Drink Academy Oct 18, 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon | Vincabulary VINcabulary : Cabernet Sauvignon {cab-er-NAY so-vin-YOHn} Cabernet Sauvignon is often heralded as the King of Grapes, a cloak that this classic ... Read More
Causes / Food Events Oct 11, 2013 A Decade of Passions Done Right It started out as a small cooking class at Barbara-Jo’s Books to Cooks; a tiny little fundraiser a residence and care centre in the West End for ... Read More
Pantry Oct 10, 2013 Eating (really) Local: a Diary of a Place & its People Local: then and now In 1980s rural Ontario, eating local meant weeding my mom’s sprawling vegetable garden, wearing eau-de-vinegar for days as we ... Read More
Events Oct 9, 2013 Iron Chef: Vernon In the Okanagan, Vernon, the city north of Kelowna, is often overlooked as tourists tend to head south thru the valley. With nearby Sparkling Hills ... Read More
Chefs Oct 7, 2013 Chef’s Talk: Favourite BC Apples Lewis Birch – CinCin Ristorante, Vancouver, BC 604.688.7338 My favourite BC Tree Fruit apple is the Ambrosia because they are sweet and ... Read More
Victoria / Wine Oct 4, 2013 Hotel Grand Pacific Launches Wine-on-Tap Program Victoria, BC The Hotel Grand Pacific is the first hotel in Victoria to offer the Vancouver-based FreshTAP system for serving high quality ... Read More
Good For You Oct 3, 2013 Reviewed: Quinoa Skinny Crackers GOOD FOR YOUI am an unabashed cracker lover. My love affair with the crunchy tidbits began in childhood. After school, I would curl up on my bed with ... Read More
Food Events / Victoria Oct 1, 2013 Brewery & The Beast 2013 It was a hot one. The morning of the Brewery & The Beast Victoria started out in the worst way; it was raining buckets—the big, ... Read More
Elsewhere Sep 30, 2013 Flavour Gourmet Picnic 2013 It rained. It poured. But 800 people still smiled their way through 70 offerings of Vancouver Island food and drink at the second Flavour Gourmet ... Read More
Sep 25, 2013 James Barber Fundraiser 2013 It was an afternoon delight hosted by the Cowichan Chefs Table at Providence Farm on September 15th in Duncan to honour the late James Barber. Some ... Read More
Sep 24, 2013 Somm In The City – Acid Freak I like acid. Like might be too soft a word. On a hot summer day, nothing says refreshing like a glass of bright and fresh wine with acidity so sharp ... Read More
Farm & Market / Victoria Sep 24, 2013 Mason Street Farm Open House and Fundraiser Walking past old bike frames strewn across mesh wire fencing and overgrown bushes, you would never expect that an entirely cultivated, half-acre of ... Read More
