During the weekend of July 19-21, 2024 I enjoyed countless hours listening to music from musicians who performed at the 47th Annual Vancouver Folk Music Festival that was held at Jericho Beach Park. In addition to the music, I enjoyed…
The 47th Annual Vancouver Folk Music Festival gets underway the weekend of July 19-21, 2024, starting off on Friday afternoon. This is a wonderful festival that features musicians performing from all over the world through Sunday night. This is one of my…
The biggest Latin American festival in the Pacific Northwest takes place on July 5th, 6th & 7th at Jonathan Rogers Park in the Mount Pleasant neighbourhood and this year’s festival will feature 17 Latin American countries with over 350 talented artists,…
Last month, I attended the annual Canadian Health Food Show at the Vancouver Convention Centre. This show saw food producers and suppliers from across North America and the world showing their products to mostly natural food retailers. It’s the largest…
The mission of our Food and Drink challenges is to get chefs to create amazing dishes and beverages while using innovative ingredients to create unique flavours and outstanding creations. We congratulate the winning chefs, bartenders and their staff for creating…
During the weekend of July 14-16, 2023 I enjoyed countless hours listening to music from musicians who performed at the 46th Annual Vancouver Folk Music Festival that was held at Jericho Beach Park. In addition to the music, I enjoyed…
The 46th Annual Vancouver Folk Music Festival gets underway the weekend of July 14-16, 2023, starting off on Friday afternoon. This is a wonderful festival that features musicians performing from all over the world through Sunday night. This is one of my…
We presented our first ever Squamish Food and Drink tour that took place on June 25 at a selection of participating restaurants, cafe, cidery and a distillery featuring tasty dishes and drinks. Luz Tacos served a Root beat ‘sope’ of…
A tasting tour of food and drink at a selection of restaurants, breweries, distilleries and food spots in Squamish. Home to a growing food scene Squamish features many innovative eateries. Over the past few years many of the area’s restaurants…
An exciting one-day festival & market celebrating Israeli culture, food, music, and art is taking plate on Sunday May 14 from 11am – 5pm at the Jewish Community Centre (950 W. 41st Avenue in Vancouver). The Festival of Israeli Culture,…
Experienced Miami Culinary Tours food and art deco tour in the South Beach area of Miami recently which took me to places I haven’t been to before. Our guide Mirka talked about how she had lived in the area for…
Our Art, Eat and Sip Granville Island event as part of the Dine Out Vancouver Festival was a great success the other night where guests had a chance to explore Granville Island and enjoy many different types of food, drink…
Light Up Chinatown!, presented by RBC, is back this weekend with a two-day, family-friendly festival. From September 10 to 11, 2022, the whole community is invited to experience a full slate of new programming, food experiences, and colourful lights and lantern…
The 45th Annual Vancouver Folk Music Festival gets underway the weekend of July 15-17, 2022, starting off on Friday afternoon. This is a wonderful festival that features musicians performing from all over the world through Sunday night. This is one…
Since I had never driven the Honda Ridgeline pick-up truck, I thought it would be the perfect vehicle to test drive for a visit outside of the city. Located close to Aldergrove is the Twighlight drive-in an outdoor movie theatre…
The festival is made up of several signature events that run through this 4 day festival which I attended September 12-15, as I mentioned in my Experience post. Out of all the tasty events that I had attended, these are…
Join us for a night of tasting to celebrate the upcoming holiday season at several markets around the city roving through a few neighborhoods from Kitsilano to Clark Drive. This evening tasting extravaganza is on Wednesday December 5 from 6pm…
5th Annual Slow Fish Dinner at the Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts Join us for a unique chance to celebrate local sustainable fish and seafood. Following a reception, during which Salmon-Safe St-hubertus and Oak Bay Frizzante Rose wine will be…
On April 7, I attended a fabulous fundraiser benefiting UGM Vancouver “Eastsiders” after school program; this wonderful event was held at Pacific Restaurant Supply. Each chef’s station around the room was by the neighborhood in which their restaurant is located….
This is the sixteenth 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. Hosted by Richard Wolak – Founder of Vancouver Foodster and Food…
A couple of weeks ago, I attended the annual Canadian Health Food Show at the Vancouver Convention Centre. This show saw food producers and suppliers from across North America and the world showing their products to mostly natural food retailers….
Recently spent a week revisiting Victoria where I had a chance to discover some new places as well as revisit some spots that I love. Hey Happy Had a Nitro cold brew as I revisited one of my favourite cafes…