Editor-in-chief Jacob Richler on the 2019 List
The industry we cover and celebrate changes fast everywhere, and we and our ever-increasing roster of judges do our best to keep up. The changes In our new list reflect that.
From the Editor
And when the last of our 97 expert judges cast the final ballot, it fell to our auditors at KPMG to convert all those individual scores into points, and then tally them up for every restaurant that earned a judge’s…
Perfect Food Day: Vancouver
Jacob Richler shares his perfect food day in Vancouver. According to the sandwich board parked outside B-movie director Uwe Boll’s upscale German restaurant, Bauhaus, on W. Cordova St. in Gastown, their Friday lunch features a nearly unbeatable special of a…
Last Day: Hawksworth & Friends Culinary Adventure
At half past nine, out on the west coast of Langara at Lacy Island, after two-and-a-half hours on the water I got my first strike of the day. And while I was playing that one, on the other side of…
Hawksworth & Friends Culinary Adventure: Day Three
The fishing is slow but steady today. My boat landed 3 Chinooks by lunchtime. The daily tally was twenty-five. No Tyees (30 lbs +) among them, but there were plenty of big fish in the mid-to-high twenties. Slowly but surely…
Hawksworth & Friends Culinary Adventure: Day Two
Canada's 100 Best EIC Jacob Richler is on location at the West Coast Fishing Club's annual David Hawksworth and Friends Culinary Adventure. The fishing is picking up. The morning was flush with Coho. And after lunch, Chinook were taken by…
David Hawksworth & Friends Culinary Adventure
Canada's 100 Best EIC is on location at the West Coast Fishing Club. Jacob Richler. Our helicopter touched down on the West Coast Fishing Clubhouse landing pad at 1:30 pm – and after a quick lunch, we are kitted up…
Jacob Richler on Irish Whiskey
The Irish whiskey category is on fire of late - and I don’t just mean this week. Over the last decade, stateside sales are up some 600%. Some attribute this to the Emerald Isle’s newly proliferating brands, blends and single…
Editor-in-chief Jacob Richler on the 2018 List
And when the last of our 97 expert judges cast the final ballot, it fell to our auditors at KPMG to convert all those individual scores into points, and then tally them up for every restaurant that earned a judge’s…
Alex Hon Wins the Hawksworth Young Chef Scholarship
Up on the second floor of the West Pender Street campus of Vancouver Community College, in the judging room for the Hawksworth Young Chef Scholarship, the contestants’ finished plates were landing on our table at rapid intervals. The tasting is…
Jacob Richler Dishes on the Holiday Cooking Issue
Back when Canada's 100 Best Holiday Cooking issue was in early planning, my thoughts turned to a conversation I had a decade or so back with chef Susur Lee, over digestifs at his great restaurant Susur. We had been discussing…
Jacob Richler’s Roast Turkey with Chestnut Stuffing
What are you waiting for? Jacob Richler's 4-step recipe for roast turkey will produce the beautiful bird of your Thanksgiving dreams. Jacob Richler’s Roast Turkey with Chestnut Stuffing Ingredients: 1 primo turkey – 16 pounds is good for 10 3-5…