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New FEAST! Vancouver celebrates gathering over food and drink

Culinary fest features collaborative dinners, masterclasses, cocktails, a grand tasting, and more with chefs from across Canada

At L'Abattoir, pastry chef Oliver Bernardino is serious about the business of desserts

From mille feuille to rice pudding, the culinary artist and Sauder School grad crafts foods to make people happy

CULINARYGail JohnsonFebruary 16, 2023pastry, L'Abattoir, Lee Cooper, Vancouver restaurants, Vancouver food, culinary arts, culinary

Whistler food: A world of flavours sits next to the slopes

Goan, Thai, and Alpine culinary experiences are 2023 highlights

CULINARYGail JohnsonJanuary 4, 2023Whistler, Whistler food, culinary, restaurants, Thai food

Vancouver's Salmon n' Bannock becomes first Indigenous restaurant in a Canadian airport

The city’s only Indigenous-owned and -operated restaurant opens sister eatery, Salmon n’ Bannock On The Fly, at YVR on December 19

Gift Guide: 14 cookbooks for the culture vultures and culinary artists on your list

Québécois, Persian, Palestinian, African, and Jewish cuisines are among those featured in standout 2022 titles; then there are some killer desserts

Thanksgiving feasts in Vancouver fuse flavours, bridge cultures

Plus: Stir’s curated list of extra-special food and drink on offer this holiday weekend

CULINARYGail JohnsonOctober 5, 2021Vancouver food, culinary, Thanksgiving

Stir Pairing: An outdoor dance pop-up on Granville Island kicks off fall

New Works presents performances outside the Public Market; we make a day of it with Popina Cantina and a Prosecco-style wine from Hester Creek

DANCE, CULINARYGail JohnsonSeptember 21, 2021BC wine, culinary, dance, food

Local chef Tommy Shorthouse cooks up a culture of sustainability

Helming the kitchen at Fanny Bay Oyster Bar, the fan of “odd” fish sees his work as a science and an art

CULINARYGail JohnsonAugust 19, 2021culinary, Vancouver food

Vancouver chef Jean-Francis Quaglia of Provence Marinaside named a Knight by the French Government

Now a Chevalier, the Marseille native joins just three other food and wine experts in B.C. to earn the honour from France

CULINARYGail JohnsonAugust 19, 2021culinary, French food, Provence Marinaside

Art Boozel blends cocktail culture with the art world

New book by Jennifer Croll and Kelly Shami features original recipes for drinks inspired by everyone from Salvador Dalí to Frida Kahlo to the Guerilla Girls

CULINARY, READGail JohnsonAugust 16, 2021read, books, BC books, culinary, cocktails

From Argentina to the Okanagan, B.C. winemaker Leandro Nosal sees parallels between the two wine regions

The Mendoza native, now at Tinhorn Creek Vineyards, first learned about wine culture through his grandmother

CULINARYGail JohnsonAugust 13, 2021wine, BC Wine, Tinhorn Creek Vineyards, culinary

Queer Arts Festival's Language as a Virus takes storytelling in radical directions, to August 13

The sonic-art installation from artist Bobbi Kozinuk explores how the pandemic has affected queer and diverse communities

Dining review: Whistler's Alta Bistro puts the art in culinary arts in collaboration with Audain Art Museum

The summertime Alta + Audain Fine Dining Art Experience feeds all the senses

Stirred, Not Shaken: Straight & Marrow’s Bent, Not Broken rethinks James Bond’s Vesper Martini

The East Vancouver restaurant’s cocktail makes for a multisensory experience

CULINARYGail JohnsonJuly 23, 2021culinary, cocktails, Straight & Marrow

Stirred, Not Shaken: Strawberry Youth at Vancouver's Oakridge x Pac Rim Patio evokes a summery mood

Fairmont Pacific Rim creative beverage director Grant Sceney combines fresh garden favourites with Botanist Gin and Champagne for this al fresco cocktail

CULINARY, DRINKGail JohnsonJuly 18, 2021culinary, Cocktails