Are you hosting this New Year’s Eve? I sure am! And while I love the idea of creating delicious appetizers for my guests, it all starts with the perfect cocktail to start the evening. The Winter Whiteout Negroni makes for the perfect welcome drink, while the French 75 is the ideal cocktail at the stroke…
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Taste Your Way through Whistler Cornucopia
Whistler’s popular annual food and wine festival, Whistler Cornucopia, is back this month! Celebrating it’s 22nd year, Cornucopia takes place November 8-18, 2018. Two weeks of dining events, tastings, drink seminars, and parties, there’s plenty to experience in Whistler before the start of the ski/snowboard season. Local Whistler restaurateurs and visiting B.C. and Canadian chefs alike have…
Easy End-of-Summer Party Ideas with Bacardi Rum #Recipes
I can’t believe summer has come and gone and what better way to say farewell than to throw an end of summer bash before the first day of fall! But what cocktails to make, and what about decor? We have a checklist below that includes tasty Bacardi Rum cocktails for guests to stay refreshed alongside…
Savour: Evening with Ned Bell & Best Buy Canada
Last week I was one of several lucky media guests invited by Best Buy Canada to an intimate evening dinner with Ned Bell, Ocean Wise executive chef at the Vancouver Aquarium. Savour was a memorable dining experience in the heart of Yaletown. An empty storefront was transformed into a longtable dining room, with decor mimicking…
This Father’s Day, Celebrate him with Bacardi
Introducing BACARDÍ’s two new premium rums that dad has never tried – BACARDÍ Añejo Cuatro and BACARDÍ Gran Reserva Diez! The two new rums join BACARDÍ Reserva Ocho to offer a range of diverse, expertly crafted rums. Barrel-aged for a minimum of eight years with a rich, velvety body, BACARDÍ Reserva Ocho is enjoyed neat/on the rocks! It has a deep golden colour and has warming notes of butterscotch, nutmeg…
Recap: Whistler Cornucopia’s Poured
During last weekend’s Whistler Cornucopia food & wine festival, the signature drink event Poured took place on Saturday evening. Similar to the Night Market the night before (see my recap on that event here), Poured was hosted at the Whistler Conference Centre and displayed various stations/booths of beer, wine and spirits, along with a few…
Classic Summer Entertaining with Pinnacle Vodka
Canadians love their summer, and for good reason – the season is so short, blink and you miss it. So we truly make the best of it. And what better way to enjoy our summer than with good friends, good food and of course, good drinks! So as we’re approaching the last long weekend of…
Maille Flavour Studio Recap
This past Saturday was the Columbia StEAT Food Truck Festival in New Westminster. I was invited down to a special VIP opening of the Maille Flavour Studio where headmaster mustard sommelier, Harry Lalousis, taught us about how we can incorporate mustard into various dishes, including desserts and cocktails! Did you know Maille has been around for over 300 years,…
Pizza with Chef Mark McEwan #HowDoYouJohnsonville
Thanks to Johnsonville Canada, I had the opportunity to attend the #HowDoYouJohnsonville media event this week at the newly opened David Hawksworth restaurant, Nightingale. The event was to promote the partnership between Canadian celebrity Chef Mark McEwan and Johnsonville. Mark McEwan has several of his recipes featured on the Johnsonville website and is a spokesperson for Johnsonville sausages. For this particular…
Enjoy World Cucumber Day with this Hendrick’s Gin Cocktail
With 14th June just days away, Hendrick’s Gin urges you to observe their tips on keeping your cat calm and comfortable this World Cucumber Day. In honour of World Cucumber Day, Hendrick’s Global Brand Ambassador, Duncan McRae, has created a most unusual of cocktails – The Catnip & Cucumber Cooler – to celebrate in style, knowing cats…
Mary in Vancity 