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Even though the Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival was just getting started before I left for my stagette on Friday afternoon, it seemed fitting that my last event was the “Celebrating Excellence”…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Thursday, April 7th, 2011
Categories: Worship | Tags: awards, festival, vancouver, VPIWF, Wine | 1 Comment »
Degan did a great job sharing her recent experiences and picks from the 2011 edition of Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival, but she forgot to mention the “Wine Down” event at MARKET by…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, April 7th, 2011
Categories: Worship | Tags: cocktails, Jay Jones, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, market, recipes, Shangri-La, Vancouver Playhouse Wine Festival, VPIWF, Wine | 2 Comments »
When Tourism Richmond sent out their invitation to join them to uncover some of their “Hidden Gems” they were keeping them a secret, and invited guests guessing. Kind of fun I suppose. Made me think back to my…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Friday, April 1st, 2011
Categories: Worship | Tags: barbecue, BBQ, Bell's Bake Shop, burnt ends, Canada Line, Delicious Cuisine, Delizia Fusion Cuisine, Hog Shack Cookhouse, RichmondEats, Steveston, Tourism Richmond, Tri-Pot | 1 Comment »
Recently Mark and I had the privilege of getting a first-hand sneak peak of the new Hapa Umi just before they opened. Hapa Umi is latest offering from this city’s preeminent izakaya empire Hapa Izakaya. Make no…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Thursday, March 24th, 2011
Categories: Worship | Tags: fine dining, Hapa Izakaya, hapa umi, izakaya, ocean wise, restaurant, sake, Seafood, sushi, vancouver, video | 3 Comments »
When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie – That’s Amore! It was Friday night and in typical Vancouver style it was pouring. Armed with my umbrella I hailed a cab with the final destination of Nicli…
Posted by: Erin Mussolum on Sunday, March 13th, 2011
Categories: Worship | Tags: nicli, pizza, wood fire | 9 Comments »
The Best Things in Life Aren’t Things, was a bumper sticker I saw on a recent road trip that hit me square in the obvious gland. As I was kneeling out the pain of this platitude, the realization that my road trips…
Posted by: Miles Harrison on Saturday, March 12th, 2011
Categories: Worship | Tags: BC Wines, Jeff van Geest, Le Gavroche, Miradoro, Okanagan, restaurant, Tinhorn Creek, winery | 4 Comments »
Atithi celebrated their 2nd anniversary this week with a special Bengali dinner this week. Their regular menu is more Southern Indian although they often offer Bengali dishes on their fresh sheet. Due to it’s…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Monday, February 14th, 2011
Categories: Worship | Tags: bengali, curry, Ethnic, indian | No Comments »
The Cocktail Kitchen series at the Refinery has wrapped up after 7 months (7 months, 720 unique guests, 90 unique cocktails and 30 bartenders!) of competing. The last four weeks had the finalists – David Baines…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Sunday, January 30th, 2011
Categories: Worship | Tags: cocktails, competition, Mixology, refinery, Russian, vodka | 1 Comment »
The Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival kicked off last week at the Shore Club where Executive Director Harry Hertscheg welcomed media and gave an introduction to the festival. Seventeen wines were opened,…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Sunday, January 23rd, 2011
Categories: Worship | Tags: event, festival, fortified, playhouse, port, sherry, tickets, Wine | No Comments »
On a recent quick visit to New York my husband and I were on a quest to eat as much as possible in the short time we were there. Here are a few of our favorites. Ed’s Lobster Bar in SOHO was the first place we went to…
Posted by: Helen Fernandes on Sunday, January 23rd, 2011
Categories: Worship | Tags: bagel, Brooklyn, cabbage, cabbage soup, chocolate, cream cheese, East Village, Ed's Lobster Bar, French fries, Gaspe Nova, hot chocolate, Jacques Torres, lobster, New York, pierogi, Russ and Daughters, sauerkraut, smoked fish, Soho, Ukrainian, Veselka | No Comments »
On a recent trip to Mexico we spent 10 days exploring the artisan culture and diverse traditional foodstuffs of Oaxaca. A must-do when visiting the land of seven moles is attending a cooking class. Author Susana Trilling…
Posted by: Laura Milligan on Thursday, January 20th, 2011
Categories: Worship | Tags: chocolate, cooking class, mexican, mezcal, mole, Oaxaca | No Comments »
The Bocuse d’Or World Cuisine Contest was created in 1987 by France’s legendary Chef Paul Bocuse. Held every two years in Lyon, France, it’s touted as the world’s most gruelling and prestigious cooking…
Posted by: Brenda Lowe on Friday, January 14th, 2011
Categories: Worship | Tags: Bocuse d'Or, competition, Ryan Stone, tasting | 3 Comments »
Not too long ago, like just around canning season, we received a book called Put ’em Up! by Sherri Brooks Vinton. Canning seems to have come into vogue again. This is a good thing. The other cool trend is that as…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Wednesday, January 12th, 2011
Categories: Worship | Tags: andrea bellamy, book review, canning, edible gardening, food preserves, gardening, heavy-petal, local, put em up, sugar snaps and strawberries, sustainable | No Comments »
Guest writer: Joseph Wu (origami expert, noodle nut, and husband to regular Foodist contributor, Nancy Wu) When Nancy was invited to participate in Tourism Richmond’s Noodle-Mania event, she immediately asked if I…
Posted by: Nancy Wu on Wednesday, January 12th, 2011
Categories: Worship | Tags: asian, BBQ pork, cha siu, chicken, chinese, chow mein, fish, Japan, MSG, noodle, prawns, ramen, rice, rice noodle, Richmond, Shanghai, soba, soup, spicy, tofu, tom yum, vancouver | 2 Comments »
New restaurants seem to open every other week in Chicago with gastropubs leading the way. Some seem to frequently make the restaurant “hot list” in the local reviews, but one of my favorites, even though it was voted…
Posted by: Helen Fernandes on Saturday, January 8th, 2011
Categories: Worship | Tags: Bon Appetite, Chicago, donut, eggplant, gastropub, octopus, Purple Pig, ricotta cheese, salsa verde, tapas | No Comments »