Quinoa salad, mango, avocado, roasted red pepper, red onion, cilantro and jalapeño huacatay dressing. Recipe: 1 cup quinoa 1/2 white onion finely diced 2 garlic cloves finely diced 1 teaspoon ground turmeric powder 1 teaspoon ground cumin Salt to taste. 1/2 bunch cilantro finely diced 1/2 cup fresh mint finely diced 1 roasted red pepper … Read more
Chinese Master Chef Sam Leung x Canadian Culinary Icon Chef Ned Bell Friday, December 2nd, 2016 In celebration of the 9th annual Chinese Restaurant Awards, East Meets West returns this year with another experience-driven dining concept called the Vancouver Collaborative Feast. Two gastronomic heavyweights will be brought together to prepare an exquisite nine-course menu … Read more
The Vancouver Foodster Spaghetti Challenge was a huge success featuring 6 Spaghetti creations from restaurants around Vancouver. Each restaurant featured their spaghetti creation from October 5-30, 2016. Our media judging panel determined the ultimate winners of the challenge, and this was quite the task as each judge who tasted each creation with a rigorous process based on taste, … Read more
Tulalip Resort Casino Hosts Annual Taste of Tulalip Holiday Wine Sale November 21-23 Tulalip Resort Casino’s Sommelier Tom Thompson is extending a generous invitation to all wine lovers and holiday gift givers to the Resort’s annual Taste of Tulalip Holiday Wine Sale. The sale will feature over 130 bottles of wine from around the … Read more
Dominion Lending Centres aiming to provide 2,500 bicycles for underprivileged Canadian children this holiday season Dominion Lending Centres is proud to announce the return of its flagship philanthropic program for the third annual year, Bikes for Kids, which seeks to provide underprivileged Canadian children with their first bicycles, helmets and locks to celebrate the holiday season. Since 2014, … Read more
It all began with an email from a major Vancouver media outlet and a name I didn’t recognize. Probably spam, but maybe not, so curiosity got the better of me and I opened it. After all, the subject line said, “Looking for a mead judge”. The person in the email mentioned that the BC Honey … Read more
I have written before about a private tasting group that I have been invited to sit in with from time. The most recent event contrasted BC and Argentinian wines. There were four whites and four reds, of which there were two white varieties and two red from each region. It was a blind tasting as … Read more
A fun way to enjoy the leftover treats from Halloween Leftover Halloween treats paired with wine makes a fun and affordable activity. It’s November and instead of trying to give away the mountains of Halloween treats to everyone in the office, what you should really do is turn it into a fun #WineWednesday tasting. … Read more
One of the things I most enjoy doing is conducting wine tastings for private parties. The most recent one was close to where I live and I knew a few of the dozen or so people who had been invited. It had been decided that we would do three wine wines and three reds at … Read more
You never know what will happen during an Improv show. The stage is bear, ready to be lit up by random characters that are imagined on the whim of the actors and actresses. Improve is not constrained by a script, it has no barriers and the theme is based on chance, improvise, and sometimes … Read more