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Hakuna Matata Somalian Restaurant in Edmonton
Just saying the name of this restaurant will have you humming the song from The Lion King. I've had Timon and Pumba in my head for the past three days: "Hakuna Matata...aint no passing craze. It means no worries, for the rest of your days..." Now that winter is...
Dumplings Restaurant – Review
I want to share a little dumpling love with you. I stumbled across this restaurant just after they opened August 2010 and it didn't take long for me to become a devotee. I've blogged about Dumplings in the past (click here for the first post, and here for a later...
Canadian Maple Syrup — Liquid Gold
We've just returned from a conference in Dubai and London where we took gifts to fellow attendees and relatives in England. Peoples' eyes lit right up when they saw what we had brought: ice wine and maple syrup, two iconically Canadian food products. Yesterday I...
Food Incubator Article in Edmonton Journal & Calgary Herald
I spent a few hours interviewing four food entrepreneurs developing their products at Alberta’s Food Processing Development Centre and the Agrivalue Processing Business Incubator in Leduc . The link here will take you to my article which was featured in the Taste...
Noorish – An Enlightening Food Experience
I’m an omnivore; I’ll eat anything—but I have a particular fondness for meat. Juicy, chewy, charred or chilled, raw, roasted, braised or broiled. These incisors weren’t meant for attacking bananas, no sir. I like meat; I like it a lot. Naturally I started to salivate...
More Yak News
More yak meat information is hitting the airwaves: First, here's a new recipe for Yak-Cross Pulled Beef from my friends Russ and Melissa Friesen, the people who breed and raise Tibetan Yak/Angus Cross Cattle near Pincher Creek. This looks delicious! Also, my pal Mark...
Sage at the River Cree Casino – Review
We were kid-free and ready for a getaway last weekend. Vegas sounded like a good idea. People often tell me of finding amazing last minute deals for Vegas. Surely, I thought, we'd be able to find something. Surely...not. Apparently amazing last minute deals are for...
Prairie Gardens – Part of Sturgeon County’s Incredible Bounty
There's an incredible hidden gem just north of Edmonton near Bon Accord at Prairie Gardens. This is no ordinary garden. This is a 35 acre adventure farm with arcade games, greenhouses, a pumpkin cannon (and a corn cob cannon for the little tykes), berry u-pick areas,...
The Amazing Enjoy Centre: World-Class Destination in St. Albert
Boy oh boy, what a difference a couple of months can make. That's how long it's been since I visited the Enjoy Centre--the gigantic, incredibly beautiful, architecturally amazing, gardening/wellness/eating/shopping complex in Riel Park on the south side of St....
Indian Fusion: The Curry House – Restaurant Review
Edmonton is rife with Indian restaurants—57 according to a quick search on Urban Spoon, and there are probably more. Certain areas of the city have a high concentration of them: Millwoods, 23rd to 34th Avenues, the west end, and pockets downtown. I’ve been to plenty...
Vivo in Edmonton: Restaurant Review
Italy doesn’t just speak to me; it calls to me like a Siren. So when I heard there was a new Italian restaurant in town, I sped down the Anthony Henday to the newly opened Vivo like Mario Andretti to the finish line. Vivo is located in the corner of a Hawkstone...
Battista’s Calzones – Of Thee I Crave
It's no secret I love Battista's Calzones. I stumbled upon this little shop on the corner of 118 Ave and 84 Street in Edmonton a few days after they opened nearly a year ago and now, the savoury, ooey-gooey, pillowy soft buns bursting with Italian goodness are one of...