Must Have / Pantry / Victoria Feb 26, 2015 Hollie Wood’s your Oyster (and your Oyster Beer) Oysters haven’t always had the classiest reputation. In fact, when British colonists arrived on the West Coast in the 19th century, the native ... Read More
Food Pairings Feb 25, 2015 Virtue vs Vice: What to Drink with That WHAT TO DRINK WITH THAT DRINK editor Treve Ring asks local wine experts how they would approach pairing dishes and flavours. For early 2015, we’re ... Read More
Recipes Feb 25, 2015 Chapatti, An Easy Flat Bread to Make at Home Chapatti is a kind of unleavened flat bread that can be quickly cooked in a pan. Its simplicity, and the fact that it can be rolled up and kept for ... Read More
Top 5 / Victoria Feb 24, 2015 Top Five Mini Bites in Victoria I’m easily swayed by the words Happy Hour, Two for One, and “small plates.” Notice the latter is plural (plates), which evokes the anticipation ... Read More
Sake, Cider, other Feb 20, 2015 Sake Rising Sake has been around for over two thousand years, but suddenly rice is really nice. Sake bars, sake sommeliers, sake education courses and sake ... Read More
Restaurants / Victoria Feb 19, 2015 Good News for People Who Love Trinidadian Roti (and if you don’t love it, you should) Roti, a stew or curry wrapped up in a large envelope of flat bread, is a staple of the Caribbean that came about as the cultural and culinary ... Read More
Beer & Cider / Victoria Feb 19, 2015 Got Your Tickets? 9 Glorious Days! Victoria Beer Week is coming – March 7-15, 2015 Victoria Beer Week is a nine-day festival highlighting a broad selection of BC craft breweries and educating Victorians about craft beer. After a ... Read More
Events Feb 18, 2015 Parksville hosts the 7th annual Parksville Uncorked Wine & Food Festival, February 19 – 22, 2015 Parksville will play host to a unique celebration of B.C. wine, beer and food during the annual Parksville Uncorked Wine & Food Festival set to ... Read More
Restaurants / Victoria Feb 18, 2015 10 Totally Unique Dishes You Can Try at Dine Around Get out on the town and try some of these dishes from Dine Around, with $20, $30, $40 and $50 menus there really is no excuse not to, although ... Read More
Recipes Feb 17, 2015 One-Pot Pastas: The No-Fuss, Quick and Easy Way To Eat It’s mid-week, you’ve worked all day, the house is a mess, and dinner still needs to be made. The very thought of a sink full of dishes is enough ... Read More
Drink Academy Feb 16, 2015 Drink Academy: Sémillon Through sémillon changes dramatically from youth through twilight, it always carries itself with an air of nobility. With berries of golden rose, ... Read More
Victoria / Wine Events Feb 13, 2015 The Victoria Wine Festival Presents a California Wine Seminar Taste Premium California Wine hosted by renowned Sommelier Peter Lindenlaub The Victoria Wine Festival has assembled a winter seminar to showcase the ... Read More
