Valerie van der Gracht 
This could just be a bit of heaven on earth for chocolate lovers. White, milk or dark whatever your fancy you will have so many choices. Exotic to comfort nothing warms the cockles of the heart like HOT CHOCOLATE. New participants in 2014 include Last Crumb Bakery & Cafe on Main Street, East Van … Read more
What could be better than soup created by 50 of the Top Chefs of Vancouver? Answer – FREE Soup ! That’s right, starting at 12:30 pm the Chef Soup Experiment will be serving their soup and it’s FREE! On January 17th Tourism Vancouver kicks off the 2014 Dine Out Vancouver Festival with a serving of creatively and collectively prepared soup. Served while it … Read more
If you shop at Granville Island Public Market, and even if you haven’t yet, you will want to take the opportunity for an “after hours” evening featuring nibbles and bites from the Island vendors. What a great way to start Dine Out Vancouver on Friday, January 17th 8 pm (duration 2 … Read more
Summerland based winery, Okanagan Crush Pad, owned by Christine Coletta and Steve Lornie, and home to their Haywire wine, is known and awarded for its innovation. For the first time, a BC winery will introduce a guide to pairing BC wines with Asian cuisine, and offer a specially labeled Haywire wine crafted for BC’s Asian community to celebrate … Read more
The Vancouver International Wine Festival is probably the largest wine festival in North American and it is certainly considered to be one of the best. One of the reasons is their unique approach to the requirements of the Festival. For every winery that takes part in the Festival at least one principal must attend and … Read more
Sonoma County Vintners will host two winemaker dinners in Vancouver both on Tuesday, February 4, 2014 and on Wednesday, February 5, 2014 at Terminal City Club an evening of Sonoma County wines. Choose either Blue Water Cafe + Raw Bar or Brix Restaurant & Wine Bar for an exceptional wine dinner. Blue Water Cafe + Raw Bar’s Executive Chef, Frank Pabst, … Read more
By Lorne Eckersley Have you ever been lucky enough to witness the start of something new? As a resident of the Creston Valley, in the heart of the Kootenays, it has been great fun to witness the emergence of a small wine industry. In subsequent blogs I’ll try not to be quite so focused on … Read more
On February 6 & 8, 2014 The Lover’s Cabaret presents Lovers of Marley at the Rickshaw Theatre, 254 Hastings in Vancouver. * “This winter let The Lovers Cabaret keep you warm with a night of pure reggae from the world’s biggest icon. Watch a cast of talented dancers weave a tale about the most well-recognized musician in … Read more
Okanagan Crush Pad have done it again! Five great wines all priced under $25. A Lunar New Year Celebration “Pairing Asian Flavours with Wine” presented by Haywire at Kaya Malay Bistro on West Broadway. An incredible evening of tempting dishes featuring Japanese style, Mandarin, Taiwanese, Vietnamese and Indonesian flavour experiences all paired perfectly with a selection of haywire … Read more
The BC Home and Garden Show is truly a great event that has been helping and inspiring homeowners and gardeners, with and without green thumbs, year after year. This year in February, 2014 the show is going to be even better with experienced, well respected stars of HGTV shows Bryan Baeumler, star of HGTV’s Leave … Read more