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Dog Slinger and Mustard Wrangler
Shop Local More than any other, we’ve welcomed this summer with wide open arms, almost running to catch it and ensure it doesn’t slip away. While we are still facing uncertain times, we can [...]
Buttermilk Fried Chicken Sandwich with Siracha Mayo
A buttermilk chicken thigh is the heart of the fried chicken sandwich. Cooked until crispy, then served on a soft bun with a homemade sauce, shredded lettuce and sliced pickles makes an easy, tasty [...]
The Rise of the Fried Chicken Sandwich
In 2015, American food writer Helen Rosner wrote an article for Guernica Magazine called “On Chicken Tenders,” an unapologetic ode to the humble chicken strip, the “king of all perfect foods,” as she describes [...]
Sloppy Joes
A couple of generations ago, casseroles were the weeknight meal of choice when you needed to get dinner on the table with a minimum of dishes to do afterward. Skillet and sheet-pan meals are [...]
Backyard Bounty
If you’re lucky enough to know someone from the East Coast, you may have had the pleasure of a seafood boil. Thanks to Calgary’s new Backyard Boil, you no longer need an exclusive invite [...]
The Truffle Club
Shop Local More than any other, we’ve welcomed this summer with wide open arms, almost running to catch it and ensure it doesn’t slip away. While we are still facing uncertain times, we can [...]
Global Grill
A delectable collection of Calgary's best international meat dishes COVID-19 may have made international travel impossible, but thankfully, Calgary brings the world to devout meat eaters as the home of countless international restaurants, markets [...]
Not Your Average Churro
Halo Churros Antonio Lopez landed in Canada seven years ago by way of Mexico City, ending up in High Level, Alberta. He opened a Mexican restaurant, sold it a couple of years later and [...]
Pavlova
As the daughter and daughter-in-law of Dutch immigrants, I know a thing or two about sweet treats. Speculaas cookies, boterkoek, oliebollen – the Dutch certainly are passionate about sweet indulgences. But it’s the Australian [...]
Grilled Spatchcock Chicken
We are back for another summer of grilling with AMA's Backyard BBQ team in support of local farmers, ranchers, and businesses. This summer we'll be sharing some unique and popular ways to grill Alberta [...]
Pao Packs a Flavour Punch
Pao YYC If nothing else, the pandemic has caused a creative revolution in dining. Necessity has indeed been the mother of invention and the beneficiaries are Calgary eaters! John and Sharon Nidua were running [...]
Spam and Pineapple Fried Rice
This Spam and pineapple fried rice recipe is a delicious way to repurpose leftover rice. Add in juicy pineapple cubes, some staple items from the pantry or freezer and you can turn those leftovers [...]
The Sustainable Kitchen
Lovely Leftovers and Sensational Scraps Open the fridge on any given day and there they are: leftovers. The remains of great meals of the past taunt us to eat them before they expire. Why [...]
Teamwork Makes the Dream Work
Curry Queens When you get entrepreneurs together in the same space for long enough, they’re bound to cook up a new idea. Such was the case for Jeff and Joel Matthews, Safeer Rashid and [...]
Workhorse of the Kitchen
Shop Local Spring has sprung and we are soaking in the warm weather, planting our vegetable gardens and getting excited about summer. We’ve discovered some cool finds for this edition. A good jar of [...]
Canela Can!
Canela Vegan Pastries The cute little house just off Macleod Tr. is easy to miss if you don’t know where you’re looking. Fortunately, Canela’s vegan pastry offerings make it a destination for sweet seekers [...]
The Early Bird Gets The Worm
Bread Culture Tucked into a little strip mall along 14th St. S.W., you will find European-inspired artisan bakery, Bread Culture. South Korean expats Yangsun (Sunny) Park and Sungho (Thomas) Park honed their craft in [...]
Boho Beverages
Bohomylk and Rocky Mountain Tisane Company Is it us, or has Calgary’s specialty beverage scene exploded this year? While many of us have drowned our pandemic sorrows in our terrific local microbrews and wine, [...]
Cauliflower Fritters with Hollandaise Sauce
Most food trends are fleeting, generally (these days) driven by social media; Instagram triggered the unicorn Frappuccino® — and a thousand swirly purple unicorn foods after it — and TikTok recently brought us a [...]
Sweeten the Pot
Shop Local Spring has sprung and we are soaking in the warm weather, planting our vegetable gardens and getting excited about summer. We’ve discovered some cool finds for this edition. A good jar of [...]
Heart of Bragg Creek
Hidden Gem: Heart of Bragg Creek Road-trips have become the family outing of choice over the last year and a short trip west for some plant-based goodness at Heart of Bragg Creek Café is [...]
Greens
By Ellen Kelly Thanks to the relatively recent onslaught of hydroponic baby-this and micro-that all tidily provided in little plastic clamshells, we no longer have to do without greens for endless months. Don’t get [...]
Sweet Treats Abound
Sugar Marmalade One of the best parts of running Savour Calgary is the little adventures we get to go on to discover new and exciting things. A trip to Sugar Marmalade (before shut-down number [...]
Bee Healthy
Shop Local Spring has sprung and we are soaking in the warm weather, planting our vegetable gardens and getting excited about summer. We’ve discovered some cool finds for this edition. A good jar of [...]