It's all about local hooch and making whoopie (pies, that is) as Anya chats with BC Distilled founder Alex Hamer and owner Katie McGuire of East Van's Whoopie Dee Doo and Modern Perogie.

A new restaurant and grocer on Commercial Drive is redefining the hospitality experience and, closer to Chinatown, a local chef is reinventing dumplings for a growing and ardent fan base.

Low or no-alcohol drinking is on the rise and sommelier Kurtis Kolt joins to chat about what's happening in the city. And, later, Chef Jen Peters, co-founder of The Good Flour Co., talks about all things gluten-free, yeast-free and wheat-free.

Gail Johnson of Stir Magazine joins to talk Valentine's eats and treats, and later, Chef Andrea Alridge of Savio Volpe talks cooking, competing and childhood inspiration.

A long-standing local Gastown restaurant has expanded its service to Vancouver Island and later, Sam Shem of The Dessert Club chats about what Lunar New Year means to him and where you can shop and dine to celebrate the Year of the Tiger.

A small local bakery in Burnaby is celebrating five years of creating French pastries and cakes and, in Chinatown, a local pastry chef is combining the Asian flavours of his childhood with French techniques to create innovative and award-winning goodies.

Hanna McLean of Daily Hive joins to tell us about what's up and coming on the restaurant scene and later, Hot Chocolate Festival founder Rhonda May gives us the sweet inside scoop on what to expect for this year's cocoa-based event.

John Bishop chats about 36 years in the restaurant industry, farm-to-table, sustainable dining, the closing of Bishop's, and what's next.

A plant-based restaurant in Yaletown is redefining what it means to stick to the veg and a celebration of all-things cocktail is coming to Vancouver this March.

Local pastry chef Sam Shem is reinventing how we think of dessert. And, new restaurant Land and Sea is creating elevated Japanese and West Coast fare that is shining a new light on Kerrisdale dining.