Tocador – Cocktails and Cuban Inspired Eats in Mount Pleasant

Cuban inspired restaurant in Vancouver? You don't see many of them around, but there's one right in Mount Pleasant. Tocador opened just last year and it's all about the cocktail menu and share plates. I actually had the pleasure to interview one of its co-owners, Guy, a few years ago. This time, I was invited to sample the menu at Tocador.

[Recipe] Fresh Peach Pie

Now that summer is behind us, it's time to celebrate the bounty of fall stone fruit such as peaches and apples. With our trip to the Okanagan, we of course bought some gorgeous peaches. And what do you do when you have a lot to go through? You can freeze them, canned them, give them away...for us, we made pie!

[News] Tomorrow: Pirate Pak Day returns for its 7th year

If you have been keeping track, you would know that we are just one day away from White Spot's annual Pirate Pak Day. Tomorrow, and tomorrow only, August 13, 2014, White Spot will once again make available its popular Adult Pirate Paks.

Celebrate #BCVeggieDay on March 20

March 20 will be declared BC Veggie Day in a special proclamation to celebrate the annual springtime arrival of locally greenhouse grown vegetables from BC’s 42 greenhouse growers located throughout the Lower Mainland. There will be a celebration party at the Vancouver Art Gallery from 11am to 2pm on that day.

Edible Canada at the Market

As part of the birthday festivities, my family and I went to Edible Canada at the Market. I have been wanting to eat there since Edible Canada moved out of the Granville Market to a stand-alone location.

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