Acorn Mag

11/09/2016

We interviewed Instagram's doyenne of breakfasts, 's Marta Greber, on our latest edition of .

Discover her unlikely transformation from lawyer to breakfast blogger, her favourite meal and her top Instagram accounts now :)

Sleepy and unbrushed, you slosh the last dregs of milk onto stale cornflakes. As you tuck into your modest morning repast, you start swiping through your Instagram feed. A moody, seductive photo of…

23/08/2016

We interviewed expats chefs from all round the world in round two of our Parisian expat chef feature!

Get all their best tips, tunes and tasty places in this special two-parter, on the mag now.

Bon appétit!

In the first of our two-part series of Paris’ expat chefs, Le Mary-Celeste’s Mads Christensen, The Broken Arm’s Linda Granebring, and Dersou’s Taku Sekine shared with us their reasons for coming to…

03/08/2016

shows off her sesame wooffle with matcha/vanilla soft serve from Ontario's Wooffles & Cream in our most recent edition of Around the World. Check out the other cool creamy creations we tracked down—on the mag now: http://bit.ly/2auXnmi

05/07/2016

Looking to step up your cooking game on your next camping trip? Fresh Off the Grid shared some tips and recipes (mmm sweet potato southwest burger) on the mag. What are some of your favourite recipes when camping?

It’s that time of year when the northern hemisphere takes its seasonal bow towards the sun. The air starts to warm, the trees begin to bud, and people – after being cooped up inside all winte…

29/05/2016

Is Paris's restaurant scene still gastronomically relevant? Chefs around the world still seem to think so. Meet some young chefs and discover their motivations for coming and reasons for staying in the city in the first of a two part series on Paris's expat chefs. On the mag now : http://bit.ly/1X6m2AZ

27/04/2016

Fickle spring weather has us reaching for iced coffees one day and cup after cup of steeped tea the next. But where do you go for that perfect cup?

With a competitive variety of types, flavours and brewing methods tea is undergoing a revolution in Australia.

Find out more about Sydney's dreamy tea scene over on the mag.

http://bit.ly/1SZbN9Q

29/03/2016

Look familiar? We interview illustrator, social commentator and all-round beautiful mind, Jean Jullien in our latest post on Acorn Mag. Get to know the globetrotting self-professed curmudgeon and his work over at http://www.acornmag.com/a-pen-and-a-pair-jean-jullien/

11/02/2016

How to make your pumpkin soup fancy as hell?

Try calling it "vallutata di zucca", like they do in Italy.

shares some personal tips on how to execute a decadent "zucca" soup, with the perfect amount of crunch and creaminess, direct from Milan.

Make resolutions as tasty and comforting as possible this year. To inspire us this month, we’ve asked some of our favourite Instagrammers from around the world to share their favourite warming wint…

03/02/2016

We're big fans of GRAIN's mission: to increase the demand for our home-grown Canadian grains by raising the profile of Canadian farmers and the food they produce.

Not to mention demonstrating the value of supporting local food and producers.

Aw yeah: http://bit.ly/1Rf7wnd

27/01/2016

Remember that time Zoe Pawlak agreed to use ingredients of our choice to make a piece of art...

And then those ingredients were provided entirely by Vancouver's Juice Truck?

No?

Here's a refresher.

Zoe Pawlak has never been in a food fight. We know because we asked her. That’s just the kind of hard-hitting journalists we are here at Acorn Mag.

24/01/2016

How to level up your soup game? Put an egg on (okay, fine: in) it!

Yeah, you heard us.

gives us some much-needed inspiration with her garlic ramp soup, whose rich, broth-y depths hide a poached golden-yolked surprise. Get more -0° soup ideas at Acorn Mag now.

Make resolutions as tasty and comforting as possible this year. To inspire us this month, we’ve asked some of our favourite Instagrammers from around the world to share their favourite warming wint…

23/01/2016

I had an instameet with my sweet friends over at Acorn Mag! Make sure to check it out :-)

http://www.acornmag.com/instameet-linda_lomelino/

20/01/2016

"Since these Canadian products are the very best in the world, there’s strong demand for them around the world. This means most of the products produced here in Canada are loaded on trains and ships to be exported."

