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June’s Delicatessen – CBC Review
If you missed my CBC review of June's Delicatessen on November 15, here are some links to get you up to speed. Just to clarify, Nate Box's partner in this operation is Mike Forgie, not "Scorgie" as I said on the radio. That's a different Mike, so I apologize. You can...
Filistix – CBC Review
On November 1, I reviewed the brick and mortar location of Filistix. Cousins Ariel del Rosario and Roel Canafranca have garnered a loyal following since they first served meat on skewers from their Filistix food truck in 2008. At the new space on 100 Avenue, they...
Woodshed Burgers – CBC Review
This is set to be the Year of the Burger in Edmonton. Paul Shufelt's Woodshed on 124 Street has committed to using Jeff Nonay's premium Holstein beef, a good move in my opinion. Read my CBC article here or listen to the review I did October 18 on CBC radio (Edmonton...
Toast Culture – CBC Review
My first review at CBC radio after taking a three-month break is for Toast, a restaurant that opened this spring in the Oliver neighbourhood. To be absolutely honest, I guffawed when I saw the sign go up in the old Bru Coffee space. Hadn't the fancy toast phase...
Turquaz Alaturka – CBC Review
I'm not sure what I love more about Edmonton's Turkish community: the people or the food. What I do know is that it's a country I definitely want to explore. I miss Anatolia, the west end Turkish food market with the little restaurant inside. They had only been open...
The Precious Gift of Soup
Recently, my friend, Loretta, put up a post on Facebook asking people what their favourite soup is to eat when they're sick. Loretta is the author of Your Canadian Food Story, a book that contains recipes and over 110 stories from Canadians about their food memories....
Breast Cancer: Radiation with a Side of Gratitude
On day three of radiation treatment, I feel comfortable enough to address the therapists by their first names. By now, they have seen my naked breasts more than anyone has in the past three years, so I guess it’s time to get over the shyness and any formalities....
Chicken Bone Broth: Liquid Gold
When I was undergoing treatment, 80% of my meals were either soup or broth delivered to me by friends. I'm not they will ever know how much I treasured their offerings on those days I wasn't feeling well. Long ago, I had read about the health benefits of bone broth so...
The Courage of a Squirrel
Three weeks ago, I received the last of my chemo drugs but it's today that marks the official end of the treatment. The sessions were spaced three weeks apart (allowing the body time to recover), so if I was still undergoing chemo, I’d be sitting at the Cross Cancer...
To Wig or Not to Wig
It’s been six weeks since I shaved my head and though I’ve gotten used to the feeling of being bald, I still startle sometimes when I pass a mirror and wonder who that person is looking back. Be that as it may, I have not rushed out to wig up like I thought I would...
“Look Good, Feel Better” Class Offers More than Makeup
My third round of cupcakes kicked my butt. I kept telling myself that the wicked side effects were evidence that the drugs were working, but my words did little to buoy my spirits. My chemical therapy program involves eight drugs. Two of them start a day before...
How to Make Peony Simple Syrup, a Margaritus Paeonia…and Other Lessons in Latin
“Mater artium necessitas” or, Necessity is the mother of invention, as we know it, is a phrase often attributed to Plato (thanks to an 1871 errant translation by theologian Benjamin Jowett) but was actually written by William Horman in his 1519 book of aphorisms,...