Living

Not too interested in prix fixe menus and cliché Valentine’s Day specials? I feel you.

Famed restaurateur Umberto Menghi is back, or soon will be, with a new restaurant at 1328 Hornby, called Giardino in honour of the late Il Giardino, which closed almost two years ago.

There are – quite literally – hundreds of dining options for courting couples.

Tacofino Gastown 15 West Cordova 604-899-7907 Tacofino.com/Gastown-Home Open Sunday-Wednesday, 11am-10pm; Thursday-Saturday, 11am-midnight.

I can recall a time in my life where food to me was just something I shoved in my face. I have scarfed down my share of packets of Mr.

Edmonton’s Ryan O’Flynn cooked his way to the top of the podium Saturday night at the Gold Medal Plates Canadian Culinary Championships in Kelowna , impressing the judges with a terrine of pine-smoked Alberta river sturgeon, cured foie gras, and more

Perennial contender Mark McCrowe of St. John’s, Newfoundland came away with the People’s Choice Award after the first round of the Gold Medal Plates Canadian Culinary Championships in Kelowna , Friday night.

Couples who play together, stay together. Can you recall the last time you and your lover tried something out of the box in the romance department? Currently working overtime, Cupid takes a minute to share his top Vancouver picks.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) In 1979, Monty Python comedian John Cleese helped direct a four-night extravaganza, The Secret Policeman's Ball. It was a benefit to raise money for the human rights organization Amnesty International.

In an era where sustaining a small owner-operated design business that uses local labour (no sweatshops to see here, folks) and quality fabrics gets ever-more costly, Dace Moore continues creating some of the most well-crafted clothes to come out of