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Alvin’s Jazz Club
ALL THAT JAZZ Taking over the former Headquarters space in the Journey Club at Westman Village, Alvin’s Jazz Club (named for owner Jay Westman’s jazz-loving father) features live jazz Thursday through Saturday. The menu, [...]
Shop Local January February 2020
A New Pink Confectionary to Love Ruby Couverture arrived in North America last year much to the delight of chocolate lovers everywhere. Ruby is the first innovation in chocolate since the invention of [...]
Simply Citrus
Sadly, fresh and local gets a little thin on the ground this time of year. Luckily, we are saved by imported sunshine in the clever guise of seasonal citrus, most [...]
Cafe Wisk
HEALTHY BITES FOR NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS Café Wisk is the product of a friendship-turned- partnership of former military medics Evan Dunn and Jordan Castrillon. Both avid keto eaters, the pair jumped on an opportunity [...]
Queens Breakfast and Cocktails
LOCALS SUPPORTING LOCAL Queens Breakfast Cocktails, sister restaurant to Vero Bistro, officially opened in September of last year, but has been keeping a low profile as the team perfects the offering. As word is [...]
Mat’s Diner
MAT'S DINER This Kensington beauty offers the best of all worlds with a red-seal-equivalent chef making breakfast food in a casual, diner setting. Having bought The Daily two years ago, partners Mat Nagaraj and [...]
Jane Bond BBQ
LICENSE TO GRILL Jane Bond BBQ is one of the only places in Calgary to experience an authentic Louisiana crawfish peel. Available daily, treat yourself and a friend to an avalanche of brilliant red, [...]
Mountain Rhino Gluten-free Artisan Foods
CINNAMON BUNS FOR THE PEOPLE Few treats conjure warm childhood memories like cinnamon buns. Now, thanks to the efforts of the team at Mountain Rhino, gluten-sensitive folks can reminisce with everyone else. Founders Steve [...]
Eating In The 2020s
By Shelley Boettcher Trends come and go in the culinary world. One year, we're all jonesing for kale chips, quinoa, kombucha and charcoal. The next year, we're searching for something [...]
Mr. Lu Japanese Street Food
Hot Pot For One and For All Tucked inconspicuously into a side-door off Mission’s 4th Street on 18th Avenue Mr. Lu Japanese Street Food is a fun spot for hot soup on a cold [...]
The Perfect Pairing
Mat’s Diner duo complement each others’ strengths. Sometimes in life, you get the perfect pairing. When it comes to Mat’s Diner in Kensington, you get many: breakfast and Indian flavours, comfort [...]
Sidewalk Citizen Restaurant
AMEN TO GREAT FOOD Walking into Sidewalk Citizen’s new restaurant in Central Memorial Park is almost like walking into a temple. Sun streams through lofty latticed ceilings onto reverent diners. Gothic-shaped windows line the [...]
January/February Issue on Stands Now
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Christmas Cocktail Roundup
Savour Calgary has rounded up its favourite Christmas cocktails in Calgary (and a couple outside, too) to help you make the most of your holiday libations. Whether you're celebrating, treating [...]
Panforte
Traditions occasionally need a little update, and while a radical change to a classic Christmas dinner might result in anarchy, who wouldn’t love a dense, nut- and fruit-laden dessert? And who, specifically, wouldn’t love [...]
Struffoli
Struffoli Italian Honey Balls are very small dough balls mixed with honey and sometimes decorated. They are crispy on the outside, light and airy on the inside and perfect as a Christmas or Easter [...]
My Bad Pot Luck
Prior to this year, I had contributed to maybe three pot lucks in my entire life. Just not my thing. I was re-introduced to the world of the pot luck [...]
Bachla Bras
Bachla Bras Originally a Portuguese recipe, a variation of this salted cod and potato recipe is fairly common throughout Europe. This recipe will serve a crowd, but is easily halved. 3 lb dried salted [...]
Parsnips and Pears
After a cool wet summer followed by a far too early cold and snowy fall, we should be completely inured to the reality of an Alberta winter. Put the reverie of perpetual summer aside [...]
Torta Sbrisalona
Few foods are as tightly bound to the holidays as cookies. They’re gifted and decorated, shipped and left out for Santa—they’re the first consideration when you ponder holiday baking (assuming [...]
Classic Shortbread Cookies
Few foods are as tightly bound to the holidays as cookies. They’re gifted and decorated, shipped and left out for Santa—they’re the first consideration when you ponder holiday baking (assuming [...]
Chocolate Tahini Rugelach
Few foods are as tightly bound to the holidays as cookies. They’re gifted and decorated, shipped and left out for Santa—they’re the first consideration when you ponder holiday baking (assuming [...]
Parsnip and Pear Soup
Just because parsnips are related to carrots doesn’t mean they can go in the kids’ lunches or on a crudité platter. It’s only after they have been thoroughly cooked that the parsnip’s true character [...]
Poached Pears
Despite seeing pears since late summer, I consider them a winter staple. Unlike most other fruits, pears must be harvested under ripe and kept in cold storage before ripening slowly [...]