Pasta Recipes From Barilla We’ve partnered with Barilla to bring you some Barilla family-friendly recipes to encourage you to cook and dine together! Barilla® created Share The Table® to help inspire, empower, and support all families to enjoy more meaningful meals. Check out the website for more details on how to make family mealtimes more meaningful! I also made an awesome Avocado Pasta Salad with Barilla’s bowtie pasta. Recipe here. These new recipes are easy peasy and full of summer veggies. Simple to make, meaning kids can be involved. Barilla is still a family-owned company that believes that the table is much…
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Next Thursday August 20th will host the North Shore’s first ever Dinner on the Pier raising funds for Growing Chefs! Starting at the beautiful Pipe Shop Building in Lower Lonsdale, there will be a cocktail hour with yummy cocktails and of course plenty of beer and wine! Enjoy live music, Nautical photobooth and raffle prizes before heading to the Lonsdale Pier to partake in a long table dinner right by the ocean. A flying drone will be shooting the event from above and the setting will take your breath away. Proceeds from the event will go to a charity close to our hearts,…
Canada’s most unique festival rolls back into town. It’s time for Cheese Rolling! The Canadian Cheese Rolling Festival, one of Canada’s most exciting and fun-hearted events, is back again. Hosted by Dairy Farmers of Canada, the event will feature activities the whole family can enjoy including cheese rolling races, costume contest, recipe demos and tastings, and cheese seminars. Cheese rolling races will see cheese aficionados racing after an 11-pound wheel of Boerenkaas cheese, produced by British Columbia cheese maker Naturel Pastures, down the slopes of Blackcomb Mountain until a female and male champion is declared. Crazy costume contest will see…
Vancouver – Witness the Sport of Kings; Power and pure Polo passion featuring two matches! Sunday, August 16th, 2015 – 11:30AM to 5PM GET YOUR TICKETS TODAY! >>> The Vancouver Polo Club is located in the Southlands and is a purveyor of the fine sport of polo. The Vancouver Polo Club opened in May 2014. Since then, the club has been offering polo clinics and lessons for beginners and novices. It also hosts an annual polo tournament with the Southlands Riding Club in mid-August. This event is both an opportunity to dress up, socialize with friends and watch the exciting sport of polo.
Get friendly with the 3rd edition of the Say Hi to a Stranger Weekend from August 21-23, 2015. Vancouver businesses, artists, and volunteer street teams will create socially interactive environments to encourage residents to say hello to one another and use the hashtag #sayhitoastranger on social media. This movement was borne out of the reputation of our city being a difficult place to make friends. Participating businesses will provide free food, drinks, gifts, or other promotions to people who engage with street teams and receive a button, or who use the code phrase “say hi to a stranger” in person. This…
MadeWithLove™, the largest mixology competition in Canada, is coming back to town! After Winnipeg and Calgary, continues its 2015 western tour in the great city of Vancouver. The finals will be held on August 31st at Fairmont Hotel Vancouver, located at 900 West Georgia Street from 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm. Tickets are available at the presale price of $55 until August 17th (regular price $65) at www.enjoyMadeWithLove.com or at participating locations. 14 bartenders from across the city will compete during the finals to impress over 500 cocktail enthusiasts with exclusive and innovative creations. Each cocktail will be judged based on its originality, creativity and taste. Come and…
Beer in the garden with Bomber Brewing? Yes please! This 2-part class explores the plants essential to beer through an interactive talk, a local microbrewery tour, and plenty of tasting. The Botany of Beer is presented in partnership with Bomber Brewing, this will be a focused look at the ingredients in beer, and why and how they have been used through a global, historical perspective. Learn why women were once the only people allowed to brew beer, see hops with a closer lens to find the oils and resins on the female flowers, taste malted (germinated) barley, and understand the…
UPCOMING MARKET DINNERS & EVENTS Guest chefs from BC are en route to Edible Canada for gourmet, seasonal feasts in the private room at the Market. 2015 Guest Chef Market Dinner series will welcome new chefs and old favourites into the custom demo kitchen in the heart of Granville Island. For these one-of-a-kind evenings, guests enjoy an exclusive, multi-course seasonal dinner prepared right in front of you, all paired with rare Canadian wine, beer and spirits. Each Market Dinner is limited to only 26 guests. Sep 10, 2015 Top Drop Vancouver Dinner Series Oct 6, 2015 An Indian Feast with Chef Vikram Vij…
Hobby Chefs Dish Up Avocado Recipes In A Tough Culinary Competition – The Avocado Showdown! It’s been a rough life being an Avocados from Mexico in the past few months. I’ve been creating delicious avocado-based dishes, interviewing sports royalty and celebrity chefs, giving myself avocado facials, and the worst yet, having to sample through tasty avocado dishes to judge the Avocado Showdown at the Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts (PICA)! There were nineteen dishes in all and we had to sample them all, at least once! My awesome co-judges were Angie Quaale, from Well Seasoned Gourmet Food Store, Crystal Allen, blogger from Hello Creative Family, Dennis Pang, new father extraordinaire…
On Wednesday, August 12th join Canada’s largest concurrent dinner party as Les Dames d’Escoffier BC Chapter presents Les Dames Summerdine . This fundraiser takes place at thirty different restaurants, wineries, cooking schools and culinary venues across the province. While most venues are sold out, seats in Vancouver can still be bought at Barbara-Jo’s Books to Cooks, where Chef Jennifer Peters of Nextjen Gluten Free will create a gluten free dinner. Gluten-free pate choux filled with chicken liver parfait and glazed with a beautiful Moroccan spiced sour cherry jam from Dame Lee Murphy at Vista D’oro Smoked Salmon Pate on Molasses Bread Tomato Buratta Salad with Crispy Herb…
