Alternative Business School Graduates From Groundswell Present Their Fares In Granville Island Luckily for me, I’m on Facebook (give me a like, won’t you?) and often pay attention to the events that are suggested to me, as I procrastinate on the work I need to do. Yesterday, up popped the Groundswell Test Market At Granville Island, and I proceeded to dart down there to explore some of Vancouver’s newest business. Groundwell Test Market was full of the graduates from this alternative business school where “young ideas and budding social entrepreneurs connect and flourish.” Their mission is to enable people to…
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Vancouver Community College’s Culinary Arts Students Present Dinner At VCC’s Chef’s Table What a delightful evening we had, full of delicious food at the Vancouver Community College. The VCC Culinary Arts Students, under the guidance or Chef Hamid Salimian, cook dinner three nights a week during the summer, up until July 17 at the VCC’s Chef’s Table. It’s exciting to meet the next generation of chefs as, once you sample this dinner, you’ll know these students are going places. It’s a must do this summer, for anyone who enjoys good food, and the wine pairings are a bonus. The dinner…
The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2019 are revealed Congratulations to all the restaurant making The World’s 50 Best Restaurants list in 2019! Canada is not among them, but of note is that Chef Andersen Lee, a 20-year-old cook from Montreal, has been named the 2019 recipient of the 50 Best BBVA Scholarship. Lee, who was raised in Montreal, is currently garde manger at Bouillon Bilk. The USA claims six restaurants in the list, including Cosme (No.23), which is helmed by The World’s Best Female Chef 2019, Daniela Soto-Innes, and two new entries: Atelier Crenn (No.35), and Benu (No.47), both in San…
Where to Get Your Negroni On For Negroni Week We’re thinking that a Negroni tour might just have to happen this week. If nothing else, get to Juniper for their adventures! Scroll down to read about that! GLV Welcome to Negroni Week, presented by Imbibe Magazine and Campari. Imbibe launched Negroni Week in 2013 as a celebration of one of the world’s great cocktails and an effort to raise money for charities around the world. Since 2013, Negroni Week has grown from about 120 participating venues to almost 10,000 venues around the world, and to date, they have collectively raised about $2 million for charitable causes. For…
The Head Pastry Chef at Alain Ducasse au Plaza Athénée in Paris, Jessica Préalpato, has been voted The World’s Best Pastry Chef 2019 Congratulations to Jessica Préalpato, who received her award in advance of The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2019 awards ceremony, taking place on 25 June in Singapore. The World’s 50 Best Restaurants, sponsored by S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna, is a celebration of the pinnacle of global gastronomy, bringing together a unique community of world-leading chefs, restaurateurs, food- lovers and global media for the Oscars of the dining world. Born into a family of pastry cooks, dessert was always going to…
Shakespeare In Love Another Home Run At Bard On The Beach Another night at Bard on the Beach last night and the entertainment continues! Shakespeare In Love was a huge success and the actors antics again had us in stitches once again. The costumes were impressive and the characters were ones you wanted to get to know even better, they were played so well. You simply must see both this play and The Taming of The Shrew this season as they both added so much enjoyment to the summer that’s just begun. From the official release: Bard on the Beach…
Grissa’s Latin Pastries and Alfajores Served at Cacao in Kitsilano Lately I’ve been obsessed with Alfajores and I’ve tried a couple that are totally worth reporting on. I went by Cacao a couple weeks back for the Friday Latin Bakery Pop-Up where Chef Jefferson Alvarez introduced me to Grissa, of Grissa’s Sugar, who had a few delightful Latin baked goods to try, including Alfajores. Grissa is from Venezuela, where she learned to bake; you’ll find that throughout Latin American there are wide differences in the crafting of Alfajores. Her Alfajores are the biggest I’ve seen, I had to cut mine…
Herb & Wild Berry Elk Rack Pairs With Nk’Mip Pinot Noir As it’s National Indigenous Peoples’ Day on June 21, so we thought we’d feature this recipe from Mr. Bannock, from the Squamish Nation, who has an Indigenous food truck that we’ve been meaning to get to! Recommended pairing is the Nk’Mip Pinot Noir. The recipes were created in partnership with Nk’Mip Cellars, Canada’s first Indigenous-owned winery. Herb & Wild Berry Elk 2 elk racks (about 300-325g each) 1 pint blueberries 1 pint raspberries 1 pint blackberries Fresh thyme Fresh sage Salt and pepper Corn (or vegetable) oil NK’MIP Pinot Noir…
Botanist Bar of Canada’s Fairmont Pacific Rim Crowned 2019 ‘BOLS AROUND THE WORLD’, World’s Best Bar Team Congrats to the Botanist Team! Way to go Grant Sceney! GLV From the press release….. Botanist Bar at Fairmont Pacific Rim has been named Lucas Bols ‘BOLS AROUND THE WORLD’, World’s Best Bar Team. As one of six bar teams in the world competing for the global title and a trip to a city of their choice, this is the first time this competition shifted from individual to team submission in celebration of its 10th year. At the global finals held in the…
World’s 50 Best Diversifies It’s List The list of the 51-120 Best Restaurants is out and still no sign of Canada, but it’s good to see way more Female-owned restaurants of the list. GLV The World’s 50 Best Restaurants, sponsored by S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna, announces the 51-120 list of restaurants ahead of its annual awards ceremony, which takes place in one week’s time on Tuesday, 25th June 2019 at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. For 2019 only, the list expands from 51-100 to 51-120 restaurants, in celebration of the 120th anniversary of S.Pellegrino, partner of the gastronomy community since the beginning…
