Burdock & Co. Chef and Owner Andrea Carlson welcomes Chef Fumihiro Matsumoto and Sommelier Kenji Kawamura of Kantera Restaurant in Tokyo during Dine Out Vancouver. Brought to you by the Vancouver World Chef Exchange, this farm-to-table multi-course dinner will combine each of the chef’s favourite culinary inspirations, using fresh sustainable seafood and locally-grown ingredients.
Burdock & Co to host Tokyo Chef Fumihiro Matsumoto
When: Monday, January 22, 2018 at 5:45pm (with 2.5 hour seating time) or 8:30pm.
Where: Burdock & Co (2702 Main Street, Vancouver)
Tickets: Available online now. $203.75 includes multi-course dinner, welcome beverage, wine pairings, tax, gratuity and ticketing fees.
Hot off the heels of a recent trip to Japan this spring, Chef Andrea and her team are excited to welcome both chefs and offer visitors a one-of-a-kind culinary experience. Sommelier Jesse Walters will be working together with Mr. Kawamura to create bespoke sake and natural wine pairings for the dinner.
Talking of their time in Japan, Chef Andrea states: “It was our first night in Tokyo and we happened upon Kantera. We had the most amazing dining experience, the yuba and uni were transcendent, and the chilled soba noodles in sesame were like nothing we had ever tasted. Mr. Kawamura is a natural wine enthusiast and had some incredible locally made wines for us to try. Simply put, Kantera was one of the best dining experiences we had in the country.”
Sommelier Jesse Walters will be working together with Mr. Kawamura to create bespoke sake and natural wine pairings for the dinner.
The dinner takes place during the world-famous Dine Out Vancouver Festival, where more than 200 restaurants, wineries, craft breweries, suppliers and more for 17 days of dining, food-forward events and experiences January 19 to February 4, 2018. There are also Vancouver World Chef Exchange events with Nashville, Beijing, and Indigenous Canada, and Bangkok.
Rugby is a big draw and a big deal in Vancouver and you won’t want to miss the Rugby World Cup 2019 qualifying match at BC Place later this month when Canada’s men’s rugby team will face Uruguay.
Rugby World Cup Qualifier Canada vs Uruguay at BC Place
Where: BC Place, Vancouver
When: Saturday, January 27th, 2018 kick off at 5:00pm, doors 4:00pm
Tickets: Available online now starting at just $14.
The match will be the first leg of a home and home series with Uruguay, the winner of which will qualify for the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan, making the upcoming home game against Uruguay Canada’s most important match in decades.
This Rugby World Cup qualifying match will see Canada field its strongest team possible, including Canada’s top professionals, who play professional rugby in Europe and New Zealand.
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Update The winner is @kris_fulton!
A big book store (and more) is returning to Robson Street this fall! Indigo, the world’s first booklovers cultural department store, is opening a new 29,000 square foot flagship location on Robson Street in downtown Vancouver, to open in the Fall 2018.
Located at 1033 Robson Street (where Forever 21 currently sits, and is leaving) the new two-level space will reflect Indigo‘s full new concept. The new store will have a warm and inviting aesthetic inspired by the city. Customers will explore the best book selection, exclusive Indigo designed lifestyle products, and an outstanding IndigoKids department combining books, STEM products and the best in creative play. The store will also have a full café and community space for special events.
From today’s press release:
“Indigo, which also operates the Chapters brand, has had a long and valued relationship with booklovers in downtown Vancouver,” said Heather Reisman, Indigo CEO and Chief Booklover. “When we made the decision to leave our well-loved Robson street Chapters store, we promised our customers that as soon as we could, we would be back. We are so very excited to reconnect with this community who are among the best and most passionate readers in the country.”
Customers are invited to use the hashtag #MyIndigoIdeas on social media to share their thoughts and ideas for the new store. More details will come in the following months. I would also recommend following @RobsonStreet on social media for more updates.
This post has been contributed by Thomas Slatter, Communications Volunteer with the Stanley Park Ecology Society (“SPES”).
Super Slime in Stanley Park!
You will probably have come across slime moulds in one form or another in your treks through the forests of Stanley Park. More often than not you’ll have walked past these fascinating organisms without a second glance. To be honest, why wouldn’t you? They’re mostly innocuous, often confused with mold or fungi. But if you know what to look for, you’ll quickly spot these strange oddities throughout the forest: clumps, blobs or spheres of slimy, bright colored gel sporting names like Toothpaste Slime mould or Dog’s Vomit.
A slime mould fascinates this young
Stanley Park visitor. Photo: K.Stormont.
They spread out in seeking tendrils, grasping and engulfing any food they find. They’re made up of eukaryotic cells (nucleus-containing), just like us, and yet could not be more different. However, like everything in the natural world, when you look deeper at the true nature of the slime you find an incredible mix of complexity and simplicity.
