our lives as best we can. This weekend there’s actually a few openings, lots of great brunch to be had and many ways to get out, or stay home, and entertain yourself….
Stag’s Hollow Winery – Celebrating A Sense Of Place
What’s New at Stag’s Hollow Winery Good Wine Gal visited Stag’s Hollow Winery this fall and came back with all sorts of notes and some very good wine! More on Good Wine Gal here. Meet Winemaker Keira LeFranc Good Wine Gal on Zoom November 17th at 5:30 pm. REGISTER! It was 11 am. Blue sky…
Aburi Restaurants New Home Dining
Aburi Restaurants Canada trail blazes home dining solutions during second wave of pandemic As Canadians head into fall while riding out the second wave of the pandemic, Aburi Restaurants Canada (the restaurant group behind Miku, Minami, Aburi Hana, TORA and Gyoza Bar) is launching a new platform to make at-home dining more exciting and accessible. Aburi…
Lil Bird Sandwich Co Inside Kaftka Coffee
Lil Bird Sandwich Co. migrates inside Kafka’s Coffee on Main with new fall/winter menu News from Lil Bird Sandwich Shop – Mount Pleasant’s destination for wholesome sammies Lil Bird Sandwich Co. (2525 Main Street) is migrating indoors for the fall/winter season. The window sandwich bar is getting a makeover with a new stand inside Kafka’s Coffee…
Gaoler’s Mews Celebrates The Pear Tree
L’Abattoir Hosts The Pear Tree, Showcasing Chef Jaegers Favourite Dishes News from L’Abattoir – No. 1 Gaoler’s Mews shifts amidst the pandemic to offer an unforgettable socially distanced dining experience celebrating a Canadian culinary institution, The Pear Tree. Tickets to Edition No. 20 of L’Abattoir’s exclusive dining experience, No. 1 Gaoler’s Mews are set to…
Thanksgiving at the Fairmont Empress, Airport, Hotel Vancouver, Waterfront and Pac Rim
Thanksgiving at the Fairmont News from the Fairmont – Fairmont Hotels & Resorts in Canada are celebrating Thanksgiving right! While the holiday season looks a little different this year, Fairmont Hotel & Resorts are dedicated to ensuring families can spend quality time together while enjoying gourmet food experiences from dine-in to delicious to-go options. Fairmont…
Thanksgiving Around Vancouver
What’s Up In Vancouver For Thanksgiving Celebrations We couldn’t let our favourite time of year go by without a couple of recommendations for y’all. What to do for Vancouver Thanksgiving? Suggests include Five Sails, Joe Fortes, H Tasting Lounge, Nightingale and more. Celebrate Thanksgiving Dinner this year at Dockside Restaurant Enjoy delicious turkey and fixings…
Growing Chef From Farms to Forks Food Series
Chefs, restaurants, and farmers support Growing Chefs food literacy with the From Farms to Forks Food Series Growing Chefs releases tickets for their 11th annual event, and things will look a little different this year due to COVID-19 From our friends at Growing Chefs! Something delicious this way comes… The event we’ve all been waiting for….
Fall at the Fairmont Chateau Whistler
Tasty Reasons to Visit the Fairmont Chateau Whistler News from our friends at Fairmont Chateau Whistler came into our inbox and we had to share – GLV Executive Chef Isabel Chung and her culinary brigade at Fairmont Chateau Whistler have been busy creating an abundance of tasty and tantalizing reasons to visit Whistler this fall….
Mt. Boucherie Winery
Mt. Boucherie – The Boo & the Who of it! Good Wine Gal Catches Up with Mt. Boucherie Winery! Join in for this Wine Wednesday to learn more about the winery and what’s new at Mt Boo! October 7, 2020 5:30 pm. Sign up here. The more things change the more they stay the same….
Ocean Wise Cookbooks, Beta 5 Birthday Treats, Katsu Pop-Ups, New Cookbooks, Vegan Cooking Classes and More!
Food and Drink News for This Week Here’s your weekly dose of Good Life Vancouver Recommendations for Vancouver Events in and around the city sourced from press releases, random Instagram scrolling and things I saw when I venture (carefully) out onto the streets. Hope you enjoy this new series! Tips to cassandra at goodlifevancouver.com. Beta5…
The Happy Halibut Pops Up In Kitsilano
Yaggers Kitsilano Presents Happy Halibut Pop Up – Fish & Chips At Lunch We have a contest to celebrate the opening! Head on over to Instagram to enter!!! View this post on Instagram GIVEAWAY! The Happy Halibut Grand Opening Giveaway! 🐟🌊 To celebrate the opening of @happy_halibut pop-up at Yagger’s Kitsilano, we are…
Where and What To Drink Right Now
Where Can You Celebrate Beer, Wine & Spirits We’ve got to make the best of this fall and wine, beer and spirits add to the celebration. Good Wine Gal and I sussed out a few good things coming up in and around Vancouver, on and offline! For more about what GWG is up to, check…
Good Wine Gal Wine Sessions
Wine Sessions With Mark Shipway Fall is here and school is back, in many different forms. Why not take the opportunity to learn more about our favourite subject, wine? Good Wine Gal, Barb Wild presents Wine Sessions with Vancouver’s top wine educator Mark Shipway. Twelve sessions will run from October 1st to Dec 17th. You…
White Spot and Triple O’s Launch Impossible Burger
September 19-20 $2 From Each Imposible Burger Sold Donated to Variety Club. Last night we checked out White Spot’s new veggie burgers and the texture and taste was the best semblance to the meat burger we’ve had yet. Go try one this weekend and you’ll be nurturing yourself and those that benefit from Variety Club….
MILA To Open In Chinatown
MILA Brings Plant-Based Dining To Chinatown News from MILA, a new spot opening in the old Juniper space. Vancouver residents can soon satisfy their culinary cravings when MILA opens in historic Chinatown in early September. Sister restaurant to the award-winning Virtuous Pie, whose vegan pizza and ice cream has captured hearts and taste buds citywide, MILA…
The Chickadee Room’s Daily Drink Features
Snacks and Drinks at The Chickadee Room The contact-free, ’80s-themed cocktail bar known as The Chickadee Room at Juke Fried Chicken is giving its guests more reasons to live each day to its fullest by adding new daily drink features and late-night happy hour and snack options to the menu at the Chinatown hotspot. The…
Kitchen Table Group Opens giovane café
Fairmont Pacific Rim’s giovane café Reopens Under the Kitchen Table Restaurant Group News from the Kitchen Table Group: Award-winning restaurant group Kitchen Table adds another member to its growing family (Ask For Luigi, Di Beppe, Farina a Legna, Pastificio di Luigi, Pizzeria Farina, Pourhouse) when it officially reopens the doors of giovane café in the…
Cassandra Cake Co.’s Cassandra Curtis
Cassandra Cake Co. When I saw Cassandra’s Curtis’ cakes and creations on Instagram, I immediately had to find out who this other Cassandra was. Cassandra’s are a rare bunch, it’s not like having a name like Karen or Wendy, where you’re bound to have another in your school class or at work, we aren’t really…
