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LOVE ON THE ‘VINE: THE SALTED VINE KITCHEN + BAR SETS THE MOOD THIS FEB. 14 WITH EXCLUSIVE VALENTINE’S DAY DINNER SERVICES

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Squamish Restaurant Prepares Four-Course Celebration For Couples Featuring Executive Chef Jeff Park’s Signature Brand of Locally Sourced, Pacific Northwest Cuisine   Pledge your love and paint the town red this Valentine’s Day as The Salted Vine Kitchen + Bar offers up a special four-course dinner for two in the heart of historic downtown Squamish this … Read more

#TasteofThursday BlackTruffle and Mascarpone Saccottini Pasta recipe

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  Black Truffle and Mascarpone Saccottini Pasta with Galliano Cream Sauce, Pancetta Crisps and Sweet Pea Purée     This dish has some history. It started out, as ravioli then, in search of a different shape, became the little purse. To accompany its ‘rich’ filling, I added a sweet Galliano sauce offset by some crispy, … Read more

FARM FRESH: NEW YEAR BRINGS NEW BEGINNING, DINING EXPERIENCE AND RENEWED SENSE OF PURPOSE AT FARMER’S APPRENTICE

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  Vancouver Magazine’s 2016 Chef of the Year David Gunawan Reaffirms Commitment To Local Farms, Pastures and Providers at South Granville Farm-to-Table Restaurant With a renewed energy for 2017, celebrated locavore chef and restaurateur David Gunawan is ushering in a host of exciting changes at Farmer’s Apprentice, the award-winning farm-to-table restaurant he first launched in … Read more

#DinersChoice The Twenty-two Metro Vancouver Winners :

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  The 9th annual Diners’ Choice Awards   Over 38,000 votes help crafted Metro Vancouver’s spotlight-worthy dining guide, with 22 comprehensive categories on a wide variety of regional Chinese and Taiwanese cuisines. Perfectly in time for your year of the Rooster’s dining journey! The six-week long voting period encouraged the public to explore recommendations on … Read more

Nando’s at Richmond Garden City Celebrates the Year of the Rooster with Free Chicken

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  Nando’s Flame-Grilled PERi-PERi Chicken, the world-famous fast casual restaurant brand coming from Johannesburg, South Africa is celebrating the Chinese New Year on January 28th at its Richmond Garden City location with a “Chicken Dash!” It’s the Year of the Rooster and the Rooster is a really big deal at Nando’s! The Portuguese Barcelos (Portuguese … Read more

GIVEAWAY – WESTERN CANADA’S LARGEST PET SHOW RETURNS TO TRADEX FOR FIFTH YEAR ON FEBRUARY 25 AND 26 

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  2017 Pet Lover Show hosting new featured exhibitors and for the first time ever, the President’s Choice SuperDogs Star Search and DockDogs  a Rafflecopter giveaway The number one place to go in the Lower Mainland for all things pet- related is back for its fifth year, as the 2017 Pet Lover Show returns to … Read more

The Vancouver Symphony Society and Poly Culture North America sign agreement to explore potential opportunities for cultural exchange 

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  Today at the VSO School of Music’s Pyatt Hall, the Vancouver Symphony Society and Poly Culture North America signed a Memorandum of Understanding to co-operate with each other by exploring the potential to work together in a number of areas of mutual interest, including concert co- presentations, promotion of Chinese performance arts and artists, … Read more

The Trocks Rocked! An Evening with Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo

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Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo - photo by Lois Greenfield

  We all have them – items on our bucket list that we vow, year after year, to finally check off. I’ve been wanting to see Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo since they debuted more than 30 years ago – and I was thrilled to see this amazing troupe last week at the Queen … Read more

Cascara: the coffee cherry’s best-kept secret and newest latte at Starbucks

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Now available to Starbucks customers nationwide, the Cascara Latte is Starbucks first new beverage of 2017. So, what is cascara? Here are 3 things you need to know about cascara at Starbucks:   Cascara (kas-KAIR-uh: like mascara) means “husk” or “shell” in Spanish, and refers to the fruity outer skin surrounding the bean. The coffee bean … Read more