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Food trucks are a booming business. With lower startup costs, they certainly are a much more attractive option than a traditional restaurant. Have you taken into consideration the added expenses of gas, parking tickets,  and permits? What about the perceived competition by some brick-and-mortar restaurant owners? Some think a food truck will deter customers. There [...]

Providence Farm and Cowichan Chefs Table are co-presenting the 2nd Annual James Barber Fundraiser on Sunday, October 7, 2012, from noon until 4pm, at Providence Farm, 1843 Tzouhalem Road. The late James Barber, also known as Canada’s Urban Peasant, had a dream to install a wood burning oven at Providence Farm, replacing their existing ovens. The [...]

It’s summer, so what better time for a potluck dinner with some of Victoria’s food and cocktail bloggers on beautiful Gyro Beach in Saanich. Bring one of your favourite dishes or drink and join in! Gyro Beach is a beautiful kid-friendly beach with a playground and lots of room to run around, so bring the youngsters [...]

The 7th Annual Cowichan Wine & Culinary Festival will be presenting a Wine Symposium at the Malaspina University’s NEW Cowichan Campus on Saturday, September 17th and Sunday, September 18th. The Symposium will feature special guest speaker, author John Schreiner, Canada’s most prolific writer of books on wine. He has written 15 books on the subject since his first [...]

On September 14 – 18, 2011, the Cowichan Valley is hosting the Cowichan Wine and Culinary Festival. Twenty-six participants will be showcasing their top wines, beers, or ciders, as well as delicious taste bud-tickling treats. You can either pick up or download a map so you can plan out your epicurean trek through the Cowichan [...]

One of the highlights of Christmas at my parents’ house is Swedish Christmas Porridge (Julgröt). My mom makes it the night before so it’s ready to eat Christmas Day, between opening stockings and unwrapping those first presents. If you like rice pudding, you’ll LOVE this! It’s a pretty simple recipe – basically it’s rice pudding, [...]

Most people think of a wine tasting taking place under these circumstances: a small group of people in a wine cellar or special wine tasting room, taking a sip of wine, swirling it in your mouth, noting the flavours in the wine. Recently, I went to an altogether different kind of wine tasting at Church [...]