Our next interview is with Chef Mark Filatow from Kelowna who’s also on his way to Victoria to compete in Gold Medal Plates Culinary Competition. He’s competed before and taken the gold so it could be a repeat performance if all goes well! Filatow answered a few questions about ingredients he always has on hand, and who’s coming with…
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Chef Ned Bell Vancouver Aquarium Ocean Wise Chef
Chef Ned Bell is on his way to Victoria this week to compete for the in Gold Medal Plates culinary competition and we posed a few questions in advance to get a feel for just what he might be preparing. Tell us a little bit about your restaurant and/or style of cooking. My Focus is on…
Chef Rob Walker Big White Ski Resort, Kelowna
Counting down to Gold Medal Plates in Victoria November 17! Top chefs from British Columbia compete for the gold, silver and bronze medals in this ultra-tough culinary competition. Prior to this yearly face off, we catch up with the chefs competing for and next up is Chef Rob Walker. Tell us a little bit about your restaurant and/or style of cooking. My style…
Tsawwassen Mills Telus Giveaway
Start Checking Off Your Holiday Gift List with a Telus Giveaway Let’s start the week off with a giveway to get you into holiday mode. I just returned from Christmas in November at the Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge and I’m launching into the holiday season with bells on. Thanks Telus for this package. The bag…
Weekly Goods – Umbrella Day, Cornucopia and Christmas
I walked home last night just as the US election results were being finalized, the streets were empty and it began to rain hard, hopefully not a complete foreshadowing of what’s to come in this new era of Trumpism. We can only hope that the ugly thoughts of those who who seem to feel that hatefulness has…
Uncommon Goods – Retail With A Conscience
This summer when I was searching for some sturdy portable BBQs that could be wheeled out to our local beach, or park, and wouldn’t fall apart after merely one use, I came across a super cool site, UncommonGoods, that featuring a super cool BBQ that I had to have. At the time they weren’t shipping to…
Smarten Up Your Home With the Newest Techie Home Gadgets #BestBuySmartHome
Make Your Home Smarter, Lighter and Safer, with Best Buy If you call yourself a techie, you may have the latest smart phone, smart watch, pimped out car and camera, but what about the latest in home technology? While your television may unlock the full potential of HDR, and you’ve even got a home 3D…
Oakland’s Urban Wine Trail
Visit Oakland Where Wines Aren’t Always Among the Vines Heading to California and looking for some wine tasting? There’s no need to venture right into the vineyards of Napa or Sonoma, (although we wouldn’t frown upon that) instead hit the new urban wine trail right around Oakland. Oakland’s a quick jaunt from the San Francisco Airport…
Hand Crafted Spirits on TSN1410 – The Cascade Room and The Burrard Gimlet
Bartender Justin Taylor at The Cascade Room – Burrard Gimlet If you been following the Hand Crafted Spirits Show, you may have caught a few segments where Joe Leary and I search for tasty cocktails on TSN1410. This week we were off for a quick lunch and cocktail sampling in East Van. Main Street’s Cascade Room is now…
RYU High Tech Fitness Wear
RYU – Made By Athletes For Althetes What’s Canadian and rhymes with “You”? Well RYU active wear of course, a new brand that takes athletic technology to the next level. I first experienced RYU in bag form with their Daily Duffle, billed as “The Gym Bag, Reinvented”, which keeps its shape whether empty or full…
Slow Fish – Slowing Down To Enjoy Sustainable Food
Chef’s Table Society Presents Slow Fish in the Kitchens of PICA The Slow Food movement includes food from the land and also food from the Ocean. It’s a little more difficult to see the state of the sea and what lies beneath, but it’s equally important. For the third year a group of chefs from…
Cultus Lake Park and Marina
Summer’s Not Quite Over Yet at Cultus Lake Park and Marina One hour east of Vancouver BC, just south of Chilliwack you’ll find a ton of outdoor activities, camping and watersports and it’s still not too late to have some fun in the sun this season . Cultus Lake offers restaurants, golfing, sport fishery, water sports…
What’s Good This Week? – Sept 21
Events in and Around Vancouver Fall is coming fast here in Vancouver, and there’s no shortage of ways to celebrate the harvest! Old Fashioned Wednesday at Prohibition Cozy up at Prohibition to celebrate one of the world’s most famous whiskey cocktails, the Old Fashioned, every Wednesday between now and November 23. Each week, both traditional…
Lidia Bastianich An Inspiration and A Gala Guest
Lidia Bastianich Visits Vancouver – Honoured at Les Dames d’Escoffier Gala If memory serves me right, Lidia Bastianich, the Italian-born American restaurateur, cookbook author and television host, last visited Vancouver in 2013 with her newest book at the time, Lidia’s Commonsense Italian Cooking. This is in fact, exactly how Bastianich presents herself, as a person with…
Cranberry, Pecan, Chia Seeds and Chocolate Chip Muffins
Morning Muffins with those healthy, trendy, Chia Seeds 1 cup white flour 1 cup whole wheat flour 1/2 cup sugar 1/4 cup chia seeds – Prana has some great ones with probiotics too 150g dried cranberries 3/4 cup pecans – halves or pieces 1 cup chocolate chips 2 very ripe bananas 2 eggs, lightly beaten 125g butter,…
Sooke Harbour House
Staying in Sooke – Fall at Sooke Harbour House I adore fall and find there’s nothing better than a stroll on a coolish day when the sun is still shining, yet there’s a crispness in the air and a need for an extra layer to insulate one from the impending chill. This is the best time…
Test Drive – Acura TLX
The Acura TLX On The Road to Adventure Next up in test drives was the 2016 Acura TLX which is a pretty slick looking car, above the price-point of the Honda sedans, but fairly comparable to the higher priced BMW and Lexus but with a much lower cash outlay. This car comes with 2 types of…
Moosemeat & Marmalade Season 2
A Bush Cook and Classically Trained Chef Team Up for Moosemeat & Marmalade What do you get when you combine a First Nations Bush Cook and a classically trained UK Chef? Moosemeat and Marmalade of course, a show that explores global adventure in the kitchen and out in the wild. Co-hosts Art Napoleon (acclaimed Bush…
What’s Good In September – Into the Fall
What’s Good In September? So many delicious events in and around Vancouver! Thanks to Fiona Forbes and CKNW for having me on to talk about the fall events. Clip here. Top Drop Wine Tasting – Sept. 8 Annual grand tasting featuring all international, terroir-focused wineries, craft breweries, cideries, food purveyors and more! Event proceeds proudly go…
Tasting Menu at Ebo Restaurant + Lounge
Journey out to Burnaby For Chef Keith Pears Tasting Menu at Ebo Restaurant The Delta Hotel in Burnaby is not like most hotels when it comes to dining, while there is some of a more common dishes such as roast chicken and steak on the Ebo Restaurant menu, there is always an interesting take on what could…
