There is an inimitable warmth and ease that exists between true friends.

Tumble the word “mishmish” around on your tongue and a smile will invariably spread across your face.

Sit and watch long enough and you can tell what time it is just by who’s standing in line at Duffin’s Donuts.

Get acquainted with Vancouver-based, Filipino-Canadian rapper and producer, Francis Arevalo, via his ideal day of eating and drinking around town.

GOLD, Chef Jasper Cruickshank

Elegance, balance and ineffable finesse are the hallmarks of Jasper’s cooking. His Mystery Wine and Black Box dishes each demonstrated innovation and superb control, seamlessly marrying modern and classic techniques. Yet the BC chef’s Grand Finale dish is what truly locked down the championship. It was, in a word, sublime.

For this edition of SCOUT’S The Curve, bestselling cookbook author, writer, and Filipino food-lover, Joie Alvaro Kent, takes us on a fast and furious day of eating around town, with the aim of familiarizing us with Vancouver’s Filipino cuisine situation – from beginner through to extra credit.

Classic French & Nostalgic Québécois Recipes From St. Lawrence Restaurant

Community Terroir

For the Filipino diaspora, food is connection. It’s heritage and culture. It’s longing and belonging. It’s a taste, literally, of home.

Recipe for success