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Lonely Mouth Club
Lonely Mouth Bar kuchisabishii 口寂しい. When you're not hungry, but you eat because your mouth is lonely. Concorde Group is on a roll. Its latest outing, Lonely Mouth Bar on 17th Ave. S.W., adds [...]
May the Tacos be with you
Native Tongues Taqueria Native Tongues Taqueria rolled out a new menu this past fall with some old favourites mingling with fresh flavours. New menu items include a delicious taco de cameron (shrimp), a queso [...]
Spice
For thousands of years, we’ve been flavouring our food with what grows nearby and trading our flavours for those who have journeyed from afar. With a long history that dates all the way back [...]
New Menu Alert
Flores & Pine We’re always happy to get an invitation to Flores & Pine in Bearspaw as the food is always great, the room is beautiful and the place is always bustling with patrons [...]
Gonna Make You Sweat
Shop Local In writing this column one phrase keeps coming to mind, “You can’t keep a good person down.” In the face of adversity, our community continues to show resilience. We’ve discovered the most [...]
Eat Drink Plant
Maven Percilla Rubio Gutscher of Brekkie and Sammie Café and her team have embarked on a new adventure with Maven, a brand-new eatery on 17th Ave. S.W. The café features brunch, cocktails, and a [...]
West African Fine Dining
Ellie's Kitchen + Bar Ellie’s Kitchen + Bar is Calgary’s newest fine dining restaurant to open featuring traditional West African and Caribbean cuisine. The menu includes dishes made with spicy Suya, savoury jollof rice, [...]
Roll With it Baby
Edelweiss Village A food lover could easily lose time at the Edelweiss Village in Capitol Hill, N.W. – especially this time of year. With a massive kitchen section, Christmas shopping is a breeze for [...]
High Tea
Jolene's Tea House It was the Swiss alpine guides who brought tea culture from Europe to the Rockies in the early 20th Century as the Canadian Pacific railroad began ferrying tourists west. These guides [...]
Sausage Roll Wreath
Bake up something special this Christmas with this festive Sausage Roll Wreath. Mix up a classic English style pork sausage mixture from scratch, then envelop it with a rich, buttery store-bought puff pastry. Made [...]
Conquering Napoleon
You may have noticed we spent some quality time in the northwest this issue and no visit to that quadrant would be complete without a visit to this classic Bownesian bakery. Sweet Home Bakery [...]
Stuffing Schmuffing
By Linda Kupecek I have always been conflicted about the holidays. Part of me yearns to be all ho-ho-ho while I whip up a cauliflower and stilton bisque, a cucumber radish wreath, and maybe [...]
Upside-down Pear Gingerbread
Holiday Beauties Though the focus of celebratory holiday meals tends to be the large, protein-heavy, Norman Rockwell-esque roasts that are dramatically presented and carved at the table, I love the elaborate desserts we tend [...]
What’s for Dinner
A busy lifestyle and desire to cook wholesome meals at home is what led childhood friends Becky Brauer, Dhruv Sood and Husein Rahemtulla to start Fresh Prep six years ago. A talented team of [...]
The Countdown Begins
Gradient Vodka Soda Calgary based Gradient Vodka Soda is a new soda on the market offering a unique way to enjoy your alcoholic beverages. Six cans come packaged together with decreasing levels of alcohol: [...]
Gifts for the Cocktail Enthusiast
Stuffing the stocking of a cocktail enthusiast? Trying to impress the amateur mixologist in your life? We’ve got you covered. Here are five unique gift ideas featuring local products and vendors. [...]
Lamingtons
Holiday Beauties Though the focus of celebratory holiday meals tends to be the large, protein-heavy, Norman Rockwell-esque roasts that are dramatically presented and carved at the table, I love the elaborate desserts we tend [...]
Italian Roots Grow Deep
D.O.P. Growing up Italian, it’s only natural Tony Migliarese would settle into Calgary 15 years ago to eventually open both a pizza eatery (Pizza Face YYC) and a sit-down Italian restaurant D.O.P. The name [...]
Our Favourite Things 2021
While raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens are undoubtedly good things, we’re much fonder of crisp apple strudel and schnitzel with noodles. In fact, we’d argue that the best things in life can [...]
GivingTuesday
GivingTuesday is a global day of giving, unity and the world’s largest generosity movement. Created in 2012, it's a day meant to remind and encourage people to do good, give back to their community, [...]
Market Report: Pandebono and Pasta
Moji Bakery On a chilly winter morning, there’s nothing better than a warm drink paired with a few of Moji Bakery’s pandebono. Soft and cheesy, these round, bite-sized breads turn [...]
Swing by Porch
The pandemic has affected dining in thousands of ways – one of the most impactful in a winter city like Calgary is a move to more outdoor dining. This is a trend we love [...]
Quinces
By Ellen Kelly Quinces, like so many of the fruits and vegetables we’re familiar with today, have quite an intriguing, if slightly convoluted, history. Originating in central Asia over 4000 years ago, they soon [...]
Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony at Yegna
Hidden Gem: Yegna It’s no secret that Ethiopian coffee is considered the best in the world. Arabica beans cultivated on high misty hilltops give these beans (which also grow wild in places) bright fruited [...]