April Events at Barbara-Jo's Books to Cooks

 April Events at Barbara-Jo's Books to Cooks

(And one last hurrah for March)

 Spice Market Tasting Menu

 Monday, March 31, 6:30 p.m.

Spice Market's executive chef, Anthony Ricco is travelling from New York to kick off a new Spice Market menu at MARKET by Jean-Georges here in Vancouver. This evening in our shop, he will join forces with Montgomery Lau, Chef de Cuisine at MARKET by Jean-Georges.

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 A Chocolate Tasting Party

 Tuesday, April 1, 6:30 p.m.

Tonight we welcome local writer Eagranie Yuh (of The Well-Tempered Chocolatier) into the shop to celebrate her first book: The Chocolate Tasting Kit. Eagranie will teach us all about chocolate and guide us in a tasting.

For more information, click here. 

 Bill Jones CBC Radio Taping

 Thursday, April 17, 4 p.m.

Bill Jones of Deerholme Farm is in shop today to tape an interview about his new book, The Deerholme Foraging Book, with Sheryl MacKay from CBC's North by Northwest Cooking Club. Bill is an expert on foraging in the Pacific Northwest.

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 A Chocolate Lunch

 Saturday, April 5, 1 p.m.

Join us for a sumptuous chocolate lunch, cooked from The Mast Brothers Chocolate: A Family Cookbook by local chocolatier and owner of Chocolate Arts, Greg Hook will join us today to teach us all about chocolate.

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 Lunch at the Shop

 Sunday, April 27, 11:30 a.m.

Today Peter Miller of Peter Miller Books in Seattle is joining us for lunch to celebrate his new book: Lunch at the Shop: The Art and Practice of the Midday Meal.

For more information, click here. 

 "Thai" One on with Whisky

Wednesday, April 9, 6:30 p.m.

We are thrilled to present an evening to take us beyond "standard" food and drink pairings.

Chef Angus An of Maenam Restaurant will cook a delicious Thai dinner paired with Scottish whisky. Brand educator, J. Wheelock from Authentic Wine & Spirits Merchants in Calgary will guide us.

For more information, click here. 

 Go Barley Around the Clock

Wednesday, April 30, 6:30 p.m.

Authors Linda Whitworth and Pat Inglis will join us for dinner this evening to teach from their new book, Go Barley: Modern Recipes for an Ancient Grain, about the health benefits of barley and how we can incorporate it into our diets around the clock.

For more information, click here.