Vancouver’s full service café announces key staff ahead of upcoming launch David Hawksworth is delighted to announce Nathan Gilmore as Manager of soon-to-open Bel Café, located adjacent to Hawksworth Restaurant in downtown Vancouver. Armed with a decade of experience in restaurant management, Gilmore brings passion and knowledge to the role of manager at this much-anticipated…
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KALE & NORI LAUNCH BITTERED SLING BISTRO
November 8 2011 marks the launch of a new cocktail competition and dining experience from Kale & Nori Culinary Arts. The concept of cocktail and food pairings has become extremely popular, and since 2010, Lauren Mote’s original “Cocktail Kitchen” competition at The Refinery produced energetic statistics: 168 original cocktails produced, 56 bartenders invited, 224 bottles of…
Oakwood Canadian Bistro Launches New Fall / Winter Menu and $10 Brunch
BC’s Finest Ingredients Showcased at Casual Kitsilano Restaurant Oakwood Canadian Bistro is delighted to launch its new fall/winter menu showcasing BC’s finest ingredients. Following a successful opening this summer, the casual, welcoming room is quickly carving a name for itself as Kitsilano’s favourite neighbourhood restaurant. Perfect for cozy fall and winter dinners, the warm, 85-seat…
Foodie Friday’s on News1130 – Whistler’s Cornucopia
Oct 21 – Recording Listen Live on NEWS1130 at 11:05 a.m. each Friday or Click here to listen Oct 21 When I look out my window on mornings like these to nothing other than drear and misery, I try to remember that rain in Vancouver leads to snow on the hills and I fantasize about my escapes…
Award-winning Okanagan Chef Ricardo Scebba Launches Debut Cookbook
Chef Ricardo demos recipes at Cook Works Ricardo’s Mediterranean Kitchen is proud to announce the launch of its first ever cookbook, That’s Amore: From Ricardo Scebba’s Mediterranean Kitchen – which he will be demonstrating from on October 22 & 23 at Cookworks Vancouver. Written by Chef Ricardo, with recipes and anecdotes from his culinary mentor…
Chinese Restaurant Signature Dish Dine Out
Put your Chopsticks Together for the first Signature Dish Dine Out Festival Opportunities to sample exclusive menus at the city’s finest dining spots have been fascinating to food enthusiasts and culinary travelers alike. With goals to solidify Vancouver and Richmond’s top position for Chinese dining destinations outside of China, Chinese Restaurant Awards celebrates the excellence of…
CinCin Welcomes Chef Mark McEwan
Celebrated author, chef and television personality, Mark McEwan, launches ‘Fabbrica’ at CinCin When: Tuesday, November 1st | 6:30 p.m. Where: CinCin Ristorante, 1154 Robson Street, Vancouver Star of ‘The Heat’ and head judge of ‘Top Chef Canada’, McEwan enjoys a coast-to-coast following. In his new cookbook, Fabbrica, he turns his very able hand to the…
THE SALT CELLAR SERIES: HERDER VINEYARDS
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 22ND, 2011 7:00 PM – $40 Winemaker Lawrence Herder grew up in southern California and started his own winery (Herder Vineyards) in Paso Robles. After seven years of winemaking in Paso Robles, Lawrence and Sharon decided to move to B.C. It was there that they came to the Similkameen Valley and found the…
Masquerade Extravaganza
This annual Vancouver Westside event attracts around 200 business and community members and features some of the finest Italian and BC region wines complemented by delectable cheeses and chocolates. The Masquerade Extravaganza will begin our month-long Flavours of Italy celebrations (see below). Dress to impress, receive your free Masquerade mask upon arrival. Please follow this…
Safeway partners with Ricardo
Launches Annual Campaign in support of The Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation Canada Safeway is pleased to partner with Food Network celebrity Chef Ricardo to launch Safeway’s annual October fundraising campaign in support of the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation (CBCF). This unique partnership was inspired by Safeway’s longstanding relationship with CBCF and Ricardo’s personal connection to the…
Foodie Fridays on News 1130
Missed Foodie Fridays on News 1130 – Listen live here. Foodie Fridays October 7, 2011 WHAT ARE CRANBERRIES? A berry that is round and bright red when ripe. It is 0.3 to 2.5cm in diameter. WHERE ARE CRANBERRIES PRODUCED IN BC? Cranberries were grown on the Queen Charlotte Islands in the 1920s. Now almost all the…
C Cranberry Menu
In the sepia-infused olden days, fortune seekers lured north by British Columbia’s gold rush referred to cranberries as “red gold”. The nutritional properties of the little red orb were life saving in the pioneer days of scurvy and other ills. Today, cranberries have been relegated to watered-down “cocktails” and canned jellies cracked open at Thanksgiving….
