I had an extremely exciting foodie night on the town last night! I met up with all sorts of other BC foodies downtown and then we were whisked away by luxury van to… The Location Shoppers Drug Mart! That’s right! Why? Well because certain locations in BC are going through a huge transformation. The News As […]
President’s Choice Holiday Insiders Collection Party at Nourish Café
Yesterday was my most favourite day of the year: the President’s Choice holiday party! This year it was held at Nourish Café and Cooking School located at 3742 West 10th Avenue. You can find all the President’s Choice Holidays Insiders Collection products here. The Venue What a gorgeous setting! It was immaculately decorated with President’s Choice home decorations and goodies, of […]
The Artisan Market at The Anvil Centre
I received an invite to attend the Artisan Market at the Anvil Centre which was also happening during the Columbia StrEAT Food Truck Fest. Art AND food?! My two favourite things! And both events were FREE! The Venue I had never been to the Anvil Centre before so I was happy to check it out. There was […]
First Visit to Storm Crow Alehouse on Broadway
We have just been dying to go to the new Storm Crow location since it opened. We love the Storm Crow Tavern on Commercial and now there is a Storm Crow Alehouse at 1619 Broadway. We had heard about their Dungeon Burger which is completely random and based on your D20 rolls: “Imma let you finish, […]
On The Quest For Foodie Freedom (Warning! Rant ahead & contains F-Bomb)
Food In The Air with Jessica Smith
I was so excited to meet with Jessica Smith in Gastown in downtown Vancouver over the weekend! She is a stunningly talented photographer and videographer who runs the Meet Up group StudioNinety9Eats/Food Photography. And she brought treats! Of course we started at the steam clock in Gastown and felt like tourists taking photos of the famous clock. But! Our […]
Star Wars Bossk Brownies
In honour of the new Star Wars movie coming out, I turned to Wookiee Cookies: A Star Wars Cookbook from some fun foodie inspiration. I choose Bossk Brownies. “Bossk was a male Trandoshan bounty hunter and the son of Cradossk who was known for hunting Wookies… Following the Battle of Hoth, Bossk would be called upon by Darth […]
Fun Foodie Weekend!
President’s Choice Holiday Hosting 101 Event
I was one of the lucky people to attend Holiday Hosting 101 Event and Workshop by President’s Choice in downtown Vancouver today. We learned everything from tree decorating to the importance of tall but thin floral arrangements. We also got to taste products from the Holiday Insider’s Report and Collection of course! Our hosts were Chef Andrea Buckett and Kelly Deck of Kelly […]
The Gourmet Club: Baked Fennel with Lamb and Coriander
For the third recipe of The Gourmet Club series I turned once again to La Varenne Pratique for inspiration. And continuation! The reason why I made French Tomato Sauce was so I could use it for this recipe. You could of course just use a regular can of tomato sauce instead but it worked so well in this […]