Find Your Festival in 2023 (Part One)
Festivals. Remember them? No matter how you define of the word, they exist throughout Alberta, in every season, ranging from million...
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Elizabeth Chorney-Booth
- Jan 17
- 4 min
Partake: Low on alcohol, high on flavour
Over the last few years phrases like “non-alc,” “zero proof,” and the seasonal “dry January” and “sober October” have entered the public...
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Shelley Boettcher
- Jan 12
- 5 min
Start it up: New Year, New Culinary Business
Have you always dreamed of creating your own culinary business? There’s a lot to consider - recipes, packaging, funding, selling. Here...
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Elizabeth Chorney-Booth
- Dec 21, 2022
- 4 min
XhALE Brewing Co.: Serving social consciousness with a beer chaser
While you will find a few examples of women, people of colour, and a diversity of other people making waves in the always-growing local...
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Keane Straub
- Dec 15, 2022
- 5 min
Decadent December Desserts
This month we’re thinking outside the stand alone restaurant and throwing the spotlight on in-house dining in some of Alberta’s finest...
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Erika Ravnsborg
- Dec 12, 2022
- 5 min
Christmas Spirits
Christmas is coming up and you are in charge of throwing at your house this year. Your family and friends are coming from all over just...
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Linda Garson
- Nov 25, 2022
- 3 min
Open that Bottle with Mathieu Paré
On Mathieu Paré’s first day at school, they had to draw what they wanted to be when they grew up. Most boys drew policemen and...
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Elizabeth Chorney-Booth
- Nov 17, 2022
- 3 min
Highfield Farm: Regenerating the city with fresh soil and people power
Even if you have the address programmed into your GPS, it’s easy to miss Calgary’s Highfield Farm as you’re driving through the city....
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Carmen Cheng
- Nov 8, 2022
- 6 min
Artisans of the Markets
We often think of farmer’s markets as places to purchase fresh produce in the Spring and Summer seasons. And while the beautiful bounty...
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Keane Straub
- Nov 3, 2022
- 2 min
Exploring Philippine Cuisine
Kumain ka na ba? – Have you eaten? – is the common greeting used in the Philippines, which should tell you right away that food plays an...
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Jade Prévost-Manuel
- Oct 20, 2022
- 5 min
The Desserts of Diwali
Move over, Canadian thanksgiving, and make room for Diwali — one of the world’s most beloved and widely celebrated autumn festivals....
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Elizabeth Chorney-Booth
- Sep 21, 2022
- 3 min
Chatsworth Farm: Bringing the farm experience to the people
When Charlotte Wasylik was a little girl growing up on Chatsworth Farm near Vermillion, she and her two brothers named all the cows that...
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Vanessa Chiasson
- Sep 16, 2022
- 3 min
Discover the Cape Breton Cookie with a Funny Name and Unforgettable Flavour
Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, may be famous for its music and scenery but any Islander will tell you that the best thing about living...
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Erika Ravnsborg
- Sep 13, 2022
- 4 min
Alberta Breakfast Sandwiches
Sometimes, you wake up in the morning and you realize that you have been having a crazy couple of days. Everything from the stresses of...
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Lucy Haines
- Sep 7, 2022
- 3 min
Edmontonian brings an adventurous attitude to new season of Top Chef Canada
Ready to cheer on the local entrant in this season's Top Chef Canada? Lindsay Porter is your gal. When Lindsay Porter was growing up in...
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Linda Garson
- Aug 24, 2022
- 3 min
Open that Bottle...with Paul Poutanen
As a youngster growing up in Thunder Bay, Paul Poutanen was fascinated by magicians. “I always wanted to know how they did it, and that's...
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Keane Straub
- Aug 18, 2022
- 4 min
Local Lovin’ in the Kitchen
When it comes to cooking, there’s nothing better than using local products. They’re fresh, they’re easy to source, they’re sustainable,...
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Elizabeth Chorney-Booth
- Aug 5, 2022
- 3 min
Rig Hand Distillery: Bottling the Spirit of Alberta
Since craft distilleries started emerging in Alberta in 2014 the province has seen a number of spirits brands that evoke a taste of the...
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Mallory Frayn
- Jul 25, 2022
- 3 min
Digging up the dirt: All you need to know about potatoes and their cookery
A potato is a potato is a potato. Or is it? According to Rosemary Wotske of Poplar Bluff Organics, over 6,000 different varieties of...
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Adrianne Lovric
- Jul 18, 2022
- 5 min
Spilling the Tea on Summertime Brews
Put your tea on ice and beat the heat with the quintessential summertime drink. Whether you brew it, buy it blended, or make it boozy,...
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