Gifts That Give Back – Lotusland Imports Maasai-Made Jewelry Earlier this year thanks to my friend Leeta Liepins, I met Susan Bibbings after admiring the beautiful jewelry she imports. As I’m thinking about holiday gifts (yes I am already!), I can’t think of a better way to give something beautiful while giving back to the…
Ancora Waterfront Dining Caviar Festival- Event Listing
ANCORA WATERFRONT DINING AND PATIO SHOWCASES WORLD-CLASS CAVIAR DURING FOURTH ANNUAL CAVIAR FESTIVAL Y’all know how much I love caviar (we even had a caviar bar at our wedding), so I couldn’t help but share this month-long event with you. CJA Executive Chef Ricardo Valverde Adds Inventive Caviar-Driven Dishes to Menu with Optional Wine, Champagne…
Canada’s Great Kitchen Party Victoria – Chef Takashi Ito Takes Home Gold – News Release
Chef Takashi Ito Heads to Canadian Culinary Championships Congrats to Chef Takashi Ito – see you in Kelowna! Culinary Winners: Gold: Chef Takashi Ito, AURA waterfront restaurant + patio (Victoria) Silver: Chef Paul Moran, 1909 Kitchen (Tofino) Bronze: Chef Gabe Fayerman-Hansen, Little Jumbo (Victoria) Chef Takashi Ito of AURA waterfront restaurant + patio proved his…
EAT!Vancouver Dinner Series – Event Listing
EAT!Vancouver Festival Dinners Still Available There’s some deliciousness happening next week and a your chance to meet some incredible chefs from in and out of town Campagnolo hosts Los Angeles’ Neal Fraser from Redbird WEDNESDAY Nov 7th, 2018 7:00pm Campagnolo 1020 Main St., Vancouver Limited to 60 guests (family style) $150.00 plus tax Buy Now Vancouver and Los…
Disney Musical Performances In Richmond – Event Listing
Local Youth Bring Disney Musical Performances to Stage If you are looking for some great entertainment for the family this fall, check out these Disney musical performances in Richmond. Children’s Theatre of Richmond Association (CTORA) announces two musical productions from Disney’s The Little Mermaid Jr. and Beauty and the Beast Jr. for this fall! Incredibly talented youth…
Lemongrass House Canada – Coverage
Specialty Spa Product Retailer Lemongrass House Canada Launches Online Store Lemongrass Canada opened in March in Gastown and I’m a big fan of this family-owned company. Their all-natural, handcrafted, quality spa products are made in Thailand and you can now buy them all online (www.lemongrasshousecanada.com) and in Vancouver at 209 Abbott Street. The spa and personal…
Cantina Pana Restaurant Opens In Kitsilano – News Release
Cantina Pana Restaurant 1941 Cornwall Official Opening is set for Thursday, November 1st and the party continues all weekend for Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) Pana, which means Corduroy in Spanish, brings a friendly ambiance to their cozy cabin-style. If this cozy spot reminds you of Corduroy on Cornwall, its because its…
EAT! Harvest Featuring 24 Top Chefs – Event Lising
EAT! Harvest EAT! Vancouver’s signature event is back and bigger than ever. Friday November 9th 7-9:30 pm EAT! Vancouver’s entire 2018 lineup of rock star chefs will offer bites of canapés that embody their cuisine, resulting in an unparalleled event highlighting some of the best chefs in the world, all in one room. A selection…
Taste Canada Announces 2018 Food Writing Awards – News Release
Taste Canada Food Writing Awards #TasteCanada Y’all know how much I love my cookbooks! Congratulations to all these winners! Taste Canada Awards / Les Lauréats des Saveurs du Canada (tastecanada.org) has announced the winners of the country’s only national, bilingual food writing awards. October is National Cookbook Month #Love Cookbooks #MoreThanRecipes A champion of cookbook authors and…
Air Canada Announces Canada’s Best New Restaurants 2018 – News Release
The Restaurant at Pearl Morissette in Ontario named Canada’s Best New Restaurant Congrats to Canada’s Best New Restaurants! Thousands of restaurants launch every year, but only ten remarkable destinations can call themselves Canada’s Best New Restaurants. Air Canada and presenting partner American Express revealed its highly-coveted Top 10 list with The Restaurant at Pearl Morissette…
