Food
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Sawaddee Thai: Well, Hello Sherwood Park!
I’ve been hot on Sherwood Park’s tail about the chain restaurant blight that has pervaded the town’s culinary scene forever. Very rarely does a good independent restaurant make the Park its home, and if it does, it doesn’t stay for long. Thankfully, things are...
Haus Falkenstein: Schnitzel Emporium
There's a new schnitzel maker in town — admit it, you've been holding your breath, waiting for that news. If you realized how seriously Germans take their schnitzel, though, you'd understand the weight of this announcement. I talked about Haus Falkenstein this...
Soy & Pepper: Modern Korean Food?
After the reform of Canadian immigration laws in 1966, Canada's Korean population grew from 2,000 in 1969 to almost 20,000 by 1980. Naturally, the émigrés brought with them the flavours of their world and Canada was introduced to the exotic flavours of bulgogi and...
The Fernie Food Tour
I've traveled to and through British Columbia so many times, I can't even count anymore. Usually, the Okanagan or Vancouver Island is my destination but two weekends ago, a few food/travel writers and I were invited to stay, play and eat in Fernie, and, oh how we did....
Hotel Arts: Calgary’s Consistently Impressive Boutique Hotel
I travel a lot. I stay in hotels. They get boring. They look like grey blocks...and I like pretty things. Sometimes I need a boutique blast; a change of venue that offers some stimulation for the senses. If you've ever been to Hotel Arts in Calgary, you know where I'm...
What’s Cooking at Get Cooking?
Cover photo courtesy of The Salty Almond. There's always something brewing, shaking or baking at Kathryn Joel's Get Cooking school in Edmonton. The school is located in the MacEwan student residence behind the Robbins Health Learning Centre at Grant MacEwan's city...
Boralia (Toronto) Serves Up Canadian Culinary History
cover photo credit: @Boralia_to I stumbled across Boralia's Instagram feed in 2014 when owners Evelyn Wu and Wayne Morris were in the early stages of recipe testing. The name was Borealia back then but the 'e' was dropped due to a trademark issue. Borealia, by the...
No Way Jose’s Taqueria – Restaurant Review
Sherwood Park is overrun with fast food "Mexican" chains—you know the ones: Taco Bell, Taco Time, Taco del Mar...other than Casa Doce, really good Mexican food is hard to come by in these parts. Thankfully, that's no longer the case: No Way Jose's Taqueria is getting...
The Almanac on Whyte – Restaurant Review
After two months of painting and polishing, partners Alysha Couture, Dominique Moquin and Josh Meachem announced that The Almanac on Whyte, a place where "pub fare meets French food", was ready to open. Bring on the cassoulet!—and I mean, literally: Alberta is home...