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Food & Drink

New convention for growers

Jan 10, 2024 / 7:00 pm

Photo: Pexels A new project from the B.C. Ministry of Agriculture in partnership with tree fruit and grape industries will be presented at the Penticton Trade and Convention Centre next month. The Southern Interior Horticultural Show will take place from February 16-17 to provide produ

Eat your way across BC

Jan 8, 2024 / 1:09 pm

Photo: Contributed OAK + CRU Social Kitchen & Wine Bar Dine Around 2024 is right around the corner. The British Columbia Restaurant and Foodservice Association is getting ready to serve up culinary excellence for its annual celebration starting next week. Starting Jan. 17 rig

Quails' Gate 2021 Queue

Jan 7, 2024 / 4:00 am

Photo: Contributed Wine: Quails’ Gate 2021 Queue Winery: Quails’ Gate Estate Vineyard Why drink it: Queue is a new addition to the Quails’ Gate lineup and is part of the winery’s Distinction Collection, a small lots program of experimental and small productio

A new year and new trends

Jan 6, 2024 / 4:00 am

Photo: Contributed Those in the know say ube will be the flavour of the year for 2024 When I heard that Pantone, the company that categorizes colours for design, chose “Peach Fuzz” as the colour for 2024, I knew this week’s column had to be about the food trends for t

Dog-meat stereotype persists

Jan 4, 2024 / 6:19 am

Photo: The Canadian Press Crispy Pork Belly is presented at "Love & Thai" restaurant in Fresno, Calif. on Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. The Thai restaurant, is back in operation after being wrongfully accused of abusing a dog to turn it into meat. It may be astonishing to some that

Instant ramen from machine

Jan 2, 2024 / 4:00 am

Chelsey Mutter Vernon is home to the Okanagan’s first instant ramen machine. The EZ Cook machine can be found at Rich Tea, allowing people to make their own customizable ramen or hot pot. Owner Daryl Andrade says the machines are popular in South Korea, and are slowly gaining popu

Evolve Pink Effervescence

Dec 31, 2023 / 4:00 am

Photo: Contributed Wine: Evolve Pink Effervescence Winery: Time Family of Wines, Evolve Cellars Why drink it: Winemaker Lynzee Schatz started her career at Summerhill Pyramid Winery before going to school in Australia. She worked vintages at Tawse in Ontario and California’s D

Food banks rising demand

Dec 30, 2023 / 3:40 pm

Photo: The Canadian Press Boxes of donated food items are shown at the Moisson Montreal food bank in Montreal, Saturday, December 7, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes Increasing demand for food assistance this year, coupled with a regular spike in users during the holiday season,

Auld Lang Syne

Dec 30, 2023 / 4:00 am

Photo: Contributed Here we are, at the end of another year. Now that all the hustle and bustle of Christmas is done, it’s time to focus on winding up the year in style. There is reminiscing to do and the setting of new goals. When it comes down to ringing in the New Year, we a

Crush of money for local biz

Dec 29, 2023 / 7:00 pm

Photo: Crush Dynamics A Summerland company that uses wine waste to produce a high-performance food ingredient recently received nearly $2 million in government funding to fund a project that will attempt to reduce sugar content in chocolate. Crush Dynamics received the money from the C

Beat the holiday hangover

Dec 28, 2023 / 4:00 am

Photo: Pexels If holiday family gatherings had you nursing a hangover – here's some advice before 'never again' becomes 'one more time' on New Year's Eve. The easiest way to avoid a hangover is not to drink at all, or modestly at least. But as one drink tu

Classic Cabernet Sauvignon

Dec 24, 2023 / 4:00 am

Photo: Contributed Wine: Jackson-Triggs, Okanagan Estate 2021 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon Winery: Jackson-Triggs Estate Wines Why drink it: This classic OK Cab Sauv is just what you need as a weeknight red or Christmas toast when you realize you’ve overspent on your holiday sho

What are sugar plums?

Dec 23, 2023 / 4:00 am

Photo: Contributed I mentioned the tale last week of The Night Before Christmas. Do you remember how it starts out, with children dreaming of sugar plums? Did you, like me, wonder what those were? Well, in hopes you have a bit of time this week to reminisce and wonder about such superf

A sip for the season

Dec 18, 2023 / 11:37 am

Photo: Okanagan Spirits A special seasonal sip from Vernon's Okanagan Spirits Craft Distillery helps support a much-loved cultural phenomenon in the North Okanagan. "Proceeds from each bottle of Winter Spiced Whisky sold will help fund our talented friends at Caravan Farm Thea

Tims to bring dutchie back

Dec 18, 2023 / 5:56 am

Photo: The Canadian Press For roughly two decades, Canadians have been telling Tim Hortons something's missing from the company's menu: The dutchie.  The sweet, square-shaped treat speckled with raisins dates back to the brand's 1964 inception but was taken off the men

Sip the holiday sweetness

Dec 17, 2023 / 4:00 am

Photo: Contributed Wine: Rara Avis Winery: Kalala Organic Estate Winery Why drink it? Rara Avis means “rare bird” in Latin, and the wine is definitely that, a fruit wine made from organic haskap berries grown at Echo Haskap Farm near Lumley in the Creighton Valley. The i

Tourism board adds expert

Dec 16, 2023 / 2:00 pm

Photo: Contributed Tourism Big White Society has added an experienced professional and new member of its community to its board of directors. Matthew Hick, who is the owner and CEO of alluraDirect, is the newest member of the board and brings plenty of short-term rental experience. He

Christmas traditions

Dec 16, 2023 / 4:00 am

Photo: Pixabay Here we are, less than two weeks from Christmas. The kids will be on winter break from school soon and everyone will be in holiday mode. Even though the sales have been on for ages, it seems there are still people crowding the shops and markets in preparations for the bi

Open for business - again

Dec 15, 2023 / 4:00 am

Photo: Tracey Prediger A popular Vernon breakfast spot has a new lease on life. Lunch Matters, Breakfast Too, in the city's downtown core, closed its doors more than a year ago – but has now been resurrected, thanks to local businessman Gary Batula. Batula is no stranger t

Winery gives back to SPCA

Dec 12, 2023 / 7:00 pm

Photo: Contributed Despite dealing with a challenging 2023 season, one Penticton winery wanted to make sure they could set aside donations for a cause close to their heart. Da Silva Vineyards & Winery donated $1,686.50 to the South Okanagan/Similkameen SPCA last month, just in time
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