Articles — Stir

Kanadell Japanese Bakery serves up sandos—and nostalgia—on fluffy milk bread

Keiko Nakanishi recently expanded her East Van bakery to include a Japanese food market

CULINARYStir VancouverOctober 13, 2021CULINARY, Japanese food

Stir Wine Pairing: A public-art tour via 2021 BIKEnnale/WALKennale calls for an artful picnic

We’re following the self-guided, outdoor cultural tours with a board from the new Charcuterie Vancouver shop and a bottle of Liber Farm & Winery’s organic Merlot

CULINARY, ART & DESIGNGail JohnsonOctober 8, 2021CULINARY, wine, BC wine, BC wineries, Evelyn Lau, Wine, wine pairing, Vancouver Biennale

Thanksgiving feasts in Vancouver fuse flavours, bridge cultures

Plus: Stir’s curated list of extra-special food and drink on offer this holiday weekend

CULINARYGail JohnsonOctober 5, 2021Vancouver food, culinary, Thanksgiving

Local Indigenous duo share their culture through bannock

Kelsey Coutts and Destiny Hoostie recently launched Bangin’ Bannock based on the bread that’s close to their hearts

CULINARYGail JohnsonSeptember 28, 2021bannock, Bangin' Bannock, Indigenous food, Indigenous

Stir Pairing: An outdoor dance pop-up on Granville Island kicks off fall

New Works presents performances outside the Public Market; we make a day of it with Popina Cantina and a Prosecco-style wine from Hester Creek

DANCE, CULINARYGail JohnsonSeptember 21, 2021BC wine, culinary, dance, food

Vancouver pastry chef crafts creative mooncakes for Mid-Autumn Festival

Buttermere Patisserie’s Jamie Tung launches a new collection inspired by the Chinese moon goddess

CULINARY, FESTSGail JohnsonSeptember 14, 2021Buttermere, Mid-Autumn Festival, Asian food, mooncakes

Stir Pairing: Prohibition inspires one-woman Fringe show, and a new Vancouver restaurant

A Toast to Prohibition is Melanie Gall’s new historic musical; Laowai is a hidden lounge and eatery in Chinatown

CULINARY, FESTS, THEATREGail JohnsonSeptember 11, 2021CULINARY, Vancouver Fringe Festival, fests, theatre, Fringe Fest, the Fringe

East meets West in worldly chef Denice Wai’s fusion food

Splitting her time between Hong Kong and Vancouver, the culinary artist creates a multicultural dish for TAIWANfest

CULINARY, FESTSGail JohnsonSeptember 9, 2021TAIWANfest, food, Vancouver food

Stir Wine Pairing: A collage of colours and flavours comes together through this match-up of the Cultch Gallery, Vennie's, and IMBZZL

We’re chasing the Collage Works exhibition by Ginger Sedlarova and Seema Shah with a stop at a new sub shop on Venables and a just-launched Okanagan-grown rosé

Super Dishes brings Egyptian cuisine to Vancouver

Alexandria native Huda Abd Elhamid makes items like koshery, the ancient country’s national dish

CULINARYGail JohnsonAugust 31, 2021food, Egyptian cuisine, Coho Commissary, Flavours of Hope

Light Up Chinatown! celebrates Vancouver’s historic neighbourhood, September 11 and 12

Live music and dance, culinary collaborations, and more aim to reconnect people with the community that’s been hard hit by the pandemic

Zarak, a modern Afghan restaurant coming to Vancouver, embodies hope for Afghanistan

From the same team behind South Surrey’s popular Afghan Kitchen, the forthcoming spot is a dream for Kabul native Hassib Sarwari

CULINARYGail JohnsonAugust 21, 2021Afghanistan, Zarak, Afghan Kitchen

Local chef Tommy Shorthouse cooks up a culture of sustainability

Helming the kitchen at Fanny Bay Oyster Bar, the fan of “odd” fish sees his work as a science and an art

CULINARYGail JohnsonAugust 19, 2021culinary, Vancouver food

Vancouver chef Jean-Francis Quaglia of Provence Marinaside named a Knight by the French Government

Now a Chevalier, the Marseille native joins just three other food and wine experts in B.C. to earn the honour from France

CULINARYGail JohnsonAugust 19, 2021culinary, French food, Provence Marinaside

Art Boozel blends cocktail culture with the art world

New book by Jennifer Croll and Kelly Shami features original recipes for drinks inspired by everyone from Salvador Dalí to Frida Kahlo to the Guerilla Girls

CULINARY, READGail JohnsonAugust 16, 2021read, books, BC books, culinary, cocktails