GRAIN on the importance of sourcing grains locally, especially if you happen to live in : http://bit.ly/1Rf7wnd

Photo: on Instagram

14/01/2016

I am a Food Blog's bun bo hue, part of our international round up of spoon-friendly, weather appropriate soups to inspire you this season.

Bun bo hue is "a fiery spicy red hued Vietnamese noodle soup is a little less known than it’s popular counterpart, pho, but those in the know know that it’s the good stuff. It’s spicy, sour, salty, and sweet all at once. Fresh rice noodles swim in a beef and pork lemongrass broth and are topped off with tender, slow simmered brisket and a bunch of fresh herbs. Seriously good!"
http://www.acornmag.com/soups-on/

10/01/2016

New post up on Acorn Mag!

Souper excited to be sharing some pho-nomenal, soul-satisfying one-bowl meals from around the world, contributed by some of our favourite international Instagrammers. Udon even know what you're missing...

Make resolutions as tasty and comforting as possible this year. To inspire us this month, we’ve asked some of our favourite Instagrammers from around the world to share their favourite warming wint…

09/01/2016

Nina Kharey, founder of House of Nonie, recommends Calgary's The Nash for power lunches in this month's enRoute magazine. Fun fact: we wrote a little story on The Nash! Check it out here: http://bit.ly/1OazI6O

02/01/2016

A snowy photoshoot with Vancouver local Sophia Kim's nature-inspired ceramics.

It’s a widely held belief that regular communion with nature promotes peace of mind. Yet with our time-poor, constantly connected urban lives it can be decidedly difficult to get outside. So what d…

01/01/2016

Our New Year's resolutions?

More time outside.

More time with the ones we love.

It's that simple.

http://bit.ly/1QX7WyE

30/12/2015

In preparation for a 2016 well spent, we're already creating next year's winter bucket list. Just a few inspirations over on Acorn Mag now: http://bit.ly/1QX7WyE.

What's on your December bucket list?

17/12/2015

Some mid-week chocolate for you (aka, As If You Needed One More Reason To Visit Iceland) at http://www.acornmag.com/icelands-omnom-chocolate-company/

With its frame-worthy graphic packaging, bold, whimsical flavours, and Icelandic origin story, Omnom Chocolates has been drawing international interest since its inception in November of 2013. With…

14/12/2015

They use grass-fed Icelandic milk powder, operate out of a tiny abandoned gas station and make a chocolate with salt harvested form the West Fjords.

Get to know Iceland's Omnom Chocolate's pared down ingredients, flashy graphic packaging and healthy selection of bars at http://www.acornmag.com/icelands-omnom-chocolate-company/ now.

Then, let us know which bar takes your fancy. Our favourite? We're suckers for the Coffee + Milk bar...

09/12/2015

"What do you eat when you’re not eating cake?

I only eat cake, nothing else!"

Instagram's doyenne of desserts, Linda Lomelino, dishes on her inspirations, habits and favourite props over on Acorn Mag! Check it out.

Welcome to Instameet, a feature where we get to know the talented folks behind some of our favourite Instagram feeds. And what better way to kick off the series than with the goddess of gateaux, Li…

06/12/2015

Good morning!

We interview Instagram sensation Linda Lomelino (this majestic flapjack stack is one of her creations) in our latest feature, . Grab a cup of coffee and go check out more of Linda's moody, dreamy tablescapes at http://bit.ly/1IxVQc9.

We hope they inspire you as much as they do us—and if you happen to get motivated to make something of your own today (Sunday's are great for baking, FYI), be sure to share. Cheers!

17/11/2015

"In Canada, we actually import a lot of the very same products we are so well known for internationally." Namely grains.

We had the opportunity to interview the charming upstarts behind Vancouver's latest local venture: GRAIN's Janna Bishop and Shira McDermott. They taught us a thing or two about the importance of sourcing grains close to home. Head over to AcornMag.com for the full story!

Once upon a time, sourcing high-quality local products for our kitchen tables was an uphill battle, and few beyond a handful of committed, well-informed individuals bothered. Today, thanks to rigor…

26/10/2015

We're back after a summer long site upgrade! Did you miss us? We're welcoming you back with breakfasts from around the world, kindly contributed by some of our favourite Instagrammers.

Enjoy!