Top Five Reasons Why Bombay Sapphire Gin is the Spirit of Summer Yesterday I wrote about how my new Escents Outdoor Survival Kit helped keep the mosquitoes away (although I neglected to use the spray the the day before….and one bit me on the neck….right in my apartment while sleeping…so very rude!) and today I bring you GIN as a remedy! Apparently I’d only had wine that night. Gin has always been the classic cocktail spirit that was meant to be mixed. As a key ingredient to many of the season’s most refreshing cocktails, it balances botanicals with light and…
Bao Bei Chinese Brasserie and Here There present Vancouver’s Golden Dumpling Cook Off! The Cookoff returns August 9th! Refreshments are by Red Truck Brewery, restaurants will plate fresh takes on the filling-and-wrapper format. An expert panel of judges will taste their way through entries from 17 restaurants battling to fill, wrap, steam and fry their way to the top. The victorious challenger wins full bragging rights and claims the legendary Golden Dumpling trophy. PURCHASE HERE for $55! Festival-goers won’t want to miss the Dumpling Derby, when prizes are awarded to hungry competitors in a vicious eating contest. During separate men’s and…
Bugs love me and I am constantly being bitten from everything from mosquitoes to spiders, and I’ve got the scars to prove it; I am unable to stop scratching. I’ve tried those patches and the disgusting smelling repellents out there, but I’ve now found a fragrant alternative to keep the mossies away that is chemical free and reeks of nothing but lavender and lemongrass. Made by Escents and available at www.escents.ca and British Columbia retail locations, the Survival Kit is available now for $39.95. Wash with the shower bar, spray on some body mist or smooth on the body balm on those…
Although we are well into mid-summer, it’s not too late to redesign your outdoor living space, or at least give it a spruce up. In Vancouver, apartment living means our outdoor space is rather small, but we’ve managed to utilize it well and have a beer fridge, Weber BBQ, patio set and a good selection of herbs and flowers. With the extreme heat and lack of air conditioning here in our west facing Arbutus Walk apartment, by the end of the day staying indoors is intolerable. So I set up an outdoor table where Michael can read, and I can catch…
August 22, 2015 3:00pm – 11:00pm The 3rd annual British Columbia Pinot Noir Celebration is a celebration that aims to bring together passionate Pinot Noir producers in the province in an interactive and fun atmosphere – giving guests an intimate experience with our winemakers and winery principals whilst building education and excitement about BC Pinot Noir. Featuring special guest speaker Steven Spurrier; interactive breakout sessions alongside top BC winemakers; salon tastings with 26 of BC’s best Pinot Noir producers, canapé competition with Okanagan Chef’s Jason Leizert, Alex Sielmann, Chris Van Hooydonk & Calgary Chef Dilan Draper; family style dinner by Artisan…
Summer seafood is abundant, so why not put out a plate at your next gathering. Chef Dino Renaerts, Chef, Sommelier, and owner of The Bon Vivant Hospitality Group LTD & Bon Vivant Catering LTD has this tasty seafood creation for us. Chilled Summer Seafood Plate Serves 4 4 oz Dungeness crab meat 8 side stripe shrimp 8 scallops 1 Avocado From Mexico 2 rib of celery + (1 carrot, ½ onion, 1/2c white wine for court bouillon) 1 small cucumber ½ pint heirloom gem tomatoes 1 mango 1 bunch breakfast radishes 1 Belgium Endive 1 -2 jalapeño Picked cilantro leaves 1-2 lime…
BIG SMOKE BURGER GRILLS ITS WAY INTO VANCOUVER On July 29th, the gourmet burger franchise opens its first location in Vancouver on West Broadway Internationally celebrated gourmet burger shop Big Smoke Burger today announced its first location in Vancouver at 500 West Broadway. To celebrate the grand opening, Big Smoke Burger will be giving away free handcrafted burgers, hand-cut fries and fountain drinks on Wednesday, July 29th from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Big Smoke Burger is also asking customers to make a donation to Big Brothers of Greater Vancouver, and will match every dollar donated. Originally founded in Toronto,…
We’ve been out trying a few new things this summer and popped into the Guess HQ Escape House last week to help recover a lost artifact through a series of clues! To solve the mystery, you have to disable laser beams, unlock a vault and remove the artifact without setting off any alarms. That’s all I can tell you, so you’ll have to go down to Gastown and figure the rest out for yourself. See below on how to snag a coupon. We got there by test driving the amazing new Ford ST Focus. Such a sporty car, and so easy to…
CANADA’S FINEST HIGH PERFORMANCE JAPANESE KITCHEN KNIVES Here to throw a match into traditional retail Kevin Kent, Founder of Canadian culinary knife importer Knifewear introduces top quality hand crafted Japanese knives to Vancouver on their second West Coast Tour. The pop-up shop will run July 27 – Aug 2, hosted by @thisopenspace located at 434 Columbia St. The shop will feature new knives to be seen, tested and taken home for life Kent welcomes you to shop handmade knives, blacksmith prototypes, one of-a-kind knives alongside Canadian-made cutting boards, chef curated cookbooks, sharpening stones, chef gadgets, straight razors and axes. Just…
We believe that Canada IS food and the world is richer for it! Join Canadian chefs, food writers, farmers, home cooks and food lovers, Tuesday, July 28th from 8pm – 9pm EST! AND WIN! Led by Canadian Food Ambassador Anita Stewart AND also hosted by myself and a some major Canadian Foodies! Want to know why #CanadaISfood? Come to our Twitter Party on July 28th It just seemed right that the hashtag for our first Twitter Party is #CanadaISfood. Nowhere on earth is a nation overflowing with such a wealth of edible treasures. As we prepare to celebrate our 13th Food…
