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These Awesome Wooden Farmers Market Tokens Will Fit Every Xmas Stocking

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When you hit the Winter Farmers Market (held in the parking lot at Nat Bailey stadium) to load up on all the locally produced goodies that will keep you healthy and happy over the holidays, pick up a handful of these handy wooden Vancouver Farmers Market tokens. Valued at $5 per, they’re good for use at all the markets – all year round – and make awesome stocking stuffers. Can’t get out? They’re also available online.

Saturdays until Apr. 25 (closed Dec 27) | 10am – 2pm | East Parking Lot of Nat Bailey Stadium | DETAILS

 

Niwa Heads to Hazelmere Farm for a Mid-Summer Feast, July 25th

The crew at Niwa and Hazelmere Farm have been pals for years, so it was probably only a matter of time before somebody had the good sense to set up a table. On July 25, Chef Darren Gee cooks dinner at the source, with Naty King's fields helping decide what's on the menu.

A Neighbourhood-Wide Invitation to Wander Chinatown

When summer foot traffic slowed, a group of Chinatown businesses responded the way the best neighbourhoods often do: by working together. Their month-long Chinatown Passport is an invitation to wander, eat, drink and rediscover the neighbourhood.

How About a Week in Italy, With Wine as Your Focus?

Got plans this fall? If not, spending a week eating and drinking your way through Italy seems like a pretty good place to start.

Shincha, Foraged Greens, and the Arrival of Summer

Created in collaboration with Japan's oldest tea house, this one-day Mæst Food dinner offers a thoughtful look at what early summer has to offer.