Posted in Drinks, Joyce, Meat, Okanagan, Travel, Wine, Wine Series, tagged BC wines, British Columbia, charcuterie, Covert Farms, ExploreBC, Farm to Table, Farm Tour, Okanagan, Oliver, Route 97, South Okanagan, Thompson Okanagan, Tour, U-Pick, Vintage Mercury Pickup, VQA, Wine Tasting, Wines of British Columbia on August 1, 2018| Leave a Comment »
What is it like to be driven around in a 1952 Vintage Mercury Pickup? An experience only found at Covert Farm! It’s an 1.5-hour tour on the 650-acre farm, and let me tell you all about it.
As soon as Mr. and I arrived at the farmhouse and signed in, we were ushered towards the vintage truck. It’s in a bright red colour and you couldn’t miss it. (more…)
Posted in Beer, Bryan, Craft Beer Series, Drinks, Product Reviews, tagged British Columbia, Central City Brewing, craft beer, Moon Under Water, Parallel 49 Brewing Company, Pumpkin Ale, Tree Brewing Co. on November 4, 2013| 1 Comment »
[Editor’s Note: Congratulations to Bryan on his debut post! Please enjoy!]
It’s Fall! And you know what that means? Pumpkin Season! That means Pumpkin Pies, Pumpkin Soup, Funny-faced Pumpkins sitting in front of people’s doors, and most importantly – Pumpkin Beer!
Anyone wandering through the craft beer section at a local liquor store has probably noticed the influx of orange-labelled pumpkin beers that come to dominate the shelves every October/early November. So I decided, in service to you dear readers (and maybe a bit to me), that I would dive into the plethora of options and start taste-testing!
Central City Brewing Company – Red Racer Spiced Pumpkin Ale – 5% ABV
Clear copper colour with a nice beige head and a pumpkin aroma. (more…)
Posted in Cooking Competition, Culinary Events, Joyce, News, Vancouver, tagged Anthony Walsh, Black Box Competition, British Columbia, Bursary, Canada, culinary competition, David Hawksworth, Hawksworth Restaurant, Hawksworth Young Chef Scholarship Competition, Jacob Richler, Kelowna, Kristian Eligh, Mark McEwan, Normand Laprise, Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts, Red Seal, Scholarship, Scott Jaeger, Vikram Vij on October 31, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Last weekend, one young chef was crowned the winner of the inaugural Hawksworth Young Chef Scholarship Competition. The Hawksworth Young Chef Scholarship program is a non-profit culinary foundation created to recognize and inspire young Canadian chefs, while promoting professionalism and culinary excellence within the hospitality industry. To be eligible, they must be Canadian chefs under 28, with a Red Seal certification, and are working full-time in a professional kitchen. 10 finalists across Canada were selected:
During Round 1 of the competition, these ten finalists competed against each other to create a main course dish for two within two hours, using provided ingredients. The top 3 finalists then moved on to Round 2, the black box challenge. They had two hours and fifteen minutes to cook a main course and dessert using mystery ingredients from the black box.
My guest reporter Terence checked out Round 2 of the competition at the Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts and watched the following candidates compete for a chance to receive a $10,000 bursary, provided by the Chefs’ Table Society of BC, and a stage at a leading international restaurant.
From left: Carmen Ingham, Paul Moran & Brad Masciotra (Photo credit: Hawksworth Young Chef Scholarship Twitter feed @HawkScholarship)
The black box ingredients were (more…)
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