Reporter / Vancouver Nov 12, 2013 The Quinto Quarto Supper Series & History When you think of the classic comfort foods so popular in restaurants these days, dishes like beef bourguignon, linguine Bolognese, pot au feu, and ... Read More Causes / Chefs / Reporter / Winemaker Dinners Aug 27, 2013 ICC hosts Long Table Fundraiser for Dragonfly Farm Once upon a time, on Old McDonald’s farm, nobody raised an eyebrow over the e-i-e-i-o-s that, naturally, came with the turf. On present day ... Read More Beer & Cider Sep 26, 2012 Event Report: 1st Beer Feast Takes Place at Canoe Brewpub Last week I had the pleasure of attending the very first Beer Feast at Canoe Brewpub. The Feast can only be described as an intimate dinner for a few ... Read More Food Events Feb 17, 2012 Weekly Planner February 17 – 23rd It’s a busy week in Victoria – on Saturday you could head downtown and hit the Farmer’s Market, attend the Tea Festival followed by Seedy ... Read More Winemaker Dinners Dec 19, 2011 A Brewmaster’s Dinner at Swans’ Wild Saffron This year, beer seemed to push wine off the stage as the beer dinner took over. But Victoria has always been a beer town, you say. After all, ... Read More Winemaker Dinners Nov 12, 2011 Wild and Wine-y Dinners at Fraîche & Cin Cin New Talent at Fraîche Goes Wild Jefferson Alavarez, the new EC at West Vancouver’s Fraîche, loves all things fresh, seasonal, sustainable—and ... Read More Food Events Apr 21, 2011 Laughing Stock Visits Comox Valley The wicked weather that blew across Vancouver Island in early December couldn’t keep determined Laughing Stock winemaker David Enns from gathering ... Read More Food Events Apr 21, 2011 Bistro28 & Fairview Cellars Winemaker’s Dinner November 25, Victoria, BC. It takes both a great chef and a great winemaker to put on a successful winemaker’s dinner. Not only does the menu need ... Read More Food Events Apr 21, 2011 BC Hospitality Fundraiser Is it too obvious to state that people in the hospitality industry are – hospitable? Helping people – serving, directing, hosting – that’s ... Read More Food Events Apr 21, 2011 Local Dining, Part 2 Photos: clockwise from the left – Smoked sablefish and quinoa salad at Commune Café, sabayon with local strawberries and Five-hour braised ... Read More Food Events Apr 21, 2011 Local Seasonal Dining Photos from left, clockwise: At Yew: Pork t-bone (sans bone) came with a corn and white bean succotash, Berkshire pork and peaches, crab salad in ... Read More Food Events Apr 21, 2011 A Gin Dinner at the Brasserie L’École The first Art of the Cocktail, a fundraiser for the Victoria Film Festival, drew to an elegant close with Dinner with a Twist. Four restaurants ... Read More 12
Causes / Chefs / Reporter / Winemaker Dinners Aug 27, 2013 ICC hosts Long Table Fundraiser for Dragonfly Farm Once upon a time, on Old McDonald’s farm, nobody raised an eyebrow over the e-i-e-i-o-s that, naturally, came with the turf. On present day ... Read More Beer & Cider Sep 26, 2012 Event Report: 1st Beer Feast Takes Place at Canoe Brewpub Last week I had the pleasure of attending the very first Beer Feast at Canoe Brewpub. The Feast can only be described as an intimate dinner for a few ... Read More Food Events Feb 17, 2012 Weekly Planner February 17 – 23rd It’s a busy week in Victoria – on Saturday you could head downtown and hit the Farmer’s Market, attend the Tea Festival followed by Seedy ... Read More Winemaker Dinners Dec 19, 2011 A Brewmaster’s Dinner at Swans’ Wild Saffron This year, beer seemed to push wine off the stage as the beer dinner took over. But Victoria has always been a beer town, you say. After all, ... Read More Winemaker Dinners Nov 12, 2011 Wild and Wine-y Dinners at Fraîche & Cin Cin New Talent at Fraîche Goes Wild Jefferson Alavarez, the new EC at West Vancouver’s Fraîche, loves all things fresh, seasonal, sustainable—and ... Read More Food Events Apr 21, 2011 Laughing Stock Visits Comox Valley The wicked weather that blew across Vancouver Island in early December couldn’t keep determined Laughing Stock winemaker David Enns from gathering ... Read More Food Events Apr 21, 2011 Bistro28 & Fairview Cellars Winemaker’s Dinner November 25, Victoria, BC. It takes both a great chef and a great winemaker to put