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Posted by | January 5, 2020
East Coast Adventure 2019

Oh, hello East Coast. Before I fill you on the details of our east coast adventure, I thought I’d rewind a little to share how Melissa and I first met...

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Posted by | December 18, 2019
Festive Feels: Winemaker’s Pairing Suggestions This Christmas

Ah, the holiday season – a time to eat, drink and be merry with a sprinkling of the white stuff (snow, that is). After all the planning, the running around,...

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Posted by | December 11, 2019
12 Kelowna Comfort Food Bites to Keep You Cozy This Winter

Whether you’re ready or not, winter is on its way. As the temperature drops and days get shorter, I think it’s time to indulge a little. Because food makes things...

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Posted by | December 3, 2019
A Holiday Gift Guide for Foodies

(Because food people are the best people) Guiding you through those gift-giving decisions for the foodie in your life, so you can concentrate on the important things like drinking wine,...

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Posted by | October 4, 2019
The Imperfect Environmentalist

Napa North, Canada’s Culinary Paradise, a four-season playground, or just a bloody awesome place where even locals can feel like tourists. We can go outside and play! We have lakes,...

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Posted by | October 4, 2019
Feast On!

I’d take experiences over things any day of the week and fortunately for me, adventures in my own backyard are a real and frequent thing. Being seriously solar powered, as...

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Posted by | September 12, 2019
6 new things to check out in Penticton

The South Okanagan has always made me swoon. The drive alone from Peachland to Summerland is enough to do that. Recently, there’s been an explosion of new things to really...

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Posted by | July 16, 2019
SOURCED: A History

Put simply, I tell stories with food. For me, this food thing just kind of, sort of happened – I don’t have kitchen papers, but I do have this marketing...

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Posted by | July 10, 2019
Food is Pain

Food is Good. Food is Sex. Food is Pain. I remember reading Anthony Bourdain’s ‘Kitchen Confidential’ shortly after closing our family restaurant and thinking ‘yes’ – someone was able to put in...

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Posted by | April 19, 2019
#BalanceForBetter

#BalanceForBetter: third annual International Women's Day Dinner

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