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This entirely edible snowman should be proof enough of why the December issue of Dessert Professionals named Vancouvers Beta5 as one of North Americas top 10 chocolatiers.

The great thing about heirloom apples, besides their names, is that the varieties all look and taste so different. While the Gala is sweet and familiar, the Belle de Boskoop is tart and takes a little getting used to.

What vibrates softly and is used by thousands of women around the world? The Clarisonic Mia2 Skin Cleansing System! My sister uses one; so does my best friend. Id be using one too but Im waiting to see whats under the tree for Christmas.

The great thing about heirloom apples, besides their names, is that the varieties all look and taste so different. While the Gala is sweet and familiar, the Belle de Boskoop is tart and takes a little getting used to.

Its not a big stretch to conclude that Wildebeest is one of the best new restaurants to have opened this year.

This week well continue where we left off last week , with holiday wine recommendations from Vancouver sommeliers whove made appearances in this column over the last year.

On the lookout for a leather travelling case that would keep my 100-year-old Underwood typewriter safe, I stumbled across the classic leather goods and accessories of Vancouver brand Alex Folzi .

A chicken leg ballontine sexy dark meat pounded flat, then rolled with elegant and earthy black trumpet mushrooms stuffed in the middle is gently coated with a sherry jus.

A spin through the soundtrack album Searching for Sugarman is like ambling down a serene country road with the feeling that it may lead where you least expect so full of longing, desperation, and experimentation is the compilation of Sixto Díaz Rodrí

I have an Xmas cactus that is on my front porch facing east. It is covered in heavy bud, but each year when I bring it into the house all the buds fall off. How can I save the buds so it will flower? Madeleine McTaggart, email A.