San Remo Foods

Some of my best thekitchenman cooking recipes involve the use of tasty tomatoes and for over a decade I have made BC’s San Remo my brand. If you are a discriminating cook and are looking for a good quality organic tomato, whole diced or sauced then give San Remo tomatoes a try. Their own brands of organic pastas, stuffed ravioli’s,  olive oils, balsamic vinegars which are bottled at the source in Italy. The family owned business have put together a refined selection of Italian specialty foods. The Air Dried Parma hams and Salamis that  San Remo imports is a well...

Zara’s Italian Deli

  The best thing about living in BC is Grandville Island Market. So many unique stores under one roof that after 16 years I have been coming here, I have met some very food impassioned store owners. Loris Zara’s Italian Deli is one of my favourite shops to get good authentic Italian foods. Lots of hand crafted foods to make a meal or put together a tatsy nosh for a walk about around the island. A large selection of fresh pasta and all the acoutrements to produce first class Italian foods at home is on display daily. The staff are user friendly and will help...

Lizano Salsa

                On my travels I always am looking for interesting food items from the country I am visiting. I heard a lot about Lizano Salsa and after first trying it in Puerto Rico on Johnny Cakes filled with a filet of fried Dorado a member of the Tunis family [Gnathono-don Speciosus] I realised that this was the added flavour that was missing in my South American recipe dishes. I also met the visiting daughter of the Lizano family when I met her in my Deli in White Rock BC where she was promoting her line of Costa Rican...

Sartori Discovery – BellaVitano Ba...

An absorbing Sartori discovery: The sweet, nutty, fruity flavors of our most-sought-after BellaVitano become even more desirable when blessed with a few prized drops of Modena balsamic vinegar. By gently bathing BellaVitano Gold in balsamic, cheesemaker Mike Matucheski has given it a sweet coating that burnishes the legend of BellaVitano with yet another honor from the World Cheese Awards. Awards: 2011 Wisconsin State Fair Blue Ribbon 2010 American Cheese Society First Place 2010 World Cheese Awards Silver Medal 2009 U.S. Championship Cheese Contest Third Place. the...