Scholarship in Anthony Bourdain’s Honour Assists Students At The CIA I had the honour of meeting Anthony Bourdain several times and this announcement is great news.I’m sure he’d be honoured and touched by the Culinary Institute’s initiative and want to hear about exactly what the students will be up to. Happy birthday Tony – June 25th is officially #BourdainDay! https://www.instagram.com/p/By5BLZnHzcP/ From the Culinary Institute of America: Anthony Bourdain ’78, chef and writer, traveled the world with humility, humanity, curiosity, humor, and with a rare vision for storytelling that turned his memoirs into bestselling classics and his television shows into…
Nespresso Releases Coffees That Pair Best With Milk I recently starting using my Nespresso Milk Frother and it is LIFE CHANGING, so when I heard that Nespresso was working on a coffee that works best with milk, I did a happy dance. Apparently three quarters of coffee drinkers globally enjoy a white coffee, so Nespresso spent six years studying the interaction between coffee and milk and developed the BARISTA CREATIONS milk coffee range. This was the absolute best coffee and I just love the look of my Zwilling coffee mug, and the double glass is not only attractive, but also…
Rosie Daykin’s Newest Book Guides You Through Easy and Tasty Dishes My home is overflowing with cookbooks and I’m fully addicting to reading, and cooking through them. There’s so many books I can choose from, but Let Me Feed You, the latest cookbook from Rosie Daykin (she previously published Butter Baked Goods and Butter Celebrates) has me returning to it again and again. I’ve even made several of the recipes twice already, and have many recipes marked to whip up! Daykin was a designer who turned her passion for baking into a second career with Butter Baked Goods, a bakery that…
Chef William Tse Launches New Menu Items At BC Place Saturday marked the start of football season in Vancouver with the BC Lions going up against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, and Michael and I were invited to watch the game while enjoying some treats from the new BC Place Menu. While the game didn’t turn out in our favour, the food definitely scored points with us. It was great to see Chef William Tse, the Executive Chef at BC Place, as we’ve met many times over the years at a variety of different venues, and I’d just commented on a…
Refreshing Revamp of a Wild West inspired The Taming of the Shrew Last night we attended the opening on The Taming of the Shrew at Bard on the Beach and we think it might be our favourite Bard yet! Set in the Wild West the cast and crew really went all out to produce a show full of laughs, and we were just so impressed with the genius timing of both the physical and audible delivery, the costumes, the stage, and the efficiency of everything right down to the box office, to the venue attendants. We may even be back…
Nearly 60% of all food in Canada is wasted – FoodRescue.ca expands to BC to change that We are pleased to bring you the following news on reduction of food waste through FoodResue.ca GLV Loblaw commits over $400,000 to Second Harvest (FoodRescue.ca) to support a free, innovative platform that tackles food waste, food insecurity, and climate change. Loblaw Companies Limited (Loblaw) and Second Harvest further solidified their commitment to tackle food waste in Canada with the expansion of FoodRescue.ca to British Columbia. Made possible by a donation of $415,000 from Loblaw to Second Harvest, this free online platform connects food…
Gifts For Father’s Day That Will Make You The Favourite Child It’s not too late to show Dad some love on Father’s Day, as there’s still some to shop for a super cool gift for your super cool Dad. In fact, after a quick walk through Best Buy yesterday, we’ve come up with some great ideas that will surely put you in the good books with your Dad. Philips Diamond Sonicare DiamondClean Electric Toothbrush This toothbrush promises whiter, healthier teeth for life and it’s totally true. I’ve got one and I love it. It’s got 5 modes and I use…
Vancouver To Do’s Curated By GLV It’s well into June and things are getting warmer! We’ve been able to hop onto some patios and just checked out the new Westin Bayshore’s H Tasting Lounge Patio on the seawall in Coal Harbour last night and are thrilled that there’s some shade so we don’t melt! AND the food and cocktails are so very well crafted too! Here’s a few other things we think should be on your radar this week and in the near future. To Sip BC Tree Fruits Cider Co. Broken Ladder, Rose BC Tree Fruits Cider Co. launched…
Available for Pick-Up at Davie Street ‘Little Juke’ Location, Each Beach Box Offers Ready Made Picnic of Fried Chicken, Sides, Cocktail Mixer and Cups Juke Fried Chicken is adding its signature southern-fried sizzle to al-fresco outings this summer by introducing their new Juke Beach Boxes available for pick-up exclusively at ‘Little Juke’ located in Vancouver’s beachside West End neighbourhood at 1074 Davie Street. Perfect for two to share at the beach or park for lunch, dinner or a sunset snack, each Juke Beach Box includes four pieces of Juke’s signature southern-style fried chicken, two pieces of chili corn on the…
Sustainable Ocean Wise Seafood On The Menu At UBC UBC has always sourced much of its seafood from the Ocean Wise choices, but now, 100 percent is Ocean Wise! My husband Michael works for UBC Food Services and I’m always so impressed of how much care goes into considering our environment on a day to day basis and this news is just icing on the cake! Bravo UBC! I traveled out to visit him yesterday and watch the announcement go down, in conjunction with some Summer Sizzler chef demos from UBC Chef Johnny Bridge and the Ocean Wise team, including…
