Category: Vancouver
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HoCho Fest 2016: 2, 3, 4, 5
Each year, the Vancouver Hot Chocolate Festival brings together cafes, confectionaries, and restaurants to create specialty hot chocolate beverages to fundraise for a great cause. This year, proceeds of the festival will be going towards supporting the Downtown Eastside Women’s Job Training Program of the PHS Community Services Society and East Van Roasters. Each year,…
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Pumpkin Challenge 2015: Days 26 – 31
What a month of pumpkin goodness! Thanks for sticking around for the ride if you have until now. Below, the final 6 days… Day 26: Yonanas Pumpkin Green Smoothie Day 27: Pumpkin Scone (courtesy of Cobs Bread) Day 28: Vegan Pumpkin Cinnamon Roll (courtesy of Edible Flours) Day 29: Vegan Pumpkin Pudding Bread (courtesy of…
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Kizzy’s Macarons
Recently, I was asked to take product shots for a BC-based company called Kizzy’s Macarons. “So what you’re saying is… You want to hire me to do food photography…?OKAY.” That was how that conversation went. I would like to share a few of the photos I took and encourage you to check out Kizzy’s if you…
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‘Tis the Season… For Farmers Markets!
A personal goal for this summer is to attend as many farmers markets as I am reasonably able to, because I love how it feels to be supporting local growers and buying ethically-sourced food and goods! Here is a (growing) list of farmers markets I hope to attend: West End Saturdays, 9:00AM – 2:00PM, May…
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HoChos 20, 21
Saying good-bye is difficult, and I am an emotional person.This festival has been a great deal of photographic and palatable fun! It is always a pleasure to connect and re-connect with people through hot chocolate adventures during the festival weeks, and I love having the project of visiting the *locations each year.* I should note…
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HoChos 17, 18, 19, 20
HoCho #17: Rainforest, Bel Café (~ $8.00) I enjoyed this beverage in good company on a very, very rainy Vancouver evening. With the clock reminding us that only 20 minutes remained to complete our drink, we dove in – me with my whipped-creamless concoction, and my comrades with their colour-topped artistries, so-called the Rainforest by Bel Cafe.The…
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HoChos 13, 14, 15, and 16
I think that my eyes have become a deeper, more rich and decadent brown colour since mid-January. Look into my eyes and its easy to see – one and one makes chocolate, and two and one makes chocolate, it was destinyyyy. (Tenacious D remix) HoCho #13: Ed’s Favourite, Shokolade Artisan Chocolate ($5.25) The trek out to East Vancouver is worth…
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HoChos 9, 10, 11, and 12
Whooooooooa… We’re half-way there…WhoooooOOOAA! Chocolate everywheere… February 1st! I do not know where the month of January went, but I recall glimpses of events and timetables and a lot of chocolate towards the end. As a student, I find this point in the Hot Chocolate Festival challenging: Professors are beginning to remind their classes about upcoming…
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HoChos 5, 6, 7, 8
Continuing on, the hot chocolate locations become further away from campus, and busy downtown areas and quirky Main Street locations become main stops to find new cocoa flavours and cafe experiences. HoCho #5: Praliné Chocolat, Chocolaterie da la Nouvelle France (~$5.75) There are four festival beverages offered at Nouvelle this year, and my company and…
In a Tizzy 