CURED SPRING SALMON SALAD Serves six people as an appetizer Ingredients: 600g fillet of spring salmon, skin on 6 small fingerling potatoes ½ a red onion 500 ml vegetable oil 50 ml apple cider vinegar 100 g Kosher salt 75 g brown sugar 1 bunch watercress 3 baby candy cane beets 50 ml … Read more
Wine Recommendation – #TasteofThursday Soupe aux Moules de Mamie Suzanne When I was asked to provide a wine recommendation for this recipe, my mouth watered and the first thing I wanted to do was to go out and buy the ingredients to make it. Fortunately, it was too late to shop and so first things … Read more
Progressive Organic BC Winery Adds to Premium Cuvée Lineup Summerhill Pyramid Winery has just introduced three new sparkling wines in time for the holiday season, proving there is no other sparkling wine producer in Canada with such a strong focus on bubbly. Summerhill Pyramid Winery, a progressive BC winery, has added three new sparkling … Read more
The Pelican Bay Fall Wine Tasting returns to Dockside November 17th Coal Harbour Liquor Store welcomes 20 wineries pouring 100 wines Coal Harbour Liquor Store is pleased to announce the return of its popular Pelican Bay Fall Wine Tasting at Dockside Restaurant in the Granville Island Hotel. On November 17th, nearly 20 wineries and … Read more
Township 7 Campbell Valley Wine Tour: As we got off the bus, the jovial Jason Ocenas, manager of the Langley facility, greeted us. Township 7 is one of two BC wineries to operate out of two locations. Church and State has a winery in the Okanagan as well as one on Vancouver Island near Buchart … Read more
Les Chevaliers des Vins de France is a group originally formed in 1982 to promote the enjoyment of French wines. They recently hosted an Agents Special French Wine Tasting and invited the BC Wine Appreciation Society to join them.Five agents poured twenty-eight French wines from Alsace, Beaujolais, Bordeaux, Burgundy, Chablis, Cote du Rhone, Languedoc and … Read more
My most recent excursion took me to Unsworth Vineyards just minutes away from Mill Bay in the Cobble Hill area. The surrounding countryside is serene and beautiful as is the setting for their Tasting Room, open daily year round. Since my last visit they have changed management and chef at the Restaurant which is open … Read more
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 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
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