Four summer markets have opened, or will open, this week including West End (Saturday), Mount Pleasant (Sunday), Main St. Station(Wednesday), and Downtown (Thursday)! There’s never been a better time than now to come out and shop with our local farmers. The cold, damp spring has resulted in a slow start to the season for growers across … Read more
Natural products for a healthy body and home! If you appreciate healthy radiant skin, Scentimental Creations’ original formulations of skincare products – as well as products for your hair, home and pets – offer a completely natural alternative to chemical-laden brand names that is sensitive to both you and the environment, with no animal … Read more
The Robin Ridge estate vineyard includes 18 acres of well drained soils on the Similkameen Bench near the Junction of Hwy 3 and Hwy 3A in Keremeos. The organic vineyard was established in 1997 and expanded in 2012. The gravelly loam soil ensures the vines struggle and encourages them to produce very small yields … Read more
YOU DO WIN FRIENDS WITH SALAD WE’RE A LITTLE GREEN FOOD TRUCK THAT MAKES CLEAN, HEALTHY EATING AS EFFORTLESS AS POSSIBLE FOR YOU. BUILT OUT OF A SERIOUS LOVE FOR FOOD AND FAMILY, WE SERVE UP A SELECTION OF FRESH, DELICIOUS PLANT-BASED, GLUTEN FREE SALADS AND SNACKS TO FEED YOUR STOMACH AND YOUR SOUL. … Read more
Long Table Distillery’s Långbord Akvavit is Awarded First Place By Sip Northwest. The magazine’s 2016 “Best in the Northwest” issue is now hitting newsstands with the announcement of this year’s winners for the region’s top spirits. Long Table Distillery, Vancouver’s first micro-distillery and craft distillers of international award winning small batch gins and seasonal spirits, took first place … Read more
Taste of Yaletown event brings a fresh approach with Sharing & Pairing menu Make a SPLASH at Arts Umbrella’s 34th Art Auction FARMERS MARKETS FUNDRAISER TO BENEFIT LOW INCOME FAMILIES IN VANCOUVER CHAMPAGNE WISHES, CAVIAR DREAMS: BOULEVARD KITCHEN & OYSTER BAR HOSTS EXCLUSIVE TAITTINGER DINNER OCT. 18 Getting Ready For ChopStick … Read more
Odd Society Spirits Crème de Cassis Awarded First Place By Sip Northwest Available at these upcoming Vancouver Farmers Markets Kitsilano Sunday, October 16 Trout Lake Saturday, October 22 Sip Northwest Magazine’s 2016 Best of the Northwest issue hits newsstands today. Odd Society Spirits, a craft-certified distillery located in East Vancouver, took first place for their crème de cassis in the Best … Read more
AS A CREATIVE FOOD LAB, PASTICHE IS A SOURCE FOR FINE AND LOCAL PRODUCTS — A REFINED COMBINATION OF TASTE, QUALITY AND AN ELEMENT OF ‘JOIE DE VIVRE’ We are passionate about giving you unique, natural and organic food using the most local, quality ingredients that we can get. Paté pastiche is my father’s recipe, developed over … Read more
How do so many ‘disposable’ ideas stick around? Usually until a better, reusable one comes along. Case in point… Year after year, the ‘old math’ isn’t very pretty. 11,000 sq.miles of forest minus 3.8 million trees equals 57 billion pairs of disposable chopsticks (plus the paper wrapping). There’s more… Despite their organic makeup, it’s … Read more
My name is Mark Robbins and, together with my wife Kathy and daughter Jill, we run K and M Farms. When we started raising chickens and turkeys, our first priority was to raise them in their natural habitat: outside on the grass where the birds can peck, scratch, and forage for bugs. They also … Read more