Cool thing #23 – Calgary Food Tours is featured in Avenue Magazine 5 Great Calgary Food Tours. Thanks to Calgary’s Avenue Magazine Executive Editor Jennifer Hamilton for so clearing capturing and highlighting my company Calgary Food Tours Inc in the article above. Yes, it’s true. When I’m not writing, I’m out on the streets of […]
MoreIn this week where sustainable fisheries are on my mind, it’s nice to receive inspiring news that a leader in Calgary’s restaurant scene has firmly anchored his seafood restaurant in the mostly unchartered waters of promoting sustainable fish consumption. I wrote about Catch restaurant’s new buycatch seafood market here. Many thanks to chef Kyle Groves […]
MoreThis week I’ll be talking about sustainable fisheries on CBC Radio One’s Alberta at Noon. In a related story, one of Calgary’s flashier downtown restaurants just announced an interesting new sustainable seafood program. Catch and The Oyster Bar became the first seafood restaurant in Alberta to offer a 100% Ocean Wise™ menu last year and […]
MoreThis post continues my current theme of visiting Paris via the articles I’ve written about it. This one is a favourites for a few reasons. It is the first article I ever published – it came out in the travel issue of City Palate magazine in the spring of 2007. It is called, Mr. Hockey […]
MoreThis week I’m remembering all the wonderful trips I’ve had to Paris. I’m thinking about chestnut trees laden with miniature pink and white trees of blooms and a milder, more gentle climate. I’m thinking of the softness of the city of lights viewed from a Bateau Mouche chugging along the Seine versus the excitement of […]
MoreFine wine delivers a small bouquet of joy. Especially when that wine is paired with great food. Knowing which wine to pair with what food is the work of sommeliers. Writing about a sommelier challenge that involved three incredibly talented sommeliers, three wine expert judges, two savoury dishes from one of my favourite chefs in […]
MoreCalgary's Best Restaurants 2014 | Avenue Magazine. It was great fun to be one of Avenue Magazine’s eight “best restaurants” judges again this year. Beyond the voting process, I was thrilled to have the chance to be a cheerleader for my favourites in Calgary’s burgeoning food scene. Admittedly, not all of my picks made it […]
MoreCanada’s Top 40 under 40 Foodies, Dana Ewart and Cameron Smith of Joy Road Catering are coming to Calgary March 15 and 16, 2014 for a weekend of sharing not only their cooking but their cooking skills. Joy Road’s Al Fresco Winemaker’s dinner series – held on the clay banks escarpment high above Lake Skaha […]
MoreBistro Rouge – Calgary, Alberta (via Where.ca) Sister to the internationally acclaimed Rouge, the more casual Bistro Rouge is a classic French brasserie. Chef Paul Rogalski’s traditional bistro fare includes melt-in-your-mouth sweetbreads and paillards grille (thin, tenderized and grilled meats…
MoreHumanely raised pork is a great ingredient. Yesterday, I wrote about a few Alberta Pork Producers that are raising their animals humanely. Today, I’d like to share the recipe for the beautiful pork salad rolls pictured above. Consider them an added incentive to go out and find some of these products. You can nourish a […]
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