on a successful winemaker’s dinner. Not only does the menu need ... Read More Food Events Apr 21, 2011 BC Hospitality Fundraiser Is it too obvious to state that people in the hospitality industry are – hospitable? Helping people – serving, directing, hosting – that’s ... Read More Food Events Apr 21, 2011 Local Dining, Part 2 Photos: clockwise from the left – Smoked sablefish and quinoa salad at Commune Café, sabayon with local strawberries and Five-hour braised ... Read More Food Events Apr 21, 2011 Local Seasonal Dining Photos from left, clockwise: At Yew: Pork t-bone (sans bone) came with a corn and white bean succotash, Berkshire pork and peaches, crab salad in ... Read More Food Events Apr 21, 2011 A Gin Dinner at the Brasserie L’École The first Art of the Cocktail, a fundraiser for the Victoria Film Festival, drew to an elegant close with Dinner with a Twist. Four restaurants ... Read More 12
Beer & Cider Sep 26, 2012 Event Report: 1st Beer Feast Takes Place at Canoe Brewpub Last week I had the pleasure of attending the very first Beer Feast at Canoe Brewpub. The Feast can only be described as an intimate dinner for a few ... Read More Food Events Feb 17, 2012 Weekly Planner February 17 – 23rd It’s a busy week in Victoria – on Saturday you could head downtown and hit the Farmer’s Market, attend the Tea Festival followed by Seedy ... Read More Winemaker Dinners Dec 19, 2011 A Brewmaster’s Dinner at Swans’ Wild Saffron This year, beer seemed to push wine off the stage as the beer dinner took over. But Victoria has always been a beer town, you say. After all, ... Read More Winemaker Dinners Nov 12, 2011 Wild and Wine-y Dinners at Fraîche & Cin Cin New Talent at Fraîche Goes Wild Jefferson Alavarez, the new EC at West Vancouver’s Fraîche, loves all things fresh, seasonal, sustainable—and ... Read More Food Events Apr 21, 2011 Laughing Stock Visits Comox Valley The wicked weather that blew across Vancouver Island in early December couldn’t keep determined Laughing Stock winemaker David Enns from gathering ... Read More Food Events Apr 21, 2011 Bistro28 & Fairview Cellars Winemaker’s Dinner November 25, Victoria, BC. It takes both a great chef and a great winemaker to put on a successful winemaker’s dinner. Not only does the menu need ... Read More Food Events Apr 21, 2011 BC Hospitality Fundraiser Is it too obvious to state that people in the hospitality industry are – hospitable? Helping people – serving, directing, hosting – that’s ... Read More Food Events Apr 21, 2011 Local Dining, Part 2 Photos: clockwise from the left – Smoked sablefish and quinoa salad at Commune Café, sabayon with local strawberries and Five-hour braised ... Read More Food Events Apr 21, 2011 Local Seasonal Dining Photos from left, clockwise: At Yew: Pork t-bone (sans bone) came with a corn and white bean succotash, Berkshire pork and peaches, crab salad in ... Read More Food Events Apr 21, 2011 A Gin Dinner at the Brasserie L’École The first Art of the Cocktail, a fundraiser for the Victoria Film Festival, drew to an elegant close with Dinner with a Twist. Four restaurants ... Read More 12
Food Events Feb 17, 2012 Weekly Planner February 17 – 23rd It’s a busy week in Victoria – on Saturday you could head downtown and hit the Farmer’s Market, attend the Tea Festival followed by Seedy ... Read More Winemaker Dinners Dec 19, 2011 A Brewmaster’s Dinner at Swans’ Wild Saffron This year, beer seemed to push wine off the stage as the beer dinner took over. But Victoria has always been a beer town, you say. After all, ... Read More Winemaker Dinners Nov 12, 2011 Wild and Wine-y Dinners at Fraîche & Cin Cin New Talent at Fraîche Goes Wild Jefferson Alavarez, the new EC at West Vancouver’s Fraîche, loves all things fresh, seasonal, sustainable—and ... Read More Food Events Apr 21, 2011 Laughing Stock Visits Comox Valley The wicked weather that blew across Vancouver Island in early December couldn’t keep determined Laughing Stock winemaker David Enns from gathering ... Read More Food Events Apr 21, 2011 Bistro28 & Fairview Cellars Winemaker’s Dinner November 25, Victoria, BC. It takes both a great chef and a great winemaker to put on a successful winemaker’s dinner. Not only does the menu need ... Read More Food Events Apr 21, 2011 