First Science of Cocktails Event Raises $185,000 for Schools and Kids

    The numbers are in. The first-ever Science of Cocktails event raised $185,000 to help support Science World’s highly-popular Class Field Trip Program. Thanks to the generosity of more than 1100 guests and dozens of organizations, hundreds of schools and thousands of kids will get to experience all that Science World has to offer … Read more

Raise a Glass to Powell Street Craft Brewery at Hart House Dinner

The next event in Hart House Restaurant’s Brewmaster Series features Vancouver favourite Powell Street Craft Brewery (PSCB).  On Thursday, April 7 2016, the Burnaby restaurant will host a five-course dinner with beer pairings from the award-winning microbrewery.    Guests for the event will be treated to a canapé reception with beer pairing at 6:00pm.   PSCB’s brewer … Read more

#TasteofThursday welcomes Chef Victor Bongo

We are very pleased to announce that Chef Victor Bongo has joined our elite group of top chefs featured on #TasteofThursday. Chef Victor Bongo’s first recipe for #TasteofThursday will be published later today. Welcome Chef Bongo!   A talented African-Canadian Chef, Victor Bongo, who gained a respectable reputation by challenging culinary standards and incorporating a … Read more

Vancouver Foodster presents the 5th Annual Poutine Challenge

Welcome to the 5th annual Vancouver Foodster Poutine Challenge. Restaurants from all over the city were invited to enter their poutine into this challenge, most of the restaurants have created a special poutine just for this challenge. Each restaurant will be featuring their poutine on their menu from February 4-28, 2016. A few of the unique creations … Read more

New wine director Christopher McFadden joins the La Pentola team 

Yaletown’s OPUS Hotel Vancouver welcomes experienced sommelier Christopher McFadden   OPUS Hotel Vancouver is pleased to announce the appointment of Ontario-native Christopher McFadden as the new wine director of the hotel’s award-winning Italian restaurant La Pentola. McFadden brings passion and enthusiasm to La Pentola’s wine program and focuses on education as a key part of … Read more

Vancouver TheatreSports League’s The Massacre Slays Audience With Laughter

It’s grey and rainy outside and the evenings are still long.  We’re all in debt from the winter holidays and spring seems a long, long way off. It’s a pretty grim and gloomy time of year. If only there was something to bring a little levity into our lives? Enter the Vancouver TheatreSports™ League (VTSL) … Read more

Acadian Sturgeon

Sometimes it takes an outsider to see potential.  Just as Claude Violet, a French man with a long family history in the wine business recognized, much to the amazement of locals, that it was possible to grow quality wine grapes in the Fraser Valley and began Domaine de Chaberton, the first Lower Mainland winery.  Likewise, … Read more

Rich Cultural Traditions Through Transcendent Performance Line-Up

Coastal First Nations Dance Festival Honours Rich Cultural Traditions Through Transcendent Performance Line-Up   Illuminating array of Indigenous stories, songs and dances brought to life in the Great Hall at MOA Dancers of Damelahamid in partnership with the University of British Columbia’s Museum of Anthropology (MOA), showcase an enlightening weeklong celebration of the distinct stories, songs, and … Read more

#MarketMonday – Le Meadow’s Pantry

A small-batch preserving company specializing in marmalade. Le Meadow’s Pantry make over 30 varieties of shelf-stable jam and marmalade, cooked by hand, all natural, and using mostly local fruit. Combining old-world techniques and modern taste awareness to preserve that vibrant fruit flavour. Each season you will find unique and delectable provisions for your pantry and your … Read more