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French 50 Bakery
Hidden Gem: French 50 Bakery Sometimes you have to hunt a little for a true hidden gem and French 50 Bakery (and freshly-launched café) is just such a treasure. Operated by husband-and-wife team Brad [...]
Eat Your Wine
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 [...]
Wrap and Roll
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 [...]
A Real Treat
Real Treat Organic Cookies A Cochrane-based cookie company is quietly making waves in the food world as it has taken home two prestigious awards this past spring. Real Treat Organic cookies took home the [...]
The Irony of it All
I like meat. I just can’t cook it. Over the past decades a landfill or compost heap no doubt owes its existence to the cuts of meat I have ruined, burned, crisped, turned into [...]
The Little Cafe that Could
Off the beaten path, tucked in between Calgary’s Bow River and the Trans-Canada Highway, sits Angel’s Cappuccino Café, a favourite hangout with the locals that has been a solid fixture for 15 years. What [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
Resilience & Realignment: How the pandemic clarified this company’s reason for being
Pandemic Stories: Grounded Tea By: Angela Hayward & Kelsey Woods 2020 was a hard year — most people will look back on it and say that it was memorable, but it definitely wasn't the [...]
Tacos For the Suburban People
Calavera Cantina Calgary loves its tacos, but hates trying to find parking. Enter Calavera Cantina. Located in the 130th Ave. S.E. shopping area, Calavera brings chef-driven Mexican cuisine to the suburbs. The venture shares [...]
Global Vegetarian Cuisine
The Coup Opening their doors in 2004, The Coup is Calgary’s oldest vegetarian restaurant. Last year, a small group of like-minded local, plant-based restaurant operators behind Nourish Bistro in Banff bought the Coup as [...]
I Yam Who I Yam
When it comes to the plant-based food business, I'm confused. Don’t get me wrong, I was buying veggie ground round 20 years ago — before it was fashionable. Anybody who hasn’t been in a [...]
Meat-Free Charcuterie
Brie and Banquet As we put this issue together, we wondered if there was such a thing as plant-based charcuterie (one of our favourite warm-weather dinners.) Turns out, there is… and it’s delicious! Brie [...]
How to Vegetarian in Calgary
By Elizabeth Chorney-Booth It’s a stereotype that annoys foodies and restaurateurs to no end, but the idea that Calgary is a meat ‘n’ potatoes town is rooted in the truths of a not-so-distant past. [...]
Take a Walk on Vegan Street
Vegan Street It’s a rare occasion a vegan can order anything they wish off the menu, no holds barred. So it’s no surprise Vegan Street has become a favourite for plant-based diners. Formerly a [...]
A Twist on Turkish Classics
Anatolia Turkish Food Before coming to Canada, Chef Mahmut Elbasi was a culinary student in his hometown of Kayseri, Turkey. While studying for his red seal designation, he worked as head chef at Elmacioglu [...]
Roots Grow Deep
Shop Local With dreams of spring on our minds, we’ve been playing with grow kits, Alberta-made products and zero-waste items. Growing herbs and mushrooms indoors has kept us busy. Once they are ready, we [...]
Breakfast Epiphanies
Did you know that when you treat mom to brunch on Mother’s Day, you’re actually celebrating a major milestone in the women’s movement? According to history books, it’s West Virginia’s Anna Jarvis we have [...]
Stock your Freezer
Shef's Fiery Kitchen Operated by sisters Shefali (Shef) and Sharon Somani, Shef’s Fiery Kitchen has become a popular lunch spot in the Calgary Farmers’ Market. With roots dating back to the market at Currie [...]
Having a Ball
Delish Ballz When life handed Chef Masoud Mehrabi lemons, he and his wife Atieh didn’t care much for lemonade, so they made balls instead. The cheekily-named Delish Ballz are Mehrabi’s take on Persian/Latin fusion [...]
Greek Eatery Reimagined
Mykonos Street Grill Chef Aki Hatzistamatis was born into the restaurant business. From age 12, he worked in his father’s restaurant Mykonos Greek Restaurant on Centre Street North until it closed in 2011. Aki [...]
My Fun Easter
I am closer to the Easter Bunny than I have ever been to Santa. Sure, Santa’s jolly, but his love is conditional. All that ‘naughty or nice’ business? Too much pressure. The Easter Bunny [...]