Missed out on the Chef’s Table spot prawns festival last weekend? Here’s another change to get you prawn on. On May 18th, The Blackbird Public House & Oyster Bar & Driftwood Brewing present a BC Spot Prawn Boil. They’ll boil them up traditionally and dump them out on the newspaper covered table in front of you….
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Osoyoos Oyster Festival Antics
WHAT? Oysters in the Okanagan? I’ve been asked far too many times “are there oysters farms in the Okanagan?” Well no, they don’t yet grow in Osoyoos Lake, but contrary to popular belief, oysters can live outside the ocean for several weeks and I guarantee that all the oysters in this Osoyoos Oyster Festival got…
Spa Day at New Image College of Fine Arts
Last week I took a much needed afternoon to myself to beautify my tired feet and get my nails in order. Fortunately for me at New Image College of Fine Arts they offer an esthetics training and once the students have mastered the skills, they can take on clients to fine tune their trade. The…
Tequila Hits Vancouver
The next best thing to a trip to Mexico is the Vancouver International Tequila Expo. This year the main event is Saturday, May 31st, 2014 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel from 7-10 pm. Entrance fee gets you twenty tasting tokens and if you are still standing, you can buy additional tokens with proceeds to the British Columbia Hospitality…
Chefs Chop, Foodies Chomp at 12th EAT! Vancouver
Come hungry to EAT! Vancouver Food + Cooking Festival and celebrate all things food, cooking, entertaining, and culinary travel at BC Place Stadium on May 30, 31 & June 1, 2014. Chopped Canada judges Lynn Crawford, Chuck Hughes, and Vikram Vij will take the Food Network Celebrity Stage, joined by Ned Bell of Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver and EAT! Vancouver veteran, Rob Feenie of Cactus Club Restaurants. The…
Cirque du Soleil TOTEM May 15 – June 19, 2014
Billed as “a fascinating journey into the evolution of mankind” the newest Cirque du Soleil performance runs from May 15-June 19, 2014 under the blue-and-yellow big top at Concord Pacific Place. Tickets at www.cirquedusoleil.com/totem. We”ll be checking it out on opening night and will report back on what is sure to be an amazing spectacle! Written and directed…
Richmond’s Pumphouse Beer Vs. Wine
On May 30, 2014 try this 5 fine-dining courses created by Executive Chef Daniela Iaci paired with your choice of 5 specialty wines from the Wine Syndicate or 5 craft beers from Beerthirst. Regardless of your choice of beverage you get to try both with each plate and vote on the winning pairing. Dinner is…
Hawkers Market May 10th!
New Hawkers galore this Saturday #Vancouver. New doughnuts from Electric Jelly, Edible Marked and Sweet Petite. Introducing the “Doughnut-Kebab” and the “Marshmallow Doughnut”. This Sandwich That Beer with 33 Acres Brewing featuring a “Pork Belly BLT” designed to match 33 Acres of Life. 33 Acres of Sunshine on tap too! New vendors Livia’s Sweets and Nuez Milk will be…
BC’s Premier Microdistillery Festival
May 10, 2014 head to CBC studios for an evening of local imbibing! BC Distilled is the province’s premier micro distillery festival promoting locally conscious drinking. Taste craft and artisanal spirits from 15 local distilleries, and meet their makers. Sample the finest micro distilled spirits B.C. has to offer. 17 BC and Yukon distilleries Gin, Vodka,…
Spot Prawns Spotted at Campagnolo and Campagnolo ROMA
At both Campagnolo locations from May 13 until the last Wild BC Spot Prawn’s rears its pinkish head, Chefs Nathan Lowey and Joachim Hayward will present a four-course family feast staring this succulent creature. Start with a BC Spot Prawn boil with spot prawns with house-made sausage and seasonal vegetables. Three more family-style courses follow: pizzas,…
Spot Prawns at YEW seafood+ bar
Once again Chef Bell get’s the jump on the season with a special advanced access dining experience on Thursday, May 8 when YEW will receive the local prawns right off the docks of Granville Island. They’ll be one of the first restaurants in Vancouver to serve up these crustaceans. If memory serves me correctly I first met this…
Chefs’ Table Society Boat to Prawn Spot Prawns
Each year at the Spot Prawn Festival, Chefs’ Table Society member chefs from across the Lower Mainland serve you fresh-from-the-boat spot prawns. Tickets to the Spot Prawn Boil are $15 each, or purchase the Brine and Dine combo for a special day out. All proceeds will support the Chefs’ Table Society of British Columbia. Spot Prawn Festival…
Spot Prawns at Provence
And so it begins, the announcements of the Spot Prawn’s arrival in Vancouver! And why the heck do we care so much about these beauties? Along with being tasty, the prawns symbolize British Columbia’s movement (guided by Chef Robert Clark I might add) to keep our local bounty at home. While previously we sent these…
ProNamel, Acid and Tooth Wear with Chef Ned Bell
It’s not often you head out for a meal and then are sent home with a dental lesson, a toothbrush and some toothpaste. However the point of this meal, hosted by ProNamel, was to demonstrate that even healthy choices for our bodies can cause acid damage to our teeth. Held at Yew at the Four Seasons…
Feast Tofino May 1-25 on the Wild West Coast
During the month of May in the town of Tofino there is more than just the usual tastiness to be had around town. Feast Tofino celebrates local, sustainable fisheries by presenting events with local and regional guest chefs, restaurants, fishermen, foragers and farmers, all of whom celebrate in ‘boat-to-table’ food philosophy and great West Coast times….
The Taste of Travel – Describing And Photographing Food And Wine
We recently joined the BC Association of Travel Writers and are assisting on planning the 2014 annual symposium. This year’s theme is all about the things you taste while travelling: food, wine, beer, spirits, coffee or tea and will provide tips on how to write and photograph these libations. The Taste of Travel is an all-day event at…
2014 Canadian Oyster Beer Pairing Competition Winners
The inaugural Canadian Craft Beer & Oyster pairing Competition was held on April 26th, 2014 during the third annual Osoyoos Oyster Festival. The competition was sponsored by Spirit Ridge Vineyard Resort and Spa, Flavours World, CAMRA Vancouver, BC Craft Brewers Guild and Codfathers Seafood Market. The competition was divided into ten Beer categories, plus a…
2014 Canadian Oyster Wine Pairing Competition Winners
Congrats to all the winners and runners up in Canada’s only oyster and wine pairing competition! GLV The second Canadian Oyster Wine Pairing Competition sponsored by BC Food and Wine Trails Magazine, Codfather’s Seafood Market, Flavours Magazine, and Watermark Beach Resort was held April 24, 2014 in Osoyoos, British Columbia. The Canadian Oyster Wine Competition…
Le Cigale Kitsilano
French Bistros ideally should always be bustling and that was certainly the case at La Cigale even in the early hours on last Friday night. La Cigale is French for a cicada, an insect similar but not related to locusts, so it’s somewhat fitting that patrons tend to flock to this place. The restaurant is…
Market Dinner at Edible Canada Staring Maple Syrup
Still a few tickets left for – April 23, 2014 – Maple Syrup Dinner” with Brad Cumming of the Westin Resort & Spa Whistler, Grill & Vine A Maple Syrup Inspired Evening with the Maple Sugar Shack from Squamish, BC. Presented by the young and talented Executive Chef Bradley Cumming from the Grill & Vine…
