SWAG: Win A Pair Of Tickets To Vancouver’s “Feast of Fields” On Our Facebook Page

Psst! Wanna eat and drink to your heart’s content at the amazing Feast Of Fields on Langley’s gorgeous Krause Berry Farms this September 11th? A thousand times yes you do! Who wouldn’t want to traipse around in the sunny outdoors with wine and beer and food from many of Metro Vancouver’s very best restaurants? As proud sponsors, we have a pair of tickets to give away to one lucky Scout reader. That’ll happen tonight on our Facebook page, so keep your eyes peeled and your mouse at the ready. If you haven’t “liked” our FB page already, you damn well should, because in addition to posting photos, videos and news that don’t make Scout’s front page, we use it to give away amazeball things just like this.

I’m still trying to determine how I’m going to give these babies away, but I’m pretty sure it’s going to be via a local restaurant knowledge question, so be sure to bone up on that if you want to win. If you don’t emerge victorious from the answering melee, I’m told that there might be a few tickets left, which you can find out about after the jump. This is truly one of the most exciting and delicious days on Vancouver’s culinary calendar, so you really should entertain the idea of going whether you win or lose… Read more

The Lower Mainland “Feast Of Fields” Goes Down August 29th

The 16th annual Lower Mainland Feast of Fields goes down Sunday, August 29 at Delta's Wellbrook Winery

News from our Friends at FarmFolkCityFolk

Vancouver, BC | Trigger your taste buds with a 35-cours wine- and beer-paired tasting menu starring local fare, all found at FarmFolkCityFolk’s 16th annual Lower Mainland Feast of Fields, taking place Sunday, August 29 at Wellbrook Winery, Delta.

FarmFolkCityFolk’s largest annual fundraiser, Feast of Fields is an open-air wandering festival, taking delight in our region’s high-summer bounty. Guests are welcomed with a linen napkin and wine glass and encouraged to leisurely stroll from booth to booth to nibble on delectable local eats and sip on fine local spirits as prepared by BC’s finest chefs, restaurateurs, food artisans, vintners and brewers. Read more

Vancouver’s Top Toques Line Up And Sign At UBC Feast of Fields

Chefs Table Society president Pino Posteraro signs a copy of Vancouver Cooks 2 at Feast of Fields

Attendees at last weekend’s Feast of Fields on UBC Farm were given the first opportunity to purchase the new Vancouver Cooks 2 cookbook and have it signed by a dozen of its 70 chef contributors. The book, which features 120 recipes from BC’s best restaurants, “officially” goes on sale in mid-October, but can be purchased in advance at Barbara Jo’s Books To Cooks and those participating restaurants that have sequestered cases of their own (be sure to ask when making your dinner reservations this week).

Many thanks to Tiffany Soper for the following photographs. Click through to see who turned up… Read more

Gearing Up For the 1st Annual Okanagan Feast Of Fields…

Scout is a proud sponsor of the 1st annual Okanagan Feast of Fields, and we’re counting off the days until we can head up to enjoy what’s being billed as a “25-course, wine-paired, wandering tasting menu”. It all goes does on Summerland’s beautiful Valentine Farm on Sunday, August 23rd. We hope to see you there.

Fully detailed press release that includes a complete list of participating producers, breweries, wineries, and restaurants after the leap… Read more

Down To Earth With Bonita Jo Magee of FarmFolk/CityFolk

Bonita Jo Magee is the Project Manager at FarmFolk/CityFolkSociety – a non-profit organization that works with food communities toward a local, sustainable food system (these are the fine people who bring us Feast of Fields). With a diploma in Environmental Studies, her work experience is diverse. It includes computer consulting, health food manufacturing, and campaigning for the protection of wilderness and wildlife. While working with FarmFolk/CityFolk, Bonita is educating herself about farming and is making plans to purchase farm and ranchland with her family and a handful of friends. Read more