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In My Kitchen with Leslie Bull
Meet Leslie Bull, Proprietor Kokum’s Bannock Kitchen and Catering For this edition of "In My Kitchen", we get to know Leslie Bull from Kokum's Bannock Kitchen and Catering. Photo Credit: Marinda White [...]
The Watering Hole
The Beer Hall The Beer Hall at Symons Valley Ranch is a rustic and popular out-of-the-way eatery featuring a big-city collection of local craft beer, spirits and simple eats. Owners Jay Hickey and Kent [...]
Build it and they will come
Noble Pie Pizza Noble Pie pizza is back. For the last couple of years, pizza enthusiasts flocked to Eighty-Eight Brewing Company to try Mike Lange’s pop-up pizza, sometimes waiting for hours to get in. [...]
Ouch! Wilderness!
It's no picnic Every year, as the summer solstice looms, I begin my ritual dreaming. Yes! Warm summer evenings, soft breezes, the poetic leaves of the old oak tree offering comfort and solace over [...]
Spice is life
If the last couple of years have taught us anything, it’s that we love to eat. For comfort, joy, sadness, boredom… and I’m okay with that. With hot, sunny days on our minds, we’re [...]
Kain Tayo Let’s Eat
A tour of Filipino food in Calgary As an archipelago nation made up of more than 7,000 islands, the Philippines offers a cuisine just as plentiful that is by turns sweet, sour, salty and [...]
New Burger on the Block
Calgary has no shortage of burger spots, although there are only a handful who truly make the cut. Hi5 Burger is the brainchild of restauranteurs Ryan Turbide, Vince Wong and Mike Pigot, a dynamic [...]
Popup Passion
Owned and operated by Alexander Fraser, Garbanzo's is a pandemic-born pop-up restaurant offering an assortment of items on the menu. Garbanzo's started at the beginning of the pandemic and continues to grow offering Mediterranean [...]
Market Report: Fruit Tea and Indian Street Food
Grace Wong takes us on a tour of Saffron Street and their much loved Indian Street Food located in First Street Market. We wash it all down with tea from TeAmo Fruit Tea in [...]
Be a gold digger
Tomahawk Kitchen + Bar There’s no perfect time to open a restaurant, but owner and Chef Ravi Panchagnula was hopeful he found the right time when he debuted Tomahawk Kitchen + Bar in April. Calgary’s newest [...]
The RockFort Chettinadu Cuisine
Hidden Gem: The RockFort Chettinadu and Indian Restaurant While many Canadians’ experience of Indian food begins and ends with butter chicken and naan, the cuisine of this large southeast-Asian country is as diverse as [...]
The Stars Aligned
Star Distilling Co. Mike Stanfield bought Halifax-based Starr Manufacturing, a business operating since 1861 and known for inventing the modern ice skate, from his father. He imagined a new path for the business and [...]
Mother’s Day Brunch Spots in YYC
Nothing says Mother's Day like brunch - especially when it's your treat. Here's what's on in Calgary for mother's day 2022. Calgary Zoo, ENMAX Conservatory Join the Calgary Zoo for [...]
Mexico in your kitchen
Salsita Mexican Food Market Thirteen years ago, Salsita, a boutique food market opened specializing in Mexican cuisine. Originally from Guyana and Venezuela, owner Jean Williams started as an employee and bought the market when [...]
10 Foods that are just vehicles for cheese
Cheese is the best food on Earth, and I’ll fight anyone who says different. Mind you, I fight with fondue sticks and I’m not very fast, so you’d probably come out unscathed. Whether it’s [...]
Sweet dreams are made of cheese
It’s no secret we like cheese. It’s buttery, delicate, sharp, salty, tangy, even nutty and one small slice is all we need to satisfy a craving. We like to fondue, enjoy raclette and especially [...]
Celebrate Malbec
Malbec World Day is a global initiative created by Wines of Argentina celebrated every year on April 17th. Willow Park Wines & Spirits is celebrating throughout the month of April with in-store displays, deals [...]
Hand Pulled Noodles
Hidden Gem: Calan Beef Noodle When Calan Beef Noodle founder David Liu, arrived in Calgary as an international student from China, there were no hand-pulled noodle eateries to be found. This famous Chinese street [...]
Come Together
In a time of division, holy-day tables bring people together There’s nothing like a major religious or family holiday to bring people together around a table. This year, Easter, Ramadan and Passover all fall [...]
Cheese
CHEESE - A CRASH COURSE Cheese is a great source of calcium and protein. It plays an important role in maintaining healthy bones and teeth, blood clotting, wound healing and is said to be [...]
Thanks Mom
Chef Mike Pigot (Craft, La Mano, Pigot’s Burger Club) and business partner James Martin launched a hot new spot in Victoria Park in January. An homage to their moms, Pat & Betty’s menu rounds [...]
In My Kitchen with Nancy Brown
Meet Nancy Brown, Proprietor, Say Cheese Fromagerie Cheese is a guilty pleasure we can't get enough of and it just so happens to be the theme of this issue. Nancy Brown has been operating [...]
Catch the Wave
Surfy Surfy Bar Surfy Surfy Bar, Concorde Group’s latest outing, set up shop in a totally tubular space in Chinook Mall. Located on the main floor beneath Double Zero, this sunny space is perfect [...]
Market Report: Chimney Cakes and Waffles
In this edition of Market Report, Grace Wang showcases traditional Hungarian treats called Chimney Cakes from Twisted Cafe and Iva Ivanova and Petar Ivanov of Waffles and Chix. Twisted Café [...]