There is “eating local,” the effort to buy and consume food produced nearby, for both health and environmental reasons.

Where else can you try as many wines as you want for less than $50.00? All of that within a moderate taxi fare to and from most Nanaimo neighborhoods.

Vancouver Island has always been a mushroom forager’s heaven, but this autumn’s harvest is even better than most. The random rains have kept the fungi popping and the wild crafters hopping.

The first wine tasting for 2017 on Vancouver Island happens Friday, February 24th at the Beach Club Resort in Parksville.

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Vancouver Island’s 2017 calendar of food, wine, and beer events kicks off Thursday, February 23rd to Sunday, February 26 with the ninth annual Parksville Uncorked Festival.

Pizza and beer are a dynamic duo, kind of like burgers and fries or peanut butter and jam.

Italian wines are more than worth celebrating

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Bearded and un-bearded, craft beer lovers seek out any spot where numerous beers can be sampled at one sitting.

It is a paradisematic country, in which roasted parts of sentences fly into your mouth.

With the summertime shopping and entertaining in full swing it’s not a bad idea to stock your bar. There’s no need to spend a fortune or have the finest bottles of wine or scotch on your shelf.