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Gastown eatery partners with Bosa Foods to offer free tapas from premier line of Spanish products One of the city’s renowned wine bars is bringing a taste of Spain to Vancouver. Gastown’s Salt Tasting Room has partnered with local specialty food vendor Bosa Foods to serve up San Sebastián-style dining by offering free tapas to … Read more
September 12, 2015 | 5pm-8pm | at JoieFarm Winery Spit, smoker, and fire! Hosted at JoieFarm’s Farmhouse Tasting Room, Chef Nick Nutty of Wolf in the Fog works alongside JoieFarm’s resident chefs, Chef Benz Henrikson, and winemaker and owner, Heidi Noble, for a sumptuous smokey spread to celebrate our first tasting room season and harvest! Suckling pigs, lamb, and brisket … Read more
Poached Salmon Tomato & Fennel broth with baby Vegetables Chef Castro Boateng Serves 10 Broth 1/2 onion (roughly diced) 3 tbsp vegetable oil 1/2 medium fennel (roughly diced 1 1/2, leave remaining for garnish) 1 lemon grass sticks (bruised & roughly chopped) 2 garlic cloves 1 cup white wine 1lb tomatoes (roughly diced) … Read more
Okanagan Crush Pad is proud to have successfully transitioned Switchback Vineyard and has now received their Certified Organic Certification. When Switchback Vineyard was converted from a fallow orchard in 2006, it was designed with local expertise and farmed conventionally. The vineyard team poured immense energy into the project and was proud of the results, which … Read more
After the wildfires, clear skies and an early harvest for the Oliver and Osoyoos wineries. It’s time to plan a get-away to wine country. The Oliver Osoyoos wineries had a close call on Friday August 14th, after two fires started by lightening were fueled by a huge wind storm. Thanks to the … Read more
LaStella Winery just received a Platinum Award for their 2013 Fortissimo, Super Tuscan styled red blend of Merlot, Cabernet and Sangiovese Grosso. The 15TH Annual WineAlign National Wine Awards of Canada were held in Niagara Falls, Ontario in June. It’s considered to be Canada’s most prestigious wine competition. “A total of 1,408 wines … Read more
Burrowing Owl Estate Winery is pleased to announce that it has received Gold Certification from the international accreditation body Green Tourism. The Okanagan winery has long been committed to crafting world-class wines using sustainable viticultural practices as well as providing ongoing support for a program to re-establish its namesake, the endangered burrowing owl, in BC’s … Read more
Local Flamenco Pioneers & Festival Founders Commemorate their Creative Legacy with an Epic Evening Showcasing the Evolution of Flamenco Flamenco Rosario brings the fierce and intimate flamenco retrospective Fast-Forward Rewind, September 26, 2015 at 8pm to the Waterfront Theatre in celebration of the Vancouver International Flamenco Festival’s 25th anniversary. Performing excerpts from four poetic works, … Read more
Christina Dennis of Stony Plain, Alberta wins opportunity to speak at this fall’s home and design shows in Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton The search is over! Marketplace Events, in partnership with Urban Barn and Western Living magazine, is thrilled to announce Christina Dennis, founder of The DIY Mommy, as the winner of Western Canada’s Next Home … Read more
What do you get when more than 170 people gather at more than 30 restaurants across the province all on one night? You get a fabulously successful fundraiser that was a lot of fun and Canada’s largest concurrent dinner party. This past Wednesday (August 12th), Les Dames’ d’Escoffier BC Chapter held its annual Summerdine to raise funds for its scholarship and outreach … Read more