There Are Plenty of Ways to Celebrate National Pizza Day in Vancouver!

Rocky Mountain Flatbread Co. Frying Pan Pizza Kit; Photo: Tara Lee

National Pizza Day takes place on February 9 but let’s be honest: many of us have a hankering for pizza daily, especially given the number of establishments in Vancouver that have taken this city’s pizza game up a serious notch.

Take the home pizza kit from Rocky Mountain Flatbread as an example. There was a time when making pizza at home basically consisted of heating up a mass-produced frozen product. Now, thanks to Rocky Mountain Flatbread, that beautifully charred crust and the fresh, high quality ingredients that you associate with restaurant pizza can happen at home.

And there are many other places all around the city offering pizza that you can try in the lead up to – and after National Pizza Day!

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There Are Plenty of Ways to Celebrate National Pizza Day in Vancouver!

Vancouver Restaurant Meal Kits for Cooking Like a Pro at Home

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At this point in the pandemic, you may be experienced cooking fatigue after prepping and preparing often three meals a day, seven days a week. Coming up with ideas of what to make, shopping for ingredients, and then executing your plan can become tedious.

Many Vancouver restaurants have been resourceful in the pandemic by diversifying their food offerings beyond dine-in options to include handy meal kits that taste like a meal at the restaurant with very little stress on your part.

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Vancouver Restaurant Meal Kits for Cooking Like a Pro at Home

National Maple Syrup Day: Vancouver Chefs Gets Creative with Maple Syrup

Image: The Vancouver Fish Company

Today, December 17, is National Maple Syrup Day, a chance to celebrate the sweet tree sap that has become a quintessential Canadian food product. According to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canada produces 85% of the maple syrup in the globe from its sugar, black, and red maples, mainly located in Eastern Canada.

Here on the west coast, there are a range of artisanal small producers in the Okanagan and Vancouver Island, many of which harvest from bigleaf maples.

Vancouver chefs use this complex natural sweetener in both their savoury and sweet creations, giving you plenty of ways to enjoy maple syrup today as well as every day.

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National Maple Syrup Day: Vancouver Chefs Gets Creative with Maple Syrup