The Prince’s Island Series: Dining at the River Cafe
Where better to spend an afternoon than eating at the River Café in the heart of Calgary- that is, if you count the heart of Calgary as Prince’s Island Park.
Calgary restaurant review: Alloy
“It’s not fusion… it’s Alloy. Fusion is so last decade.” – Calgary Herald Tucked in between industrial buildings, industrial sites, quiet lush greens, shy from the public’s glare – all but a few minutes’ drive from the populous Chinook Mall – lies a neat, cozy restaurant that brings fused cultures to life. As one walks…
World’s largest chocolate fountain
Jean Philippe, a pastry shop at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, holds the World’s Guinness Record for the World’s Largest Chocolate Fountain to cure your sweet tooth – unfortunately, only visually. On the other hand, they sell all kinds of other pastries, crepes and sweets for those who have the chance to visit Vegas (maybe…
Character-shaped food: bento boxes
Everyone loves food! (Or at the very least, needs it to survive…) -So why not a little creativity with some bento boxes? Pictures accredited to linked websites and chain mails (who know those would be so evil… inducing hunger in all of mankind).
17th Avenue Food Foray: Crepes & Cravings
After last week’s failure to investigate Crepes & Cravings, MJ and I finally managed to pay this little store a much-deserved visit. Before I start, I would like to apologize for the lack of pictures – we got a little caught up with eating and talking and then we forgot… but we will definitely remember…
Video of the Day: MOVE
Follow these three guys for a trip of a lifetime – condensed into a short one-minute film. Three guys, 44 days, 11 countries, 18 flights, 38 thousand miles, an exploding volcano, two cameras and almost a terabyte of footage… all to turn three ambitious linear concepts based on movement, learning and food… into three beautiful…
17th Ave food foray: Waves Coffee House
One cold winter morning, Juliet and MJ set out into the ice and slush of 17th avenue to bring you this food review! If you’re looking for good places to grab a bite, check out our reviews!
How to make the best brownies ever
So the other day, MJ (another blogger) asked me if I would do a baking tutorial on making brownies. And since Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, I figured that brownies are somewhat appropriate for the occasion. You see, in my humble opinion, brownies are the single most sinful and enticing desserts ever created.…
Food-related sayings explained
Ever hear the term “cool as a cucumber”? That came to be because cucumbers in the field stay around 20 degrees Celsius cooler than the surrounding air. Even the people of the 1800s knew how snazzy cucumbers were – they didn’t need any science report to prove it! Here are some more tasty aphorisms: A…
75 Tastes of Calgary: Food to try in the city
Calgary is a city that isn’t really famous for much – we have the Stampede as the primary attraction to the city. But as is the case with any urban setting, Calgary has tons of hidden gems, if you will, all over the city. For its 75th anniversary, Where Calgary Magazine has compiled a list…
How to make the best chocolate chip cookies ever
But how can an ordinary person like you or me seek to work the magic required to form this delicious amalgamation of ingredients without reverting to dramatically inferior store-bought versions? Fear not, for this blog will show you how.
A different kind of revolution: Food trucks!
Ice cream trucks aren’t the only trucks that hit streets this summer. Making a debut appearance at the Calgary Food Truck Festival on Aug 11, six food trucks emerged onto Calgary’s street-side food scene. Each food truck features a unique culinary delight from all of the others, ranging from perogies to gelato. That day was…
Care for a stroll in a cemetery in Montreal?
In the Cimetiere Mont Royal It has been my great luck to be able to practice some of my French with fellow blogger, WeiJia, in a trip to Montreal, and one of the first landmarks that we explored in Montreal was the Cimetiere Mont Royal. This cemetery is interestingly segregated by domination, with people of the Catholic,…
A success for sustainable seafood
Recent news: on July 4, Canada Safeway has announced that by 2015, it plans to only sell sustainably-farmed seafood. I must confess that the news, when I first heard it, made me feel something like this: Safeway’s promise puts it in the company of many other major supermarket chains that have committed to selling nothing…
Stampede 2011 Food Binge: Greek Poutine
Fries, gravy, cheese… and then some lamb, red onion, tomatoes and feta?! Heaven’s calling!