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Vancouver’s Best Farmers’ Markets: Part I – The big guys

by Remy Scalza in Green City on May 19, 2011

Photo Credit: Frogbox.com

It’s that time of year again. After months of gray skies and drizzle, the sun is shining, pale skin is finally getting a tan and the farmers’ markets have returned to Vancouver. The Trout Lake Farmers Market was among the first to open, kicking off the summer season on May 14. But they’re not the only game in town.

Here’s a quick rundown of Vancouver’s four major summer farmers’ markets. Check out my next post for a review of some lesser-known options.

Trout Lake Farmers’ Market, Open Saturdays from 9 a.m.-2 p.m., May 14-Oct. 22: Located in Trout Lake Park in East Vancouver, this market has been around since 1995 and features 48 vendors, including 30 selling primarily farm products. This year’s market features an expanded selection of farm-fresh beef, pork, seafood, cheese and eggs, in addition to the usual wide variety of fruits and vegetables. With vendors selling prepared food and crafts and hot food trucks, as well as a large picnic area at Trout Lake, this market has a lively, festival feel.

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Vancouver’s Best Farmers’ Markets: Part I – The big guys

Vancouver in a Day: Springtime in Vancouver

by Sean Horlor in videos on April 15, 2011

Looking for some adventure? You’ve come to the right city. No matter what time of year, when you start your day in Vancouver, it can take you anywhere.

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Vancouver in a Day: Springtime in Vancouver

Cook the ‘Hood – Recipes from Vancouver’s Favourite Neighbourhood Restaurants

by Dana Lynch in Food & Drink on September 6, 2010

Cookbooks tend to be practical guides, manuals to help you prepare a traditional meatloaf or cook with less salt or diet your way to a slimmer waistline. But cookbooks can be so much more. Regional cookbooks and cookbooks with recipes from your favourite restaurants are recipe guides, too, but they can also be souvenirs of a wonderful night out or a fabulous vacation, of a great meal enjoyed with close friends, of the flavours that remind you of home.

I love collecting local cookbooks; I also think they make killer gifts. Last Christmas, I wrote about the Top 5 Vancouver Restaurant Cookbooks as a great Vancouver gift idea; the list includes the latest offerings from Vancouver culinary stars like Blue Water Cafe + Raw Bar and West Restaurant.

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Cook the ‘Hood – Recipes from Vancouver’s Favourite Neighbourhood Restaurants

Candlelight Conservation Dinner – Dining by Candlelight at Las Margaritas

by Dana Lynch in Food & Drink on October 29, 2009

IMG_2347(4) Last night, Tourism Vancouver teamed up with BC Hydro Power Smart to bring Vancouver the Candlelight Conservation Dinner, a city-wide event featuring 30 of the best restaurants in town.

Each Candlelight Conservation Dinner restaurant—which included five-star award-winners Blue Water Cafe and Le Gavroche as well as family favourites Rocky Mountain Flatbread and the Old Spaghetti Factory—served dinner by candlelight, turning electric lights off or down low.

The goal was simple: Bring attention to the need for electricity conservation and help BC Hydro reduce future electricity demands across the province.

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Candlelight Conservation Dinner – Dining by Candlelight at Las Margaritas

Feeling the Heat? Jump in the Pool!

by Dana Lynch in Outside on July 16, 2009

Since my life (sadly) does not involve living—like a thirty-something Eloise—at a luxurious downtown hotel with its own, resort-like outdoor pool (Why? Why is that not my life?), I have to get my summer outdoor-pool-lovin’ fix in other ways. Luckily for everyone (luxury hotel dwellers included), Vancouver is home to some of the most magnificent, public outdoor pools on the planet.

Of course, I’m talking mostly about Kits Pool. As Robin pointed out in her profile of Kits Beach, Kits Pool is the longest, biggest salt-water pool in all of Canada—making it beyond ideal for swimmers—and its location is to die for: just off one of our best, most popular beaches and surrounded by views of the mountains and downtown Vancouver.

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Feeling the Heat? Jump in the Pool!

Vancouver’s Best Farmers’ Markets: Part I – The big guys

Vancouver in a Day: Springtime in Vancouver

Cook the ‘Hood – Recipes from Vancouver’s Favourite Neighbourhood Restaurants

Candlelight Conservation Dinner – Dining by Candlelight at Las Margaritas

Feeling the Heat? Jump in the Pool!

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