Food
Restaurant Reviews, Recipes, & More
The New North 53
I've been a fan of North 53 since the day it opened. Even before, in fact, when I heard they were one winery or two ahead of me throughout the entire Okanagan in 2013. If restaurant owners and staff were tasting their way through BC in search of wines for their...
Christmas Gift Ideas for the Foodster in Your Life
Don't panic, there's still time to get some wonderful items for that food lover in your life. Check out my list and get shopping! Knifewear If you have someone in your life who loves to cook, then you must buy them a hand-forged Japanese knife from Knifewear. You just...
Decoding &27
Oh, what a banner year for Edmonton restaurants! Woodwork, Rge Rd and North 53 gave us something to cheer about by all grabbing a toehold on the long list for enRoute's Best New Restaurants 2014. Rge Rd carried though by securing position number 4. It appears that...
How to Up Your Grilling Game
It's nearing the end of November — otherwise known as Stage 4 Barbecuing and tonight we're cooking some gorgeous striploins. It snowed yesterday, but no big deal; Canadians never let a little snow bar the path to their outdoor grills. This summer, I received a set of...
Northern Star Robin Wasicuna Shines at Chef Collaboration
A culinary collaboration between Yellowknife's Robin Wasicuna of Wiseguy Foods and Ontario's Rich Francis, owner of Aboriginal Culinary Concepts, was an overwhelming success despite the vanishing act pulled by Francis at the halfway mark of the two-day event. It...
Good Food a Hot Topic at MacEwan University
I wouldn't normally seek out a post secondary campus in search of food. What's happening at MacEwan University though, is not exactly normal. Schools don't have the best reputation for putting out good food, but, in the words of Bob Dylan, "the times, they are...
Black Burgers in Tokyo – Frightful Food
It's Hallowe'en which means time for something truly terrifying: the Kuro (Black) Burger from Burger King and the Spooky Burger from McDonald's. Some of you (most of you, I hope), may be wondering why anyone would want to eat these burgers. I mean, look at these...
Downtown Diner – Comfort Food in the Fort
It doesn't matter what the current food trend is (molecular gastronomy, cronuts, sriracha-in-everything), comfort food never wavers: meatloaf, fried chicken, mac 'n cheese—you get the idea, comfort food is what we always come back to. Even those of us who didn't grow...
Branches – A Breath of Fresh Air in the Park
The owners of Greenland Garden Centre have branched out. (Sorry, it had to be said.) What I'm getting at is they've added a new space to the garden centre with a gorgeous little bistro called Branches. There are several interesting elements to this operation—so many,...