Canada’s Great Kitchen Party – Chef Aleks Kornat Government House
Catching Up With Victoria’s Chef Aleks Kornat Tomorrow nine of British Columbia’s top chefs will head to Victoria to compete in Canada’s Great Kitchen Party, the regional qualifier for the Canadian Culinary Championships. We’re learning a little bit about them before they compete. Here we throw a few questions out to Victoria’s Chef Aleks Kornats…
Poquitos Cantina Opens On Kingsway – News Release
ROSES ARE RED, SALSA IS TOO; WE WANT TO DRINK TEQUILA WITH YOU Arriba! The ever-growing Kingsway x Fraser restaurant community has just been joined by a pop-up Latin flavour infusion with the opening of Poquitos Cantina. Taking over the original location of neighbourhood mainstay, The Black Lodge (which has since moved to fresh new…
Canada’s Great Kitchen Party – Chef Tony Starratt Two Rivers Meat Shop
Catching Up With Vancouver’s Chef Tony Starratt On Thursday nine of British Columbia’s top chefs will head to Victoria to compete in Canada’s Great Kitchen Party, the regional qualifier for the Canadian Culinary Championships. We’re learning a little bit about them before they compete. Here we throw a few questions out to Vancouver’s Chef Tony…
Canada’s Great Kitchen Party – Chef Takashi Ito from Aura
Catching Up With Victoria’s Chef Takashi Ito On Thursday nine of British Columbia’s top chefs will head to Victoria to compete in Canada’s Great Kitchen Party, the regional qualifier for the Canadian Culinary Championships. We’re learning a little bit about them before they compete. Here we throw a few questions out to Victoria’s Chef Takashi…
Canada’s Great Kitchen Party – Heritage Asian Eatery’s Chef Felix Zhou
In The Kitchen with Vancouver’s Chef Felix Zhou Tell us a little bit about your restaurant and/or style of cooking. Heritage Asian Eatery is a casual, counter service restaurant that serves rice bowls, baos and some classic Asian favorites like noodles and dumplings. We specialize in Asian comfort food made with high-quality ingredients. Overall I…
Canada’s Great Kitchen Party – Chef Ryan Zuvich Lastella Trattoria
Catching Up With Chef Ryan Zuvich of Nanaimo’s Lastella Trattoria Tell us a little bit about your restaurant and/or style of cooking Our restaurant is a lively casual Italian shop set in the Old City Quarter of Nanaimo. Hand made everything is our general model. While it’s a casual place our food philosophy and ultimately…
CND Shellac Luxe
CND Launches New Shellac Polish And We Love It I love getting shellac nails done, but I hate sitting still and I inevitably end up picking them off instead of going back to having them taken off properly, damaging my nail beds. CND now has a solution for my dilemma. Thanks to the new formula of…
Canada’s Great Kitchen Party – Chef Paul Moran From 1909 Kitchen
Catching Up With Tofino Resort and Marina’s Chef Paul Moran Next week nine of British Columbia’s top chefs will head to Victoria to compete in Canada’s Great Kitchen Party, the regional qualifier for the Canadian Culinary Championships. We’re learning a little bit about them before they compete. Here we throw a few questions out to…
Yuwa Japanese Cuisine One Year Anniversary Dinner – Coverage and Event Listing
Yuwa Japanese Anniversary Dinner on October 23 Yuwa Japanese Cuisine will celebrate its first year in fine style by hosting an exclusive one-night-only Anniversary Dinner on Tuesday, October 23 and we were lucky enough to get a preview. The event begins with a sparkling wine reception at 6 p.m. before Yuwa Executive Chef and Co-Owner Masahiro Omori demonstrates his…
Canada’s Great Kitchen Party – Chef Paul Cecconi of Brodo
In The Kitchen with Brodo’s Chef Paul Cecconi Next week nine of British Columbia’s top chefs will head to Victoria to compete in Canada’s Great Kitchen Party, the regional qualifier for the Canadian Culinary Championships. We’re learning a little bit about them before they compete. Here we throw a few questions out to Penticton’s Chef…
