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Recipe: Grilled Seafood Salad
Celebrate the bounty of the Pacific Ocean by making this delicious recipe for Grilled Seafood Salad. A variety of local seafood is marinated and grilled over a barbecue before being tossed with a homemade chimichurri sauce. You can serve this salad can be served as a main dish or as a side dish and is guaranteed to impress your friends and family this summer!
Recipe: Grilled Zucchini & Burrata Salad
This grilled Zucchini & Burrata Salad is a great way to celebrate the summer…and zucchini season! Fresh zucchini ribbons are grilled to perfection and are dressed with a delicate vinaigrette. Topped off with creamy burrata and lots of fresh basil, this is a recipe that everyone will enjoy!
Chef Spotlight Series: Israel Alvarez Molina, Maiiz Nixtamal
In our Chef Spotlight Series, we were able to catch up with Israel Alvarez Molina, the Chef behind the insanely delicious corn tortillas that are Maiiz Nixtamal. Israel grew up with an appreciation for fresh, high-quality food visiting markets with his mother and grandmother. From there, at 19, he completed a two-year program at the Centro Universitario de Artes Culinarias, in Mexico City and continued that training in Spain at the Centro Superior de Hosteleria de Galicia. After his four-year education, he was Chef de Cuisine at Pujol Mexico City until life brought him to Vancouver Island to make the tortillas he’s loved his whole life!
Weddings… with a chance of showers
Weddings are back in full force, now more than ever as the event industry is booming with couples wishing to tie the knot after waiting almost two years to enjoy their special day. And in anticipation of this milestone, wedding showers are also on the rise and there are so many fun and creative ways …
Chef Spotlight Series: Sarah Maw, Friends of Dorothy (FOD)
Leading the kitchen of Friends of Dorothy is Chef Sarah Maw. Sarah is young, female, and queer, which makes her an anomaly in the world of chefs. She’s an ambitious Chef who regularly enters culinary competitions, and motivates her team to get creative in the kitchen! We caught up with Sarah as part of our chef spotlight series to learn more about her and how to make her perfect Lamb Merguez Meatball!
Chef Spotlight Series: Chef Harris Bredin–The Hallway
Our Chef spotlight series brings us to The Hallway. Opened during the pandemic, this social gathering sanctuary boasts a large handcrafted cocktail menu, and the best West Coast cuisines with almost entirely BC sourced ingredients with every part of their menu made in-house.
Recipes: MINI eggs for MAXimum enjoyment!
We all know spring is coming when those chocolate mini eggs appear in multiple forms in almost every store in town. Small, cute, incredibly delicious, these colourful chocolate eggs should come with an addiction warning. As much as you might enjoy eating mini eggs on their own, just try adding them to your baking and your taste buds will hit a whole new level!
Chef Spotlight Series: Vincent Capitano, Island Chef Pepper Co
The Chef de Cuisine is Victoria’s Culinary Federation president, an organization working to unite chefs and cooks across Canada in a common dedication to professional excellence.
Recipe: Herbed Couscous Salad with Fried Halloumi
Whether you are looking for a festive green recipe for St. Patrick’s Day or a delicious recipe in time for spring, you must try this delicious Herbed Couscous Salad with Fried Halloumi.