Local Food Stories
Meet the Producers
Spend some time with modern farmers and you'll find they're a thoughtful bunch. Especially these Calgary-area producers, who are getting noticed for doing things differently. Some even call themselves “nerdy.” They're focused on building [...]
So, you want to be a Brewmaster?
It’s possible that almost everyone who’s sipped a cold pint on a hot day has wondered if they could make their own beer; after all, it’s really just hops, barley, water [...]
Covid Pivot
How some Calgary food innovators made the most of the Pandemic By Gwendolyn Richards Reece Southern is busily working behind the marble bar that stretches nearly the length of the [...]
Satisfying Calgary’s Sweet Tooth
If ever there was a time to celebrate the sweet psychological relief of a good ol’ fashioned sugar rush, it’s now. Over the past few months, you may have found [...]
How To Stock Your Bar Like a Pro
Story and photos by Tanya Schaap Maybe you’re hosting your first quarantine cocktail party with your roommates. Maybe you’re looking to impress your friends with one of those chic prohibition [...]
A Calgary Eater’s Guide to Surviving the Pandemic
Be Prepared Illustrations by Alison Martin If there’s one thing we know about eaters it’s that no matter what, we’ll find a way to eat great food. We’re the people [...]
Meet the Producer: Trail’s End Beef
Story and photos by Catherine Van Brunschot What happens when a long-time vegetarian takes the reins of an historic cattle ranch? At a century-old farmhouse tucked in a fold of Alberta’s Porcupine Hills, [...]
Cultivating an Urban Grower
Story and photos by Catherine Van Brunschot Spend just 10 minutes with Carmen Lamoureux, founder of the Urban Farm School in Calgary, and you’ll want to dash home to plant some [...]
High Notes
by Elizabeth Chorney-Booth How to eat your way through the Music Mile It’s a familiar predicament for anyone who loves to haunt music clubs: you show up to a venue to catch a [...]
Rising
Building community through bread By BJ OUDMAN Bread. An unpretentious concoction of four simple ingredients – flour, water, salt and yeast. Yet, bread is complex. Woven into culture throughout history and around the [...]
Valentine’s Day Restaurant Roundup for Food Lovers
Calgary's culinary community is really showing us the love this Valentine's Day with no shortage of restaurants offering great menus and deals on February 14th to suit every budget. Whether you’re in the mood [...]
Chef’s Dish on Valentine’s Day
Chef's Dish on Valentine's Day - Food, Love & Sticky Fingers What is it about food that can make us swoon? It’s not just the meal itself, but also who [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Holiday Gift Guide 2019
By Wanda Baker and Tom Firth Create your own chocolate bar With one Master Chocolat store already in Marda Loop and a second in the works for South Calgary, fourth-generation [...]
Crossing Borders for Coffee
By BJ Oudman A latte at Baya Rica Cafe in Bridgeland. Photo by BJ Oudman Canadians love their coffee. With Tim Hortons being one of our most recognized national brands, [...]
The Future of Food
Sci-Fi prognosticators in the ’60s foresaw computers magically manifesting a milkshake for an ensign with a sweet tooth. Others figured we’d be popping nutrient tablets by now and foregoing the [...]