Odd Society’s Sour Owl Cocktail Recipe. An ideal Valentine’s Day potion, this cocktail was created in collaboration with Vancouver mixologist, Matt Martin, and gets its ruby colour from craft distillery Odd Society’s house-made Crème de Cassis liqueur.
Odd Society Spirits’ Crème de Cassis Royal lineage. Crème de cassis has quite the bloodline. Odd Society Spirits’ limited-edition version is based on the secret recipe of master chef Hervé Martin of the French Table—once the personal chef to the late King of Belgium, Leopold III.
A Burns Night Cocktail With Beeswax and Bénédictine from Vancouver’s Odd Society Spirits Raise a glass to Robbie Burns.
Amari Cocktails Bittersweet. Three B.C. distillers share their favourite drink recipes using bitter spirits.
Rum Cuba Libre! Imagine yourself sheltered amidst a dense forest of nine-foot-tall sugar cane, its stalks and flowers gently swaying as the wind gusts.
Shangri-La Hotel Vancouver’s Lavender Dream Pop Glacé Belle Provence. On a hot summer day, the only thing better than a cold cocktail is a cold cocktail in ice-pop form.
B.C. Distilleries Reinventing Amari To the bitter end. North American palates are newly tuned to the bitter flavours that Europeans have long treasured.
The Vancouver Recital Society Rising stars. The Vancouver Recital Society brings established and emerging international talent in classical music to Vancouver for intimate performances.
The Alzheimer’s Battle Climb every mountain. In British Columbia alone, over 70,000 people are battling dementia. Alzheimer’s represents the majority of those cases. As part of that effort to understand and even countermand the disease, the Alzheimer Society of B.C. offers an opportunity to raise both funds and awareness.
“Vancouver in the Seventies” Pivotal decade. Was the city once so innocent and bumpkinish? It’s not like we’ve morphed into Manhattan, but boy, how naïve it all was then. How low-tech.
A History of the British Columbia Labour Movement On the line. Read an excerpt from Rod Mickleburgh’s detailed book that looks at the province’s working class.
Whiskey Six BBQ West Coast rub. Deep in East Vancouver, a humble barbecue joint is serving up some of the city’s best smoked meat.
Charles van Sandwyk’s “Alice in Wonderland” Illustrated example. For the past three years, the North Vancouver-based artist has been illustrating a deluxe limited edition of Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland” for The Folio Society, released to mark the 150th anniversary of the first publication.
The Contemporary Art Society of Vancouver The society one keeps. If you ever wanted to know more about the arts, you can start today.
The East Village Brewery and Distillery Tour Earn your stamps. The program is designed to propel the adventurous taster east of Main Street.
