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Partake – CBC Review
This is what Edmonton does best when it comes to restaurants: small, cozy spaces where confident and qualified staff dish up delicious, unpretentious food. You can read all about Partake in my CBC web article or listen to the on-air review with Nola Keeler here. The...
2018 – A Hot Year for Kelowna
It's been wonderful to watch the evolution of the Kelowna food scene take place over the years. If you've never been to Kelowna (sometimes referred to by its airport code YLW in hashtags on social media platforms), put it on your destination list. It's long been a...
2018: Edmonton’s Year in Food
Plant-based offerings were the hands-down winner for 2018 which was a surprise to many of us here in the capital city of Alberta. Potatoes from Kanu Café It was also a good year for smaller restaurants serving Asian foods: Kanto with Filipino food, Tang Bistro with...
Favourite Okanagan Destinations: Lake Country
I often get asked for recommendations in the Okanagan. I don't mind, in fact, I absolutely love telling people about the great things in the valley, but, it does take a lot of time and effort to respond to emails and texts about what to eat and drink, or what to do...
Kanu Cafe – CBC Review
Add Kanu to the rapidly growing list of meat-free restaurants setting up in Edmonton—this one part of the group of restaurants connectd with American celeb chef, Matthew Kenney. I reviewed five vegan (vegetarian/plant-based) operations this year. In 2017, I...
Sky High Winemaker’s Dinner with Harry McWatters
Harry McWatters is a Canadian wine industry icon. As founder, director, president, and chair of more boards, associations, foundations and wine industry bodies than you can shake a stick at, and as one who has accomplished more firsts and received more accolades...
Formosa Bistro – CBC Review
Everything good that I hope to have in a dining experience, I found here: a pleasant room (basic but pretty); easy to get to and plenty of parking; helpful, lovely staff; good value, and of course, great food. Every time I left, I was already thinking about what I'd...
An Chay – CBC Review
An Chay opened in the old Pitaghetti place on Jasper at 112 Street and it has taken me almost a year to stop in and taste their food. That was a mistake. Pitaghetti didn't last long, but the tile work they left behind will last a lifetime. (Unfortunately.) I don't...
Why You Should Go to Cibo in Edmonton
Ever wonder about the lifespan of restaurants? I dug around the ol' world wide web to find some interesting stats: one being that most restaurants close during their first year of operation. Further, 70% of those that make it past the first year close their doors in...