La Buca’s Game and Wild Mushroom Festival
Dine on Game and Mushrooms from Oct 11-23 at Kitsilano’s La Buca. Rabbit braised with tomato, wine, herbs, porcini Squab charcoal grilled with lemon, herbs, spicy devil oil Veal with chanterelle mushrooms, sage Pan fried trout with brown butter, apples, rosemary, crisp guanciale ~~~ Mushroom risotto Pappardelle venison ragu/bolognese Tagliolini with truffles and pine mushrooms…
House Wine Wines of Australia Tasting
It’s wine tasting season in Vancouver, an annual occurrence as the fall weather sets in and the local grape harvest is underway. On October 1 the house wine ladies, two of my favourite local wine educators and writers, hosted Dishing Up With Australia at the Vancouver Museum. Actually Michelle Bouffard, half the house wine team, was away,…
Wines of Argentina Top 5
The Wines of Argentina came to town and while I would have liked to have a bit (actually a lot) more time in the tasting room, I did, however, manage to source out a few favourites that would be welcome additions to your fall tasting line up. 2010 mapema Sauvignon…
Suika Me Silly
Suika, an Izakaya on Broadway near Fir, has partnered up with VANEATs.ca for a promotion called #SuikaMeSilly, a $16 menu running from Oct 1-31. VanEats asked me to preview the tasting menu and post my thoughts. I had been meaning to go to Suika, the sister restaurant to Kingyo Izakaya, one of Vancouver’s top Izakaya’s on Denman Street….
Escape to Whistler
Before winter sets in and hats, mitts, scarves and thermal underwear take up the majority of your luggage, there is still time for one last fall escape to Whistler. Stay Nita Lake Lodge Newly built in 2008, this 77-suite boutique hotel overlooks Nita Lake at the base of Whistler Mountain. At this time of year,…
Foodie Fridays News 1130
Sep 23 foodie friday – click to listen In honour of my first harvest of the first 2 tomatoes from my community garden at City Hall Vancouver, I bring you Tomatoes. Community Gardens Taste at Fairmont Vancouver Airport Globe – Caprese Salad – Heirloom Tomatoes, Boccocini, Balsamic Taste at Kits Daily Kitchen – Stony Paradise Heriloom Tomato Salad – White Balsamic…
Wednesday Sake Nights at Hapa Umi
The Most Polished Nights in Vancouver Wednesdays in September/October, join certified sake expert Miki Ellis ASP, for an in-depth sake tasting in Hapa Umi’s private dining room. Taste and explore four Ginjo-style sakes artfully and tastefully paired with four sample dishes prepared by Chef Tomoki Yamasaki. The Wednesday evening sake sessions begin at 6:30pm and…
#Giveaway Wines of #Argentina
CONTEST CLOSED – CONGRATS to KIRAN. 2 tickets up for grabs for Thursday September 29 7 pm tasting at the Sutton Place, Vancouver. Comment below to win with the name of a grape that Argentina is known for. Wines of Argentina will host a tasting to showcase the quality and variety of wines the country…
