Scout Magazine threw a quick and dirty q&a my way recently – check out the piece here.
Scout is a fantastic online magazine that covers food, culture, life and style in Vancouver, the ultimate go-to guide to good living. Great for restaurant reviews and discovering what other cool folks in the city are up to.
Creative Room and Vancouver Special have teamed up for the first annual Gingerbread Competition and Charity auction, and they’re challenging 10 architects and design teams to let go of the gingerbread houses of yesteryear and pave the way for modern gingerbread houses of tomorrow!
Continue reading ‘Architects Design Gingerbread Houses for Charity’
Apparently I’ve been living under a rock, because the Revel Room has been open for about a month just down the road in Gastown and I hadn’t even heard of it until yesterday. Shame on me.
Discussed some big ideas with friends over share plates – the naan bread with roasted garlic, gorgonzola and tomato relish was delicious, as was the daily soup (a coconut/curry vegetable concoction), grilled asparagus and the Chinatown fried rice. My only concessions were that the menu is very meaty and I’m veggie (although the kitchen was very accommodating and put all of the meat in side dishes for us), and the Caesar salad dressing tasted a bit too much like mayo. Next time I will try the fennel + tomato gratin, grilled polenta, and seared albacore tuna. Yum.
The restaurant spans across two floors and was entirely renovated before opening, resulting in an interior marked by warm decor and ambient lighting. And here is the tip you really need to know: though Gastown is an “up and coming” neighbourhood, the lounges (ie. Chill Winston, Six Acres, etc) in the area haven’t quite caught up and liquor licenses generally shut things down by 1am. The Revel Room, however, has their license until 2am. Game on for late(r) night drinking!
I recently posted on Dove Chocolates and the Pleasure Kit I received, and they’ve just informed me that they’re still looking for women across Canada to receive free chocolate to try out and share with friends.
You need to be a female between 25-45 living in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver, and a chocolate lover who is socially active both in the real world and online. If that sounds like you and you’d like to receive a kit containing a ton of chocolate, journal, wine glass and foot pamper pouch all tucked into a handy tote bag, then click here to complete the pre-qualifying survey.
Horray for chocolate!
My mom handed off this old recipe box that belonged to my Grandma – she had so many recipes, so this is just one of many boxes. My Grandpa made this one out of an old cupboard, and I hadn’t really gone through it until today. Mostly desserts, but I love these old housekeeping and hosting tips:
“Sherry before dinner is in good company with: tiny, sizzling pork sausages mounted on a whole golden grapefruit. crackers and a cheese spread mixed with finely chopped pickles and chives. thin slices of chipped beef rolled around a cream cheese and horseradish filling.”
I’ve been back on the Dubonnet train lately, and I want to learn more about other fortified wines such as sherry and port – this little card reminded me of that!
Dessert wines 101: Wikipedia explains that, “After fermentation is complete, sherry is fortified with brandy. Because the fortification takes place after fermentation, all natural sherries are dry; any sweetness is applied later. In contrast, port wine is fortified halfway through fermentation, stopping fermentation so not all the sugars are allowed to turn into alcohol and so leaving a sweet wine.”
I may add some more photos soon, as there’s a great old magazine pull out called “Summertime drinks” with 5 tasty recipes that will be nice to share once the sun comes out again.
300 women across Canada were selected to receive a Dove Chocolate Pleasure kit, which included 20 purse packs (small boxes containing 4 individually wrapped chocolate pieces), 4 chocolate bars, 3 cartons containing individually wrapped chocolate pieces, a journal, a foot pamper pouch, a tote bag and a wine glass – and I was one of them. This is a really efficient way to market a product, I think. My friends love me right now, as I am continually feeding them chocolate. I carry chocolate around in my purse, and I even have a little bowl of chocolate treats on our coffee table, just like Grandma.
Each individually wrapped piece has a printed note inside – some are cheesy and cute (“Read a trashy novel,” “A push up bra isn’t cheating,”) while others prompted unsavoury memories (“Remember your first,” — no, thanks). When opening them with friends, it’s really easy to find relevance in the little messages and have a good laugh over them. Like fortune cookies!
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