BC Hospitality Fundraiser Is it too obvious to state that people in the hospitality industry are – hospitable? Helping people – serving, directing, hosting – that’s ... Read More Food Events Apr 21, 2011 Local Dining, Part 2 Photos: clockwise from the left – Smoked sablefish and quinoa salad at Commune Café, sabayon with local strawberries and Five-hour braised ... Read More Food Events Apr 21, 2011 Local Seasonal Dining Photos from left, clockwise: At Yew: Pork t-bone (sans bone) came with a corn and white bean succotash, Berkshire pork and peaches, crab salad in ... Read More Food Events Apr 21, 2011 A Gin Dinner at the Brasserie L’École The first Art of the Cocktail, a fundraiser for the Victoria Film Festival, drew to an elegant close with Dinner with a Twist. Four restaurants ... Read More 12
Winemaker Dinners Dec 19, 2011 A Brewmaster’s Dinner at Swans’ Wild Saffron This year, beer seemed to push wine off the stage as the beer dinner took over. But Victoria has always been a beer town, you say. After all, ... Read More Winemaker Dinners Nov 12, 2011 Wild and Wine-y Dinners at Fraîche & Cin Cin New Talent at Fraîche Goes Wild Jefferson Alavarez, the new EC at West Vancouver’s Fraîche, loves all things fresh, seasonal, sustainable—and ... Read More Food Events Apr 21, 2011 Laughing Stock Visits Comox Valley The wicked weather that blew across Vancouver Island in early December couldn’t keep determined Laughing Stock winemaker David Enns from gathering ... Read More Food Events Apr 21, 2011 Bistro28 & Fairview Cellars Winemaker’s Dinner November 25, Victoria, BC. It takes both a great chef and a great winemaker to put on a successful winemaker’s dinner. Not only does the menu need ... Read More Food Events Apr 21, 2011 BC Hospitality Fundraiser Is it too obvious to state that people in the hospitality industry are – hospitable? Helping people – serving, directing, hosting – that’s ... Read More Food Events Apr 21, 2011 Local Dining, Part 2 Photos: clockwise from the left – Smoked sablefish and quinoa salad at Commune Café, sabayon with local strawberries and Five-hour braised ... Read More Food Events Apr 21, 2011 Local Seasonal Dining Photos from left, clockwise: At Yew: Pork t-bone (sans bone) came with a corn and white bean succotash, Berkshire pork and peaches, crab salad in ... Read More Food Events Apr 21, 2011 A Gin Dinner at the Brasserie L’École The first Art of the Cocktail, a fundraiser for the Victoria Film Festival, drew to an elegant close with Dinner with a Twist. Four restaurants ... Read More 12
Winemaker Dinners Nov 12, 2011 Wild and Wine-y Dinners at Fraîche & Cin Cin New Talent at Fraîche Goes Wild Jefferson Alavarez, the new EC at West Vancouver’s Fraîche, loves all things fresh, seasonal, sustainable—and ... Read More Food Events Apr 21, 2011 Laughing Stock Visits Comox Valley The wicked weather that blew across Vancouver Island in early December couldn’t keep determined Laughing Stock winemaker David Enns from gathering ... Read More Food Events Apr 21, 2011 Bistro28 & Fairview Cellars Winemaker’s Dinner November 25, Victoria, BC. It takes both a great chef and a great winemaker to put on a successful winemaker’s dinner. Not only does the menu need ... Read More Food Events Apr 21, 2011 BC Hospitality Fundraiser Is it too obvious to state that people in the hospitality industry are – hospitable? Helping people – serving, directing, hosting – that’s ... Read More Food Events Apr 21, 2011 Local Dining, Part 2 Photos: clockwise from the left – Smoked sablefish and quinoa salad at Commune Café, sabayon with local strawberries and Five-hour braised ... Read More Food Events Apr 21, 2011 Local Seasonal Dining Photos from left, clockwise: At Yew: Pork t-bone (sans bone) came with a corn and white bean succotash, Berkshire pork and peaches, crab salad in ... Read More Food Events Apr 21, 2011 A Gin Dinner at the Brasserie L’École The first Art of the Cocktail, a fundraiser for the Victoria Film Festival, drew to an elegant close with Dinner with a Twist. Four restaurants ... Read More 12
