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You Need to Try This Shaved Fennel and Apple Salad at Farmer’s Apprentice

You Need To Try This is a running archive of all the awesome drinks and delicious dishes we’ve come across over the course of our professional and private lives.

The next time you’re in the vicinity of South Granville, hit Farmer’s Apprentice and pick up this super light, colourful, totally picnic-worthy salad of shaved fennel, radish, cabbage, ambrosia apple and toasted pumpkin seeds subtly dressed in a gentle pumpkin seed vinaigrette. Optional but advisable: charcoal BBQ pork skewers with peanut sauce.


Farmer's Apprentice
Neighbourhood: Kitsilano
1529 West 6th Ave.
604-620-2070

Chef Phil Scarfone’s Farmers Market Tomato Passato Recipe

You only get a few weeks of tomatoes this good — Phil Scarfone’s recipe makes sure you don’t blow it.

Room for Dessert, Vol. 6: Chez Céline’s Incredible Soft Serve, Many Ways

Ksenia Dempster is a baker and proud "dessert person". A believer that desserts should make people happy, she is spotlighting the final courses that are worth unbuttoning your pants for, and the talented local chefs behind them.

Room for Dessert, Vol. 5: Saan Saan’s Ginger Milk Burnt Sugar Cookie

Ksenia Dempster is a baker and proud "dessert person". A believer that desserts should make people happy, she is spotlighting the final courses that are worth unbuttoning your pants for, and the talented local chefs behind them.

The Best Tea that Vancouver Has to Offer, Mapped

Introducing Scout's guide to the best tea to be found in Vancouver. Not 'high tea'. Not bubble tea. Just tea: green, black, or herbal; where to get it around town; and what to try.