The Tiffin Project: Local Food To Go
If you haven’t heard about The Tiffin Project yet, you are about too. First of all you need to get to know Hunter J. Moyes, I had the pleasure to speak at an East Van Love event back in February…
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Vancouver Folk Music Festival July 13-15 – Your Eating Guide
The 35th Annual Vancouver Folk Music Festival gets underway the weekend of July 13-15, starting off on Friday evening with musicians performing from all over the world thru Sunday night. This is one of my favourite music festivals, I have…
Tasting Plates Vancouver Summer
On June 27th we presented the second Tasting Plates Vancouver event that showcased 11 restaurants, cafes, bakeries & food trucks in 11 locations all over East Van including Main Street, Fraser Street, Broadway & Kingsway/Fraser area. The evening began outside…
Eating Italian with Ricardo’s
It’s no secret that I love Italian cuisine, whether eating in Rome, Vancouver or elsewhere, the food of Italy is about delicious food and enjoying. I recently attended a media dinner in Vancouver with Chef Ricardo Scebba, he and his…
Tasting Plates Summer: The Menu
Join us for dinner at 11 restaurants, cafes, bakeries & food trucks will be participating in the event that will take place in East Van including Main Street, Fraser Street, Broadway & Kingsway/Fraser area. Each of the restaurants will be…
WIN 2 Tickets to the Vancouver Folk Music Fest Package
In Celebration of the upcoming Vancouver Folk Music Festival, Enter to WIN a pair of tickets to July 14 or 15 (Value $150 ) along with a $25 Gift Certificate to Street Meet Truck. Vancouver Folk Music Festival Information Purchase…
Brunch with Jill Barber at Fable Kitchen
Brunch is a favourite past time shared by many and should be an extraordinary experience, one that you will cherish. Vancouver has some wonderful places for brunch. Each of the places I visit is unique for what is offered along…
WIN 2 Tickets to Trombone Shorty/Preservation Hall & Eats at Chewies Steam & Oyster Bar
In Celebration of the upcoming TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival, Enter to WIN one pair of tickets to Trombone Shorty/Preservation Hall (New Orleans Double Bill) on June 22 at The Centre (Value $120), along with a $50 Gift Certificate for…
Joy of Feeding
Last Sunday I spent the afternoon at a joyous event, the Joy of Feeding! The setting was UBC Farm in the sunshine with 16 multi-cultural home cooks set-up under the tents and serving up their recipe of choice to the…
Food Talks Volume 2, July 10th
This is the second event in this Food Talks series! Come join us to meet and mingle with other foodies, and to hear some enlightening speakers from the food community. See our previous Food Talks Volume 1 event. Our Speakers Line-up: Chef…
Tasting Plates Summer: The Restaurants
Several restaurants, cafes, bakeries & food trucks will be participating in the event that will take place in East Van including Main Street, Fraser Street & Kingsway/Fraser area. Each of the restaurants will be doing tasting plates of their various…
Interview with Peter Girges
Restaurateur | Vancouver I sat down with Peter recently in his Cento Notti Restaurant in Yaletown and talked about his restaurants and his love for people and socializing. Peter grew up in Toronto working in his father’s restaurant, when he…
Brunch with Grant Lawrence at Le Parisien
Brunch is a favourite past time shared by many and should be an extraordinary experience, one that you will cherish. Vancouver has some wonderful places for brunch. Each of the places I visit is unique for what is offered along…
WIN 2 Tickets to Mary Poppins
WIN 2 Tickets to Mary Poppins July 17 Opening Night at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre (value $164) The long-awaited production of MARY POPPINS will be performed at Vancouver’s Queen Elizabeth Theatre for 1 week only beginning on July 17. Mary…
Food Talks Volume 1
On June 5th we presented the first Food Talks Vancouver event that featured 5 inspirational speakers from our food community. The evening began at W2 Media Cafe on 111 West Hastings where guests mingled over Chef Karen McAthy’s Indian Summer…
Brunch with Mark Leiren-Young at Cento Notti
Brunch is a favourite past time shared by many and should be an extraordinary experience, one that you will cherish. Vancouver has some wonderful places for brunch. Each of the places I visit is unique for what is offered along…
Sisters of the Tap Dinner
During Vancouver Craft Beer Week I attended one of the best events of the festival, this one featured some of the top women in beer from around BC. These women are either the brew masters or owners of the represented…
Food Talks Preview at Harvest
On Wednesday May 30th, Harvest Community Foods hosted a preview of sorts of our Food Talks series that launches on June 5th. At this free community event, people drove and biked across town and others walked from the within the…
Food Talks Preview at Harvest May 30
Everyone is invited to our Food Talks Preview event to meet some of the local food producers that supply Harvest Community Foods and sample some of their recently launched products. Time: 4pm – 8pm Who is your community? This is…
Deschutes Brewery Beer Pairing Dinner at Biercraft
I attended this dinner at Biercraft Bistro on Tuesday May 22nd as part of Vancouver Craft Beer Week that featured a 5 course meal created by Chef Don Farion paired with a variety of beers from Deschutes Brewery from…
WIN 2 Tickets to Joy of Feeding
WIN 2 Tickets to the Joy of Feeding June 10th at UBC Farm Celebrate and enjoy comfort foods created and cooked from the heart. Sixteen home cooks of different ethnic backgrounds offer you tastes of their family comfort foods at this 2nd annual international…
WIN 3 Tickets to Food Talks
Enter to WIN 3 Tickets to Food Talks on June 5th ($95 value) This is the first event in this Food Talks series! Come join us to meet and mingle with other foodies, and to hear some enlightening speakers from…