Chef Chris Whittaker
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…
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Contest: Win a copy of Mangia with Quattro Cookbook
Italian food, from the Corsi family to yours. For the Corsis, owners of Vancouver’s popular Quattro restaurants, the most important things in life are sharing simple meals with friends, cooking with fresh ingredients, drinking joyously, and living with abbondanza (Italian…
Tales of the Cocktail on Tour Vancouver March 13-15
For eight years, Tales of the Cocktail® has been bringing cocktail aficionados from around the world to New Orleans, for the most spirited event of the year. For the first time, this internationally acclaimed cocktail festival is taking its show…
Wild Rice’s Year of the Rabbit Chinese New Year Menu
One ancient Chinese axiom states that if a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing at least twice. Consider New Yea’s for instance. There’s the mainstream New Year’s Eve held on December 31st – a rather sedate affair by…
Dine Out Vancouver Picks
Here is a primer on how to choose the best restaurants in Vancouver for Dine Out that runs January 24 – February 6th. You may want to listen to my segment on CBC The Early Edition when I talked in…
Blue Mountain and Friends: A Feast for the Senses
Join us on Monday, January 17, 2011 for an evening celebrating the premium wines of BC’s Blue Mountain Vineyard and Cellars. The event will be grazing style which will allow guests to wander the room sampling wines paired with cuisine…
Chef Ryan Gauthier
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…
WIN 2 Tickets to “The Inside Taste”
Enter to WIN 2 Tickets to “The Inside Taste” A Sustainable Plate & Pairing on January 20 at the Vancouver Aquarium, the ticket winners will not only attend the event, you will join me @vanfoodster and be my co-reporters covering…
Dine Out Vancouver Events: Something New
To mark the 9th Annual Dine Out celebration, Tourism Vancouver has added many new and exciting food and wine related events taking place in January and February. Here are a few of the events that you are going to want…
Interview with Desmond Chen
Restaurateur | Vancouver You were a teenager when you started working in your family’s restaurant business, what jobs did you do from the beginning? At 13, I worked part-time, after school and on weekends, and also during the summer months…
Favourite Meals of 2010
Being a food writer I have been fortunate to dine in some amazing restaurants around the Vancouver area, lots of my meals were good but the ones on this list were extraordinary in all senses. 1) Dinner on the Floating…
Favourite Desserts of 2010
I have always loved desserts and not just any dessert, usually chocolate is part of the dessert but not always. This list is devoted to the most memorable desserts that I have eaten in 2010. I have listed each dessert,…
Favourite Dishes of 2010
There are dishes that you eat when dining out in a restaurant and then there are dishes that are standouts, ones that you remember for a long time to come. This list is devoted to my favourite dishes that I…
Best Foodie Events of 2010
I went to a lot of different food and wine events during 2010 and these are the standouts of the year. 1)Q4 al Centro Opening was the best restaurant opening of the year. https://vancouverfoodster.com/2010/12/10/q4-al-centro-opening/ 2)Ocean Wise Seafood Chowder Chowdown was…
Chef Nik Lim
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…
Interview with Chef Marta Pan
Chef |Pan-o-Pan Fine Foods & Catering | Vancouver I interviewed Marta on site at one of her recent events that she was catering, the dessert photos shown in this interview were the tasty treats that I had the pleasure of…
Noodlemania in Richmond
On November 30 I took part in a tasting tour ‘Noodlemania’ Dine Around Richmond event to a few restaurants specializing in Noodles. The 3 places that I visited on this tour which was hosted by Tourism Richmond, all were Asian…
Chef Lee Humphries
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…
Vancouver Foodster Taste The World Event
Let your taste buds travel the globe with Vancouver Foodster and AM Ventures. Local restaurants represent 6 cities across the world to bring you interesting flavors, traditional decor and lots of entertainment all here in the heart of Vancouver’s downtown….
Dine Out Vancouver 2011
Tourism Vancouver’s annual culinary promotion runs from January 24 to February 6 Dine Out Vancouver – the largest dining event of its kind in Canada – is back for a ninth year with more restaurants and more food events than…
Christmas Eating Festivities
Celebrate Christmas at home or at a restaurant, here is a random selection of restaurants offering brunches, buffets, dinners or turkey to go! Corner Suite Bistro 850 Thurlow Street, Vancouver Tel: 604-569-3415 Web: http://thecornersuite.com/ On December 24, 25 and 26,The…
WIN 2 Tickets to the Film King of Pastry
Enter to WIN, 2 tickets to the Film KING OF PASTRY. December 17-19 + 22-23 Pacific Cinémathèque, 1131 Howe Street, Vancouver Kings of Pastry takes audiences into France’s prestigious Meilleurs Ouvriers de France (Best Craftsmen of France), an intense, high-stakes…