Joanne Sasvari
Editor at The Alchemist Magazine
Writer and Editor at Freelance
Writer, editor, hungry traveller. Author of Vancouver Eats, The Wickaninnish Cookbook and Island Eats.
Articles
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1 week ago |
ediblevancouver.ediblecommunities.com | Joanne Sasvari
Bobby Kongsilp is still a bit bummed about the elephant. Imported from Thailand, adorned in gold and weighing hundreds of pounds, it cast a benevolent eye over the diners at SalaThai, the restaurant his parents, Sam and Joy Kongsilp, owned for nearly four decades until they retired last year. “My mom sold everything… but I wish she hadn’t sold that,” Kongsilp says.
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1 month ago |
ediblevancouver.ediblecommunities.com | Joanne Sasvari
Birch Block Vineyard is a five-acre boutique winery in Kaleden, owned by Sarah and Murray Bancroft. It’s so small, the Bancrofts don’t even have a tasting room. Instead, this summer you might just find them pouring their juicy, low-intervention Pinot Noir and pét-nat wines at the UBC, Kitsilano or Mount Pleasant farmers’ markets. “We’ve never done conventional trade shows,” Murray says. “We love markets. We love the smaller events where we can talk to people.
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1 month ago |
ediblevancouver.ediblecommunities.com | Joanne Sasvari
At Backyard Farm, Chris Van Hooydonk broke all the rules to create the kind of experience we didn’t know we were hungry for. Is Chris Van Hooydonk the happiest chef in the Okanagan Valley? People keep telling him that he is, which kind of makes him, well, happy.
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Mar 13, 2025 |
foodandwine.com | Joanne Sasvari
Photo: Courtesy of Sheringham Distillery The left coast of Canada is home to fields of grain that stretch as far as the eye can see and waters that teem with briny life. If something grows here — and almost everything does — you can be sure a local distiller has found a way to get it into your glass.
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Mar 13, 2025 |
yahoo.com | Joanne Sasvari
The left coast of Canada is home to fields of grain that stretch as far as the eye can see and waters that teem with briny life. If something grows here — and almost everything does — you can be sure a local distiller has found a way to get it into your glass. Black Fox Farm and DistilleryAt Black Fox Farm and Distillery outside of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, fifth-generation farmers John Cote and Barb Stefanyshyn-Cote transform a deep love of their terroir into gin and whisky.
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Such a pleasure tasting all the delicious things in the Okanagan! Truly a magical place on this planet.
In 2024 #TasteCanada shortlisted cookbook, Okanagan Eats: Signature Chefs’ Recipes from British Columbia’s Wine Valleys, authors Dawn Postnikoff & @joannesasvari share a collection of signature recipes like this Heirloom Tomato Gazpacho: https://t.co/0WTgOhBEcd https://t.co/gmbZ3xim6X
