The Vancouver Foodster Mac & Cheese Challenge was a huge success featuring 10 mac & cheese creations from restaurants around Vancouver. Each restaurant featured their mac & cheese from March 20-April 10, 2014. This was the first time that we…
For all you burger lovers! Tantalize your taste buds at several restaurants throughout downtown Vancouver! This afternoon tasting extravaganza goes from 2pm until 6pm and is presented by Vancouver Foodster and Tasting Plates. Touring several restaurants you will have a chance to eat all types of burgers…
On Sunday April 6th, 2014 we presented our 1st culinary scavenger hunt. It was a multi-faceted “tasting experience” through downtown Vancouver with clues, challenges, prizes and more. With a “map and clues card” as a guide, guests had a chance…
Bartender | Bambudda Gastown | Vancouver Robert aka Buck is from Australia, he had been bartending since he was 13-1/2 years old, he started out working at a local golf course washing the dishes. After high school he studied hotel…
Earlier in the week I had the pleasure of attending a cooking demo class with Anthony Ricco, the Executive Chef of Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s famed New York restaurant Spice Market who presented Southeast Asian flavors dishes with Montgomery Lau, Chef de…
Last night, on April 3, I attended the Gotham Steakhouse 15th anniversary Party at their posh restaurant where over 300 guests mingled over drinks and delicious food. Guests were graciously taken care of all night long with cocktails and wine…
To celebrate the upcoming Passover holiday , Congregation Beth Israel presented well known Cookbook Author Bonnie Stern in Vancouver on March 30 which I was fortunate to attend. Bonnie did a demo of four of her recipes from her cookbooks to…
Tantalize your taste buds at several restaurants in the Gastown neighborhood. This evening tasting extravaganza goes from 6pm until 9:30 pm and is presented by Vancouver Foodster. Each restaurant will be serving up Tasting Plates for guests to enjoy and you will have a…
Robert ‘Buck ‘ Friend is the Bar Manager at Bambudda in Gastown. I asked Buck to make a selection of his unique cocktails at Bambudda. Up first is the Tsui Hang Tsui Hang Inspired but the classic Granville Street Chinese…
An Urban Farm focused on community education and empowerment, it’s an initiative of the Hastings Folk Garden Society, with the generous and steady support of the PHS Community Service Society. The farm which is located on South side of Hastings…
Instagram is a social media platform that is gaining in popularity globally as well it in Vancouver, exciting food photos are a wonderful escape. Here are some of my favourite Vancouver chefs who I have been following on Instagram their…
Afternoon Tea is an art and should be an extraordinary experience one that you will cherish. Vancouver has some wonderful places for you to indulge in an Afternoon Tea experience. Each of the places is unique in what they offer…
The much-anticipated Dish ‘n Dazzle returns! On Thursday, May 1, 2014, at the Vancouver Convention Centre (Parkview Terrace), Canada Place, the BC Hospitality Foundation (BCHF) and New Zealand Wine present a spectacular night of food, wine and cocktails, that is sure to delight and entertain. 80 wines…
Vancouver is home to some of the best chefs in the world, many have worked for the top chefs and restaurants around the world as well as around the city. Dishing with the Chefs is a series of Interviews with some of…
Afternoon Tea is an art and should be an extraordinary experience one that you will cherish. Vancouver has some wonderful places for you to indulge in an Afternoon Tea experience. Each of the places is unique in what they offer…
On Saturday,May 10, 2014, sixteen of the province’s leading small-batch distilleries plus one from the Yukon, will descend on Vancouver along with their gin, vodka, whisky, and other fine spirits and liqueurs for BC Distilled – British Columbia’s premier micro-distillery festival. Bottles of local artisanal spirits…
I revisited recently to taste some of Chef Michael Mikoda ‘s new dishes on his spring Menu with my friend Nikki joining me. 1st dish Ahi Tuna Tataki 2nd dish: Tomato and Buffallo Mozzarella Salad 3rd dish: Cauliflower Scallop Risotto 4th dish:…
Last week I attended the book launch party and chocolate tasting at Xoxolat in Yaletown. The Chocolate Tasting Kit is by local writer Eagranie Yuh who spent the past 4 years of her life devoted to writing and getting her book…
Chef Jason Rosso is the Corporate Chef at Milestone’s Restaurants as well the Corporate Executive Chef for Mastronardi Produce. A native of Toronto, he has been cooking for most of his life, and he has worked at a multitude of…
Vancouver is home to some of the best chefs in the world, many have worked for the top chefs and restaurants around the world as well as around the city. Dishing with the Chefs is a series of Interviews with some of…
Welcome to the Vancouver Foodster Mac & Cheese Challenge. Restaurants from all over the city were invited to enter their mac and cheese into this challenge, most of the restaurants have created a special mac and cheese just for this…
A few days ago I had the pleasure to sit down with Vancouver’s cookbook queen over a coffee, a bite of chocolate and wonderful conversation. Barbara-jo McIntosh is an award-winning food professional with over 25 years experience in the food…