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Last weekend Toronto was treated to 1000 tastes, a street food Festival on John Street in the heart of downtown. Some 20 or so restaurants lined the street with their booths offering a wide variety of tasty treats to the…
Posted by: Rob Davidson on Thursday, June 23rd, 2011
Categories: Worship | Tags: 1000 tastes, Chippy's, festival, Kho San Road, Street Food, Susar Lee | 2 Comments »
This past weekend I journeyed to the idyllic Quinte’s Isle, just East of Toronto, to (over) indulge my culinary passions at the first “Great Canadian Cheese Festival”. Despite the slightly cheesy sounding name,…
Posted by: Rob Davidson on Wednesday, June 8th, 2011
Categories: Worship | Tags: artisanal, beer, cheese, festival, Ontario, Wine | No Comments »
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 »
For those who’ve never been to the grand tasting hall of a wine festival, it can be a bit overwhelming. The Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival had over 700 wines to taste this year, from 176 wineries in…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Wednesday, April 6th, 2011
Categories: Guidance | Tags: festival, international, sherry, Spanish, vancouver, VPIWF, Wine | No Comments »
Fortified wines were front and centre at this year’s Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival and while I sampled some sherry-style wines at the beginning of the week, I wanted to get further into it. Whammy…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Tuesday, April 5th, 2011
Categories: Guidance | Tags: cheese, festival, pairing, sherry, vancouver, VPIWF, Wine | 1 Comment »
The Vancouver International Playhouse Wine Festival kicked off yesterday and my first event was Sabor de España! at Salt Tasting Room in Gastown. This was to be a Spanish feast paired with a selection of Bodegas Alvear…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Tuesday, March 29th, 2011
Categories: Guidance | Tags: festival, salt, Spanish, tasting, vancouver, Wine | No Comments »
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 »
Sometimes you live in a city for a long time but don’t get out to things that you would otherwise if it wasn’t so close by and thus more easily taken for granted. For me, Whistler Cornucopia is one of those things.…
Posted by: Brenda Lowe on Monday, November 22nd, 2010
Categories: Worship | Tags: cornucopia, festival, Whistler, Wine | 1 Comment »
Chocolate is one of the few foods we as humans will plan an entire festival around. It knows no boundaries. Despite its tiny geographical crop footprint, the cocao bean has penetrated every culture with its uniquely…
Posted by: Miles Harrison on Saturday, October 30th, 2010
Categories: Meditations | Tags: BC Chefs, Callebaut, chocolate, Chocolate Arts, festival, Greg Hook, Roadhouse, Rubens, tea, Thierry, vodka, West Coast Chocolate Festival | No Comments »
Maybe your comfort food is macaroni and cheese, maybe it’s tomato soup. For Andrew Wong, the owner of Vancouver’s esteemed Wild Rice, it’s congee and sui mai and barbecued pork cha siu…the favorite…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Thursday, May 13th, 2010
Categories: Worship | Tags: asian, Comfort, culture, festival, heritage | 1 Comment »
Definitions of Crush: 1. To extract or obtain (juice) by pressing or squeezing (grapes). 2. a great crowd. 3. (slang) an object of one’s affection. 4. Cornucopia’s gala tasting event. After a full day of…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Sunday, November 29th, 2009
Categories: Guidance | Tags: cornucopia, cornucopia09, crush, event, festival, Whistler, Wine, wine tasting | No Comments »
I have a confession to make. I don’t like chocolate all that much. I don’t hate it and I’ve certainly been known to have a square of cacao or two with my espresso, but the excitement of going to a…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: alcohol, cacao, chocolate, festival, liquor, pairing, Scotch, single malt, vancouver, wccf, wccf09, whiskey, whisky | 2 Comments »
If nasty Vancouver water is “forcing” you to drink wine this weekend, you may need some cheese to go with it. Stop by Granville Island on Saturday or Sunday for Curds and Whey, the Granville Island Cheese…
Posted by: Erin Kampf on Friday, November 17th, 2006
Categories: Meditations | Tags: cheese, festival, Granville Island, vancouver, weekend | No Comments »