If you think spring is a good time to clean your world, inside and out, The Juice Box is offering a free in-person 30-minute consultation with holistic nutritionist Keyrsten McEwan of Integrative Healing Arts. If you want to change eating habits, you do a juice cleanse for three days and do a reboot, says Jody Polishchuk, who founded the organic company with Willow Meili. Afterwards its a lot easier to start over and be a bit more mindful of what you put in your body. The Juice Box has a selection of 10 cold-press juices, including Carrot Orange Ginger, Tumeric Tonic and HeartBeet. Theyre $7 to $9 each. The company is delivery only, with a minimum purchase of $60. But the delivery fee is waived if you sign up for a cleanse, a weekly subscription or orders over $125. Theres a $2 fee for the returnable, and refundable, glass bottles.
Last week, James Coleridge, owner of the award-winning Bella Gelateria, announced via Twitter that he is expanding his gelato presence in Vancouver this fall. Fans of his old-world, handcrafted gelato will now have a Yaletown stop to chose from, in addition to the flagship location at 1001 W. Cordova (one block from the Vancouver Convention Centre_. In addition to winning our Best of the City readers choice survey, Bella Gelateria was just named Top 5 gelato shops outside of Italy by Eat & Drink Magazine Australia.
After their sidewalk sign was stolen by members of self-proclaimed Anti Gentrification Front (AGF), Save On Meats has turned it into an opportunity to feed residents of Vancouvers Downtown Eastside. Instead of just replacing the sign, owner Mark Brand has said that for every photo shared on Instagram (@saveonmeats), Twitter (@saveonmeats) and Facebook
(/saveonmeats) with the new sign, Save On Meats will provide breakfast via one of their food tokens to a resident at the Rainier Hotel. Their goal is 3,600 tokens.
Raven Cream Ale and the East Side Bitter, two award-winning craft beers from East Vancouvers R&B Brewing Co., are the first of many to be packaged in 341ml bottles and sold as six-packs. They started with their most popular beers, feeling that, with the craft beer market exploding in Vancouver, the time was right. And the hand-crafted beer is getting hand-crafted packaging. Details from the label to the bar code have been hand rendered by St. Bernadine Mission Communications, to reflect the Brewery Creek neighbourhood where R&B is located. The gritty black and white illustrations of iconic East Van imagery and slang will make these six packs stand out on the shelf.The ESB and RCA six-packs are currently available at the West Coast Liquor Store in Kerrisdale and Legacy Liquor Store in the Olympic Village. The 341mL bottles can be found on many restaurant and bar beer lists.
Wine and cheese go hand in hand, right? But some combinations are better than others. Learn guidelines for pairing wine and cheese and taste classic pairings like Sauvignon Blanc with goat and port with blue. Join House Wine for this casual, stand up tasting at Les Amis du Fromage (843 E. Hastings); $45. HouseWine.ca