05/06/2015

A huge congratulations to Talia Kleinplatz of on winning SAVEUR Magazine's 2015 Blog Awards in the 'Best Spirits or Cocktail Coverage' category. Your talent and passion keep us motivated. To learn more about Tow For the Bar head to http://www.twoforthebar.com/

17/05/2015

"Though this dish uses all the key ingredients and methods of Indian cooking, you’d never find it on the menu at an Indian restaurant."

The perfect long weekend snack or lazy morning hangover dish: fragrant spiced sardines on toast. An original dish from Ruby Banga.

http://bit.ly/1d8KgpN

Who Ruby Banga What A busy local Realtor. Where Raised in Coquitlam, currently living in North Vancouver. The dish Sardines in a spicy tomato sauce topped with fresh cilantro and served wit...

10/05/2015

Look for Acorn Mag co-founder Joann Pai's mouthwatering work in this month's issue of Western Living Magazine! So proud of Slice of Pai Photography's stunning editorial.

07/05/2015

The Bartender: Katie Ingram
The Ingredient: Malibu Island Spiced
The Cocktail: Coco Low-cal

The first Bottom of the Barrel drink we actually finished. Uva Wine Bar & Restaurant's Katie Ingram whips up a vacation in a glass on the latest edition over at Two For The Bar.

Welcome to the 8th instalment of Bottom Of The Barrel- a collaborative effort between Two For The Bar and Joann Pai of Acorn Mag. Throughout the series we have challenged craft bartenders to use no...

29/04/2015

Only one more day to vote for Vancouver's admirable Two For The Bar cocktail blog over at SAVEUR Magazine's annual blog awards! Head over to bit.ly/1Ge8dTe to make a big difference in a hardworking cocktail-lovers life!

We're thrilled to introduce 6 finalists in each of our 13 categories, selected with a little help from previous years' winners. Vote for your favorite food blogs through April 30th.

26/04/2015

It's not too late to vote for Vancouver's own Two For The Bar over at the Saveur Blog Awards site: bit.ly/1Ge8dTe. It only takes a minute or two to sign up and your vote would mean the world to us. We value and admire this Bottom of the Barrel collaborator very much! Cheers.

We're thrilled to introduce 6 finalists in each of our 13 categories, selected with a little help from previous years' winners. Vote for your favorite food blogs through April 30th.

25/04/2015

"Of course he had to explain to her how it was that one minute she was nothing, a swirling echo all at once infinite and empty singing the heartbeat of the universe, and the next she was lying awake on her dingy kitchen floor, covered in flies." Cocktail Fiction makes a comeback this week, thanks to Julia Sehmer, The Diamond and a Co**se Reviver II. Read the full story over at AcornMag.com: http://bit.ly/1HvdwmR.

For a little excitement I had recently been using the extra money I'd set aside from the market to bid on those abandoned storage lockers down in Teslo (Storage Wars was big back then), and on Satu...

24/04/2015

In good old Cocktail Fiction style, our writer was given one prompt: "co**se reviver II". Her short story blew us away and left us in need of a Co**se Reviver of our own... http://bit.ly/1HvdwmR

Many thanks to contributing author Julia Sehmer.

For a little excitement I had recently been using the extra money I'd set aside from the market to bid on those abandoned storage lockers down in Teslo (Storage Wars was big back then), and on Satu...

04/04/2015

Rhek and Cadeaux Bakery Inc. do what they do best for a very special Easter edition of FoodxArt over at today. Find out more about Rhek and see how he fares with a piping bag after the jump.

Vancouver’s Cadeaux Bakery and local artist and entrepreneur, Rhek, collide in an explosion of neon coloured icing in our second edition of FoodxArt. This Easter, the multi-talented artist traded i...

01/04/2015

Congratulations to our Bottom of the Barrel collaborator, Two For The Bar, on being nominated for SAVEUR Magazine's 2015 Blog Awards in the Best Spirits or Cocktail Coverage category!

So rad to see Vancouver's best and brightest behind-the-wood talent being featured on this year's shortlist. If you have a moment, check out the blog and vote. Cheers!

We're thrilled to introduce 6 finalists in each of our 13 categories, selected with a little help from previous years' winners. Vote for your favorite food blogs through April 30th.