17 Reasons Calgary is awesome.
There are so many reasons I find it easy to savour it all in Calgary. This article speaks to 17 of them.
17 Reasons Calgary is awesome.
There are so many reasons I find it easy to savour it all in Calgary. This article speaks to 17 of them.
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Fine 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 town and 12 incredible wines can only be described as a plum assignment with spicy notes and an incredible finish.
I hope you’ll enjoy this very fun article about City Palate magazine’s annual Iron Sommelier Challenge. I sure enjoyed writing it. It was fun to capture the very playful scene it became and to learn from the experts. If you’d like a sneak peak into what went on in the background of this article please read on…
Filed under Joy, Restaurants, Wine, Writing
Chefly shorts trailer from Ramin Eshraghi Yazdi on Vimeo.
Chefly Screen Shots
Wednesday, May 7 6:30 p.m.
Festival Hall in Inglewood
This event qualifies as both a very #CoolThing and a major #ArtInstallation. It promises to be quirky, upbeat and delicious and I’d say it’d be the funnest event this year for those that love food, art and film.
Here are the details and ticket link from the City Palate press release as follows:
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Crossroads Market gets snazzy makeover.
If you read John Gilchrist’s article above, I think you’ll agree it’s nice to see that one of Calgary’s three year round markets is refurbishing and expanding. Now that we have three farmer’s markets open year round in Calgary it is so much easier to source your food locally and directly from a great local food producer.
Here are the links to our three year round farmer’s markets as follows:
I’ll be speaking about lots of ways to #EatLocally for the Calgary Public Library at three sessions this week and next. The schedule is as follows:
Louise Riley Branch – Thursday, April 4, 7 – 8:30pm
Nose Hill Branch – Monday, April 8, 1 – 2:30pm
Southwood Branch – Wednesday, April 10, 7 – 8:30pm
You can contact those library branches to see if there is any room available. There’s just so many ways to savour food and our local food scene. I hope you’ll join me as I share a few of my favourites.
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