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Check out our Okanagan hockey highlights 31 OUR OTHER ICE SPORT When Mom warned you not to throw stones, she wasn’t talking about this popular Okanagan ON THE COVER: CLOCKWISE: winter-buster BRENT GILCHRIST WITH THE STANLEY CUP, KELOWNA ROCKETS #15 COLTON SISSONS, CANADIAN WOMEN’S HOCKEY STAR #22 HALEY WICKENHEISER AND WESTSIDE WARRIORS #14 CONNOR DEMPSEY PHOTOS BY STACEY PAVLOV, GILLIANNE RICHARDS, MARISSA BAECKER, BRUCE KEMP AND CONTRIBUTED okanaganlife.com JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2012 5 THE ALL- NEW ALL- WHEEL DRIVE 2012 IMPREZA 2012 Impreza 2.0i THE COMPLETELY REDESIGNED 2012 AWD IMPREZA has a stylish new interior, more cargo space, and best fuel efficiency of any AWD vehicle† in North publisher/editor J. Paul Byrne America. STANDARD FEATURES • Symmetrical full-time AWD senior editor Laurie Carter • All-new 2.0L 148HP BOXER engine • Driver and managing editor Karen Slivar front passenger front- and side-impact airbags • Vehicle Dynamics Control and Traction Control creative director Mishell Raedeke Systems • AC • Cruise control • And more. graphic designer Tim Searles administration Wendy Letwinetz Of course we’d introduce it in winter. It’s a Subaru. contributing writers Michael Botner Well equipped plus AWD from John Paul Byrne * Gordon Hawkes $ Bruce Kemp 21,590 2670 Highway 97 N, Kelowna • 250.861.6163 • 1.877.861.6166 • www.anthonys.ca Shannon Linden *Model shown is a 2012 Impreza 2.0i 5MT (CF1 BP) with MSRP of $21,590 including freight & PDI ($1,595). Documentation fees ($395) and air and tire levies ($120) are extra. License, taxes, insurance and registration extra. Dealers may sell for less. Dealer order/trade may be necessary. †Comparison based upon Natural Resources Canada estimated highway fuel economy for all 2011 AWD vehicles. ††Based on manufacturer-estimated fuel economy of 8.3L/100 km (city) and 5.9L/100 km (highway) for a 2012 Subaru Stacy Pavlov Impreza 2.0i 5MT (CF1 BP). Actual fuel consumption will vary based on driving conditions, driver habits, and vehicle load. Gillianne Richards Patti Shales Lefkos Karen Slivar THAT’S contributing Marissa Baecker When not writing cookbooks, Ricardo Scebba Ricardo Scebba and Sue Miller are the husband and wife AMORE is co-owner and head chef at Ricardo’s recipes honouring my mother team at Ricardo’s Mediterranean Kitchen. While Ricardo photographers Stuart Bish g Mediterranean Kitchen, a multi-award g from Ricardo Scebba’s Mediterranean Kitchen and his assistants delve into and bring forth the delights of Michael Botner winning restaurant which he runs with his traditional Italian cooking, Sue and her front-of-house wife Sue, his four children and ‘unretired’ staff create a warm and inviting vibe in which to enjoy Ricardo Scebba has an uncanny ability to step off the page right Alex Hill parents, Connie and Joe in Kelowna BC. Ricardo’s artistry. This book is a celebration of the food, into your kitchen with his amusing anecdotes, kitchen savvy Ricardo’s commitment to good food and good from the family and the restaurant. and flat out love of food and family. Barry Hodgins times pours off every page of “That’s Amore”. “That’s Amore” brings you inside an authentic Italian He lives with his family in Vernon, BC. R Bruce Kemp Family kitchen with recipes and a passion for cooking that has icardo I am a lucky man to have Ricardo and Sue as patrons in the passed down and evolved over three generations. Some of these beautiful Okanagan. The food is amazing: always Stacy Pavlov treasured recipes were brought from Italy by Ricardo’s mother. S accompanied by a great wine and tall tales around a happy cebba THAT’S Others are his personal interpretations of traditional favour- table of well-fed friends and musicians. Gillianne Richards ites, and many are popular menu items from Ricardo’s Medi- As a tribute to his mother, – Barney Bentall, legendary rock musician and rancher terranean Kitchen. ’s M Learn the secrets to Nonna’s Poplette and Pasta Fagioli, Ricardo’s cook book will ediiterranean Ricardo’s cooking took me right back to Italy. We’re lucky simple flavourful dishes you can make with ease and confi- g inspire youto have to him crank and his fresh, up simple, the delicious food) here in dence. “That’s Amore” will inspire you to crank up the opera BC. And his desserts – 100% to die for. Best panna cotta and turn your kitchen into “La Bella Cucina”. AMORE opera andI’ve hadturn in my your life. kitchen – Erin Ireland, food reporter, Vancouver BC K into “La Bella Cucina”. itchen Contributed You will fall in love with Ricardo’s the minute you walk cover photos Published by the Okanagan Institute from Ricardo Scebba’s icardo cebba’s through the door. You are greeted as family, indulged with www.okanaganinstitute.com g beautiful food and spoiled with attention. True to the spirit 978-0-9868663-6-4 | $24.95 g ISBN g Mediterranean Kitchen of the Italian table, the Scebba family shares their recipes, Laurie Carter okanaganlife.com ISBN 978-0-9868663-6-4 traditions and hearts through these pages. It is a love letter 42495 > institute okanagan about the celebration of food, family and the good life. editor – Jennifer Schell , writer and editor, Kelowna BC 9 780986 866364 415 Commonwealth Rd. Lake Country 1 250.766.6810 g www.ricardos.ca Okanagan Life is published by Byrne Publishing Group Inc. To subscribe or advertise: Call 250.861.5399 Toll-free 1.888.311.1119 Email [email protected] Write to: #10–1753 Dolphin Avenue We’re on your side. Kelowna, BC V1Y 8A6; or visit www.okanaganlife.com Exceptionally personal and professional, thanks to our new shop in West Kelowna, Okanagan Life is available at several newsstands our amazing service is now also more available. Next time you need collision repair, throughout the Valley. For a full list, please visit www.okanaganlife.com/wheretobuy.php discover the indisputable advantages of Craftsman Collision. © 2011, All rights reserved. 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