Last night we held our first Holiday Market in four distinct ‘markets’ around the West side of Vancouver, featuring multi-vendors both local and international at Meinhardts, Be Fresh and Milano Coffee Roasters, plus Silk Road Tea who featured their own products.
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Meinhardt Fine Foods serving appetizers
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Maureen (left) – Rum Cakes + Fruit Sauces
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Karen of Blue Heron Cheese and Plant Based Laiki Whole Grain Crackers
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ARC Iberico
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Terra Foods
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Sal de Ibiza
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JusTea
Vendors:
Meinhardt Fine Foods — Appetizers and Egg Nog
ARC Iberico – Fresh cut ham @ARC_HamCarver
Terra Foods – European Holiday Snacks @TerraFoods
JusTea – Ethically Traded Tea
Maureen – Rum Cakes + Fruit Sauces
Sal de Ibiza – Spanish Salts, Chips, Chocolate, Nuts @saldeibizanorthamerica
Paw Paw’s Cocktail Cherries (Small Batch) @pawpawscocktailcherries
Blue Heron Cheese
Plant Based Laiki Whole Grain Crackers @laikicrackers
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Taketo Mizue – Milano Coffee serving the Orange Zest
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Jonny Hetherington of JH Essentials
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Whipped and Beaten
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Whipped and Beaten
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Flowers by Hayat’s Garden
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Faculty Brewing
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Gastown Foodie books
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Livia Sweets
Vendors:
Milano Coffee – coffee beverages @MilanoRoasters
Faculty Brewing – collaboration beer with Milano Coffee @facultybrewing
Jonny Hetherington JH Essentials– hot sauces and ketchup @JHEssentials
Whipped and Beaten –baked goods @WhippednBeaten
Livia Sweets — Small batch sweets, and organic sourdough @liviasweets
Flowers by Hayat’s Garden — salads by @sajandco
Gastown Foodie — Cookbooks by Brad Hill @foodiebooks.ca
Olympia Komianos — Jewelry @olympiakomianos
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Tempea Natural Foods
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Blume
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Kapow Now!
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Talk to me Naked
Vendors:
Be Fresh Catering – Savoury @befresh
Biota — fermented products and kombucha @biotayvr
Blume — Latte Mixes @itsblume
Kapow Now! — Healthy snacks @kapow_now
Tempea Natural Foods –tempeh @tempeafoods
Talk to me Naked – art @torisswanson
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Lucia serving Mulberry Tea
Silk Road line-up of teas and other products.
Guests had a chance to taste all sorts of food and drink, do some shopping for the holidays, enter contests, as well as meet the various producers and other foodies.
By: Richard Wolak