by Tim Pawsey | Jun 16, 2021 | Features
How B.C.’s government and hospitality industry embraced the new reality—and each other’s interests …You better start swimmin’ or you’ll sink like a stone For the times they are a -changin’ —Bob Dylan. If Covid-19 has yielded one major positive, it’s the way in...
by Joanne Sasvari | Jun 9, 2021 | Features
After months and months of being cooped up at home, there’s one thing we know for sure: We’re going to be spending a lot more time outside this summer. So in the Spring/Summer 2021 issue of the Alchemist, we celebrate the patio. Gail Johnson looks at the way expanded...
by Gail Johnson | Jun 4, 2021 | Features
Stylish partitions go beyond Plexiglas Plexiglas is so 2020. With dividers now the norm in restaurants and bars, more places are getting creative with their pandemic shields. As long as partitions are “washable, rigid and impermeable” and measure at least 1.2...
by Michael White | Feb 12, 2021 | Features
How Reece Sims shares her love of the water of life When Reece Sims graduated from the University of Victoria, in 2009, with a Bachelor of Commerce, she thought she might go on to become a lawyer. Instead, after tenures in marketing for the fashion and architecture...
by Gail Johnson | Feb 5, 2021 | Features
Italian cocktails have taken over Vancouver Cocktail culture may be thriving in North America, but you could say Italy invented it with the aperitivo. Drawn from the Latin aperire, meaning “to open,” the term implies much more than a drink to whet the appetite; it’s a...
by Charlene Rooke | Dec 11, 2020 | Features
B.C.’s small-batch distillers got crafty in this season, releasing new bottled cocktails, gift packs, special editions and other little goodies—from vermouth to liqueur—ideal for stuffing stockings, or treating yourself to new tastes. Cocktail lovers have a...
