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Tomato Festival
The Vancouver Farmers Markets’ Tomato Festival hits Trout Lake, today, August 23 from 9 am to 2 pm.
The last two weeks of August are prime time for heirloom tomatoes and there will be hundreds of varieties for sale at the market, as well as some samples.
Here’s a few heirloom varieties you’ll spot at the Market:
Green Zebras and Red Tiger Tomatoes – These striped varieties are good for salad, chutney or salsa.
Amish Pastes – This variety originally from Wisconsin has a watery flesh perfect for sauces.
Brandywine - An Amish heirloom dating back to at least 1885 with an incredible taste.
Black Krim – A brownish-black-fleshed tomato from Russia with a smoky, salty flavour.
The tomatoes will be displayed with their histories, taste descriptions, cooking purposes and recipes. The majority of the tomatoes for sale at the farmers market will be chemical free.
Trout Lake Farmers Market
9 am to 2 pm
15th Avenue & Victoria Drive in the Parking Lot of Trout Lake Community Centre
Map of Market Location
Add comment August 23, 2008
Latin Summer Fest
Trout Lake Park will host the Latin Summer Fest tomorrow, Sunday August 17, from 11 am to 7 pm. The morning will start off with a parade down Commercial Drive, then move to Trout Lake where there will be a series of life performances (and a drumming circle!). There will be a bunch of food vendors and merchants, plus a kids activity area.
Call 604.533.4380 for more info.
Add comment August 16, 2008
Trout Lake Cookbook Swap
If you’re an aspiring chef in need of some new inspiration, you won’t want to miss the Trout Lake Cookbook Swap Saturday July 19, 2008 at Trout Lake Farmers’ Market.
Christian Gaudreault and Star Spilos, co-owners of the Tomato Fresh Food Café, will be on hand signing As Fresh As It Gets, their award-winning cookbook. Amrita Sondhi, author of The Modern Ayurvedic Cookbook: Healthful, Healing Recipes for Life and Jeng Suratin Rianpracha, whose self-published book, Thai Princess: Vancouver Cookbook, will also be signing.
Saturday July 19
9 am – 2 pm
Trout Lake Farmers Market
15th Avenue & Victoria Drive, in the Parking Lot of Trout Lake Community Centre
Map of Market Location
Add comment July 15, 2008
Commercial Drive culinary tour
Culinary tourism operator, Edible British Columbia, is holding a Commercial Drive Culinary Tour next Saturday, July 19, 2008. Led by local chefs, they’ll take you to all The Drive’s foodie hot spots, from the best place to buy fresh buffalo mozzarella and free-range poultry to Italian specialties such as olive oil and vinegars.
The chefs will introduce you to the local vendors and you will make stops at many places including:
- A traditional Italian coffee house where they roast their own beans
- J N & Z deli (great sausage!)
- La Grotta Del Formaggio a (known for their world-class selection of olive oils)
- Fratelli’s Italian bakery
- Trout Lake farmer’s market.
The tour starts at 8:30 am and costs $65 per person, plus tax. Register online or call 604.812.9660 to register.
Add comment July 13, 2008
