Chickapea Pasta Gaining Steam

  A combination of organic chickpeas and lentils, Chickapea Pasta is a rising gluten free option produced by Earth to Kids Inc., founded by current CEO Shelby Taylor.  Nominated for Best New Emerging Specialty Food Product at the Gluten Free Expo in Vancouver, B.C., attendees can visit the Chickapea booth January 14-15, 2017 from 10- … Read more

Grocery & Specialty Food West Show Returns in March

   Largest exhibition in Western Canada features grocery innovations and trends Does salmon bacon or an instant 3-minute shampoo make you want to stop in a grocery aisle? These are some of the trending innovations featured at last year’s Grocery & Specialty Food West (GSFW) conference and exhibition in Vancouver. The GSFW show returns on March 20-21 … Read more

GRAPE EXPECTATIONS: BOULEVARD KITCHEN & OYSTER BAR UNCORKS PAIR OF EXCLUSIVE WINE EVENTS THIS FEBRUARY

  Boulevard Brings Out the Best of BC with Wine Brunch during Dine Out Vancouver Festival and Explores ‘The Cool Climates of California’ as Part of Vancouver International Wine Festival Boulevard Kitchen & Oyster Bar Director of Operations and Sommelier Steve Edwards is pleased to announce a duo of exclusive wine events this February that … Read more

Shane Taylor is the 2017 Sommelier of the Year

  BC’s Top Somm crowned by CAPS BC After an intensive competition with 16 local sommeliers, Shane Taylor, wine director at CinCin Ristorante, took home the 2017 Best Sommelier of BC championship. The third annual competition, hosted by the Canadian Association of Professional Sommeliers British Columbia Chapter, took place in the Captain’s Lounge in Rogers Arena. Todd Prucyk of … Read more

#ExploreBCWine Brunch at Hart House Restaurant

  On Saturday, January 28 2017, Hart House Restaurant at Deer Lake will host a special mingler-style BC Wine Brunch as part of Dine Out Vancouver Festival.  The event is great value at $49 plus service charges.   Hart House is always a destination for brunch lovers from the lower mainland and beyond.  The event … Read more

Freezing temperatures bring early start to BC’s Icewine harvest

  BC’s annual Icewine harvest has arrived just before the holidays, with the cold temperatures prompting wineries in the Okanagan Valley and Similkameen Valley to start picking grapes early for what can be expected to be a larger vintage than 2015. Icewine harvest began on December 6, 10 days later than last year’s start date … Read more

WILD RICE’S DINE IN MENU CELEBRATES CHINESE COMFORT FOOD

    January is proving to be a nasty month. It’s freezing outside, the streets are treacherously icy and you’ve received your credit card bill from December. Wild Rice Market Bistro in New Westminster has the perfect antidote. Join them this month for its value-priced Dine In Menu which runs through to February 12th . “These are dishes that … Read more

The Chan Centre presents Manual Cinema’s Award-Winning Gothic Masterpiece: Ada/Ava

Combining puppetry, multimedia and cinematic ingenuity, Chicago collective animates cryptic tale of twins’ indelible bond    The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at the University of British Columbia (UBC) presents Manual Cinema’s Ada/Ava, a haunting masterpiece for stage and screen on February 7, 2017 at 7:30pm in the Telus Studio Theatre as part of the … Read more

PuSh International Performing Arts Festival presents 2017 Lineup of Acclaimed Artists from 11 Countries

  Three-week festival showcases groundbreaking contemporary theatre, dance, multimedia & music    The PuSh International Performing Arts Festival (PuSh Festival) presents its 13th annual edition, taking place January 16 to February 5, 2017 at various Vancouver venues. Acclaimed artists representing 11 countries will descend on the city for the signature, three-week mid-winter event. From staggering spectacles … Read more