SUNDAYS, FUN DAYS: GRAPES & SODA

SUNDAYS, FUN DAYS: GRAPES & SODA UNCORKS EXCLUSIVE NEW DISCOVERY DINNER SERIES THROUGHOUT NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER   Four-Course, Locally Sourced Menus Focus on Distinctive Ingredients, Regions, Wines and Spirits     Grapes & Soda will send weekends off in style this November and December when Vancouver’s first and only natural wine bar plays host to a … Read more

Famoso Neapolitan Pizzeria – $50. g.c. GIVEAWAY

Famoso Neapolitan Pizzeria Unveils New Urban Concept at Guildford Town Centre as Restaurant Expands to Surrey, BC   To celebrate the opening of the newest Famoso Neapolitan Pizzeria we are giving away a $50. gift certificate. To be picked up at their Guildford location. See below for details.   Newest location offers authentic Neapolitan cuisine in a … Read more

JUST EAT Free Food Truck

JUST EAT Canada Launches Free Food Truck in Vancouver   Vancouver’s Top Food Delivery App Urges Vancouverites to ‘Taste Something Different’ JUST EAT Canada, the nation’s leading food delivery app with over 5,000 restaurants on its roster, has launched a free food truck in Vancouver. Starting today October 23st, the JUST EAT branded food truck … Read more

Tasting Dinner at Hart House November 5

Hart House Tasting Dinner Features Four Winds Brewery Beers   Burnaby’s Hart House Restaurant is teaming up with Delta’s Four Winds Brewery to illustrate the amazing synergy of flavours that happens when locally sourced cuisine is accompanied by BC craft beers.  On Thursday, November 5 2015, Hart House will host a five-course tasting dinner paired … Read more

When summer ends a new pairing begins

Several weeks ago, the summer came to an end but I discovered there was a beginning to something else: the art of pairing beer and pizza. On September 22nd, award winning Nicli Antica Pizzeria and Strange Fellows Brewing  held an end of summer pizza and beer dinner which brought together a curious and smiling crowd of Vancouverites. … Read more

Mamie Suzanne tribute #TasteofThursday recipe

Soupe aux Moules de Mamie Suzanne*   Between the time this recipe was submitted and it was scheduled for publication Mamie Suzanne passed away. The family were asked if they wanted to halt the post and this is their heartfelt response. “JF sees it as a wonderful legacy.” We agree and so we are pleased … Read more

Mushrooms the Magic Ingredient

Mushrooms the Magic Ingredient in Siena’s Seasonal Menu   Siena Restaurant’s third annual Mushroom Festival takes place through November 4, 2015.  For just $36 per person, guests will enjoy a special three-course menu that highlights the rich diversity of flavours available only at this time of year.      Siena is celebrating the mushroom with a … Read more

New seasonal menu at La Pentola and OPUS Bar 

Yaletown’s OPUS Hotel introduces fresh vegetarian flavours menu and seasonal sips   Fall in love with hearty harvest dishes and heartwarming cocktails at Yaletown’s boutique OPUS Hotel’s La Pentola and OPUS Bar. Enjoy the fulsome fall flavours of La Pentola’s rustic Italian cuisine and stop by OPUS Bar for a tempting cocktail… or two. Pop … Read more

BCWAS Fall Harvest @Sam_WineTeacher

The BC Wine Appreciation Society’s Fall Harvest event was held at De Dutch restaurant at the Vancouver Convention Centre West. The popular event was sold out with seventy-two people in attendance. More than a dozen wines from the societies cellars were available for tasting. It was a relaxed, informal and intimate gathering. Les Amis du … Read more

Campbell Valley Wine Tour Part 1

Four Fraser Valley estate wineries have banded together to promote awareness of their local, Langley-based wineries. These wineries are so close to metropolitan Vancouver and yet many people have never discovered them. I suggest you head out for a Sunday afternoon drive to the scenic Campbell Valley and taste what these wineries have to offer. … Read more