The first ever Victoria Hot Chocolate Festival is brewing up winter’s favourite beverages from January 20 to February 20, 2024. Participating cafés, eateries, and bakeries all around Victoria are ready to serve unique artisan flavours. One dollar from every hot chocolate sold will go to the BC SPCA Victoria Community Animal Center. Some of the…
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Drink Up The Flavours Of The 14th Annual Greater Vancouver Hot Chocolate Festival
Because “Chocolate Makes You Happy”, the 14th annual Greater Vancouver Hot Chocolate Festival returns to warm us on the cold winter days, January 13 to February 14, 2024. Since 2011, the ‘Original Hot Chocolate Festival’, presented by CityFood Media, has been brewing delicious chocolate creations. This year, the Festival has grown to 162 creative flavours…
Richmond Art Gallery Begins 2024 with a Pair of Exhibitions
From January 20 to March 31, 2024, Richmond Art Gallery (RAG) presents acclaimed Chinese artist Shen Xin’s first major solo show in Canada titled but this is the language we met in; ??????????, and a group exhibition Let the real world in, featuring works from an international line up of artists; Kirsten Leenaars, Yaimel López,…
12 Days of Christmas Price Index Reflects the Economy
For it’s 40th Season the PNC Christmas Price Index (CPI) has compared the cost for one set of each of the gifts given in the song “The Twelve Days of Christmas.” PNC compares the purchases against the costs from the previous year to produce the Index. With inflation still top of mind for everyone’s budget it’s perhaps a…
Vancouver Foodster x Dine Out Festival Events coming in January
Canada’s largest food and drink festival, Dine Out Vancouver is coming back January 17 to February 4, 2024. While we wait for the restaurant menus and reservations to be announced in January, check out the list of fun, foodie events taking place throughout the festival. During the Dine Out Vancouver Festival, Vancouver Foodster will produce…
A Baker’s Half-Dozen Spots To Find Holiday Baking Treats For The 2023 Festive Season
Christmas Cookies, Fruitcake, Stollen, Puddings, are all flavours of the Holidays, but baking them yourselves can be very time consuming. Your valuable time, and expensive ingredients you might tonly use once a year, is it worth it to do-it-yourselft? Why not leave the baking to someone else? Vancouver has a whole host of bakeries to help…
6 Holiday-To-Go Dinner Options for 2023
As we flip the calendar to December, is it time to start thinking of what to do for your holiday meal? Start your shopping list to cook your own spread, book a table at one of the many local restaurants serving Christmas dinner, or enjoy the comforts of home with family and friends with a…