Slime moulds are not really moulds at all. In fact ‘slime mould’ is just the name given to a group of single celled organisms that, while capable of living independently, have grouped together. Upon grouping together, the cells lose their individual cell membranes and become a super-cell. With this internal openness, the cells are able to transmit chemical data rapidly throughout the entirety of the ‘slime’, and thus react to external stimuli and make ‘decisions’ far faster and beyond the realm of a single, individually ‘minded’ cell.
Slime mould is, in fact, more akin to a biological computer, a single celled brain as it were! It is essentially a living data-transfer highway, with every part of a slime mould being connected to every other part, through a continuous ebb and flow of chemical information. Through this it is able to work as a single cohesive unit. It is the sum of all its individual cells and their nuclei, and thus more ‘intelligent’ because of it. It is able to solve rudimentary problems, such as the quickest route to food.
Upon establishing itself on a nutritious piece of detritus (like fallen leaves, paper or another source of carbohydrates), it will send out fractally branching tendrils. If these tendrils touch food, the cell will reestablish itself on the new food source. If they touch each other, the cell will withdraw from that area and branch out in another direction.
Fuligo septic (dog vomit slime mould, scrambled egg slime) in Stanley Park. Photo: Peter Woods
In an interesting experiment, people were linked together and asked to navigate their way around a maze as fast as possible. They were unable to beat the rapid, single-mindedness of slime mould put in a proportionately sized maze. The participants inability to work together and their individual egos hindered the speed of the overall unit. The slime mould’s ability to lose individuality, in a literal, cellular sense and act as a single entity allowed it to overcome problems faster than multiple higher intelligences working together.
As if that wasn’t amazing enough, another experiment demonstrated something even more incredible. Slime mould dislikes the cold and dry. Both of these will cause the cell to concentrate its ‘body’ into a small area, while it waits for the moment to ‘crawl’ away. What is incredible is that if the slime mold is subjected to temperature changes at periodic intervals throughout the day (causing it to withdraw temporarily), it will begin to pre-empt each temperature change before it even happens. In essence, it will learn.
Far from the mouldy, gross-looking fungus you might have thought it was, slime mould is not only biologically incredible, but also raises deeper questions of intelligence, bio-engineering and computing, and ultimately the philosophy of individuality versus a unified whole. Awesome!
Myxomycetes sp (toothpaste slime mold) in Stanley Park, Beaver Lake Loop. Photo: Peter Woods.
About SPES Saturday
As a member of the Stanley Park Ecology Society (“SPES”), I wanted to offer the organization an opportunity to share their news, events, and work so I created the “SPES Series” years ago. This is where SPES can contribute and share stories with my audience once a month. Follow SPES on Facebook for more information.
The 52nd annual Variety Show of Hearts Telethon returns to Global BC on Sunday, February 11, 2018 continuing with a single-day format filled with moving stories, joyous celebrations, and performances by nationally and internationally acclaimed artists, jammed into eight hours of entertainment.
Variety BC’s Show of Hearts Telethon
When: Sunday, February 11, 2018 9:30am to 5:30pm
Where: Tune into Global BC live from the Molson Canadian Theatre at Hard Rock Casino Vancouver on television and live streaming online.
This year’s Show of Hearts will include live performances by 12-year-old singing sensation Ty Waters, up & coming pop-soul singer Mathew V, Jason Baker Band, the Sojourners, roots rockers The Matinée and back by popular demand, the cast of Working My Way Back to You – A Jersey Boys Tribute.
As Variety BC enters its 52nd year, its humbling and awe-inspiring history provides them with the foundation needed to be bold and innovative, as they look forward with renewed enthusiasm and excitement for the next half century of helping families and children with special needs.
From mental wellness or mobility program grants, to specialized therapies, education programs, and lifesaving medical equipment and supplies, Variety helps BC kids. There are the iconic Sunshine Coach vans, and vital the Surrey Memorial NICU, just to name a few ways Variety is there for BC families, time and time again.
New This Year
The Telethon is known for its phone panel (Gold Panel) on stage and now you can be a virtual Gold Panelist by setting up your own online fundraising page for Variety. Collect donations from friends, colleagues, and family members and be a part of Telethon even before it begins!
Finally, the Batemans are back! All who donate $169 will receive a poster from legendary wildlife artist Robert Bateman.
Lottery
Don’t miss your chance to win one of three incredible prize packages in the Show of Hearts Lottery! There’s an all inclusive trip to Los Cabos up for grabs along with a NASCAR Driver for a Day experience, and a luxury getaway in Charleston.
Ways to Give
Donate online, by phone 310-KIDS (5437) toll-free in BC, or by texting KIDS to 45678 to make an automatic $20 contribution.
Miss604 is proud to return as the sponsor the Social Lounge at the Show of Hearts Telethon, where my team of amazing friends and colleagues — who all social media superstars — will be sharing updates throughout the day, from the VIP lounge, behind the scenes, with honoured donors, volunteers, performers and more. Follow along on social media using the tag #ShowOfHearts.
Rebecca Bollwitt is a member of Variety BC’s Board of Directors and Miss604 is the proud sponsor of the Show of Hearts Telethon’s Social Lounge
