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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 [...]
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 [...]
Ginger Not-Beef
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 [...]
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. [...]
Butter Paneer
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 [...]
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 [...]