Category Archives: Food

Fiddle Me This, Fiddle Me That

Fiddlehead season is upon us! For a little over a week now, we have been serving up these tender green morsels in a number of our dishes. Available for about only two weeks out of the year, these delicious delicacies … Continue reading

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Kitchen Profiles ~ Sous Chef Cory Bildstein

Provence Vancouver is like a family, with each and every member a vital component of the team. Allow me to introduce one of our leaders, Sous Chef Cory Bildstein.   At what point in your life did you first become … Continue reading

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Valentine’s Day at Provence Marinaside

Ah l’amour, nothing else makes our hearts race so fast and our moods soar so high. Unfortunately, our go-go-go lifestyles leave little time to celebrate butterflies, inside jokes and all the special moments that turn “I” into “we.” Thankfully, Valentine’s Day … Continue reading

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TWB – The New Kid on the Marina

TWB, our new petit bebe, has been open for about a month now, and in that time it has received a welcome that makes our hearts swell with pride. Now that it is officially no longer a newborn, we feel it’s … Continue reading

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Tomato Festival

Food and wine pairing is king of my ‘thing’. So when I took the helm of the wine program at Provence Marinaside last month, one of my first thoughts was to find ways to integrate wine pairings into the menu. … Continue reading

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Poisson D’Avril

Every April at Provence we have a little silly fun and celebrate Poisson D’Avril, the French equivalent of April Fool’s Day. The custom goes like this; French children stick paper cut-outs shaped like fish on the backs of their unsuspecting … Continue reading

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Fall Fun… exciting evenings…

Wow, November seems to be racing by. I guess the saying is true, time goes by quickly when you’re having fun. If you haven’t made it out to any of the Wine Month events that we are having, I have … Continue reading

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The Making of a Wine Dinner…

November is wine month at Provence Marinaside and we have tons of great events planned. One event that I am particularly excited about is the winemaker’s dinner we have arranged with Pacific Breeze. Pacific Breeze is a ‘garagiste’ winery in … Continue reading

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Food Crack

Crack cocaine is a known addictive substance and if taken in copious amounts will cause havoc on your life. But at the same time (and no I’m not speaking from experience) it gives you the type euphoria that is beyond pleasure leaving you craving for more. Continue reading

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“What’s in the fridge” Potato Salad

Perhaps you weren’t born with a favourable gene that allows you to be a gourmet chef. Like rhythm in dancing do you have to been born with such a gift to follow the beat? For the longest time I believed … Continue reading

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