Stopping by Beaucoup Bakery & Café on a rainy Sunday has become somewhat of a routine for us, particularly after a morning at the Kits dog beach. We always plan on getting a couple things, but inevitably end up with a boxful of almond croissants, kouign amann and cheddar & green onion scones. Any self-control…
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Beaucoup & A Baby Frenchie
Nothing turns my mood around quicker than a baby Frenchie and a stop at Beaucoup Bakery. Puppies are my favourite, but there’s just something about baby French Bulldogs – their velvety foreheads, oversized bat ears, and soft, smooshy faces – that I just die for. After our walk at Kits Beach, Stella and I went…
Could have been Winter
Call me crazy, but winter walks along the beach are my favourite: the grey clouds, varying degrees of rain, and the waves white and frothy against the rocks. And this morning, nature gave me the perfect Vancouver send-off – a morning cold and drizzly enough to warrant Hunters and a sweater, complete with a light…
Summer Perks: Farmers Markets & Watermelon Juice
Summer is not my favourite season; in fact, if not for the fact that summer means not having to worry about icy roads, I don’t think I would miss it all that much. Winter is my favourite for a number of reasons, most importantly big chunky sweaters and scarves, snowy duvet mornings, and Thomas Haas…
Ice Cream Sandwiches Take 3: Beaucoup
Continuing on with our sampling of Vancouver’s ice cream sandwiches this summer, we stopped at Beaucoup Bakery & Cafe over the weekend to try theirs. Beaucoup partnered with Sunday Morning Ice Cream, a local small-batch ice cream company, to create two sandwiches: spicy peanut butter and lavender earl grey. The former was a spicy peanut…
Saturday Sweets
Salted caramel éclair, brioche praliné, kouign amann, petite brioche à tête, double-baked chocolate-almond croissant, Valrhona chocolate chip cookies.
Saturday Sweets
Kouign amann from Beta5 Chocolates, kouign amann from Beaucoup Bakery & Café, and chocolate chip cookies also from Beaucoup. Can you tell we love our butter and sugar?
Spring’s on its way
I took Stella to The Bone & Bowl this morning, where golden doodle Archie was simultaneously parading his new toy and trying to keep it out of everyone’s reach, and where we picked up a little red polka-dotted raincoat perfect for spring. Because Stella is built the way she is, some minor alterations need to…
Happy Dog, Happy Life
If you asked me, three years ago, what would make for the perfect weekend, I probably would have said something like, “A morning of cardio followed by a good soak in the hot tub, lunch at Provence, then some good shopping.” Nothing could get in the way of that. Except for a little French Bulldog…
Beaucoup & the Beach
There are not many crisp, sunny days in a Vancouver winter, which is fine by me because I was born loving the rain, but the last couple days have been a really nice change from the usual – little gems of sunshine, if you will. Typically, I pull on a pair of Hunters, zip a…
Chocolate Chip Cookies
There are things in life that are so common, so ordinary, that we often take them for granted. Such is the all too familiar chocolate chip cookie. Whenever I walk into a bakery, I tend to pay them little attention, no matter how high the stack, my eyes focusing instead on the kouign amann and…
Pup & Grub 