Food Events Apr 21, 2011 Laughing Stock Visits Comox Valley The wicked weather that blew across Vancouver Island in early December couldn’t keep determined Laughing Stock winemaker David Enns from gathering ... Read More Food Events Apr 21, 2011 Bistro28 & Fairview Cellars Winemaker’s Dinner November 25, Victoria, BC. It takes both a great chef and a great winemaker to put on a successful winemaker’s dinner. Not only does the menu need ... Read More Food Events Apr 21, 2011 BC Hospitality Fundraiser Is it too obvious to state that people in the hospitality industry are – hospitable? Helping people – serving, directing, hosting – that’s ... Read More Food Events Apr 21, 2011 Local Dining, Part 2 Photos: clockwise from the left – Smoked sablefish and quinoa salad at Commune Café, sabayon with local strawberries and Five-hour braised ... Read More Food Events Apr 21, 2011 Local Seasonal Dining Photos from left, clockwise: At Yew: Pork t-bone (sans bone) came with a corn and white bean succotash, Berkshire pork and peaches, crab salad in ... Read More Food Events Apr 21, 2011 A Gin Dinner at the Brasserie L’École The first Art of the Cocktail, a fundraiser for the Victoria Film Festival, drew to an elegant close with Dinner with a Twist. Four restaurants ... Read More 12
Food Events Apr 21, 2011 Bistro28 & Fairview Cellars Winemaker’s Dinner November 25, Victoria, BC. It takes both a great chef and a great winemaker to put on a successful winemaker’s dinner. Not only does the menu need ... Read More Food Events Apr 21, 2011 BC Hospitality Fundraiser Is it too obvious to state that people in the hospitality industry are – hospitable? Helping people – serving, directing, hosting – that’s ... Read More Food Events Apr 21, 2011 Local Dining, Part 2 Photos: clockwise from the left – Smoked sablefish and quinoa salad at Commune Café, sabayon with local strawberries and Five-hour braised ... Read More Food Events Apr 21, 2011 Local Seasonal Dining Photos from left, clockwise: At Yew: Pork t-bone (sans bone) came with a corn and white bean succotash, Berkshire pork and peaches, crab salad in ... Read More Food Events Apr 21, 2011 A Gin Dinner at the Brasserie L’École The first Art of the Cocktail, a fundraiser for the Victoria Film Festival, drew to an elegant close with Dinner with a Twist. Four restaurants ... Read More 12
Food Events Apr 21, 2011 BC Hospitality Fundraiser Is it too obvious to state that people in the hospitality industry are – hospitable? Helping people – serving, directing, hosting – that’s ... Read More Food Events Apr 21, 2011 Local Dining, Part 2 Photos: clockwise from the left – Smoked sablefish and quinoa salad at Commune Café, sabayon with local strawberries and Five-hour braised ... Read More Food Events Apr 21, 2011 Local Seasonal Dining Photos from left, clockwise: At Yew: Pork t-bone (sans bone) came with a corn and white bean succotash, Berkshire pork and peaches, crab salad in ... Read More Food Events Apr 21, 2011 A Gin Dinner at the Brasserie L’École The first Art of the Cocktail, a fundraiser for the Victoria Film Festival, drew to an elegant close with Dinner with a Twist. Four restaurants ... Read More 12
Food Events Apr 21, 2011 Local Dining, Part 2 Photos: clockwise from the left – Smoked sablefish and quinoa salad at Commune Café, sabayon with local strawberries and Five-hour braised ... Read More Food Events Apr 21, 2011 Local Seasonal Dining Photos from left, clockwise: At Yew: Pork t-bone (sans bone) came with a corn and white bean succotash, Berkshire pork and peaches, crab salad in ... Read More Food Events Apr 21, 2011 A Gin Dinner at the Brasserie L’École The first Art of the Cocktail, a fundraiser for the Victoria Film Festival, drew to an elegant close with Dinner with a Twist. Four restaurants ... Read More 12
Food Events Apr 21, 2011 Local Seasonal Dining Photos from left, clockwise: At Yew: Pork t-bone (sans bone) came with a corn and white bean succotash, Berkshire pork and peaches, crab salad in ... Read More Food Events Apr 21, 2011 A Gin Dinner at the Brasserie L’École The first Art of the Cocktail, a fundraiser for the Victoria Film Festival, drew to an elegant close with Dinner with a Twist. Four restaurants ... Read More 12
Food Events Apr 21, 2011 A Gin Dinner at the Brasserie L’École The first Art of the Cocktail, a fundraiser for the Victoria Film Festival, drew to an elegant close with Dinner with a Twist. Four restaurants ... Read More 12
