With the arrival of the little one this year, Calgary Foodies is shifting gears. Yes, we will still be posting restaurant reviews, but we will also be returning to what gained us most of our notoriety to begin with – a focus on cool kitchen gadgets, even cooler kitchen tricks, and how to cook like [...]
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Well another year is over and it is once again that time to pick our favorite restaurants for the year. Who would have thought that our number one pick for last year would have gone down in a blaze of self-destructive glory. This years list proved to be the toughest selection ever. Mainly because what [...]
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La Belle Patate, our favorite little poutine shop in Canmore made the national news last week. They were featured on CBC is a piece that very accurately describes the best fry shop in the mountains. We were there this afternoon, and the story has had a huge impact on business. If you haven’t been there [...]
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Wow, it has been a long year. We totally thought we had written on both Model Milk and National, but when we went through our archives, it turned out we had written drafts, but had never actually hit the publish button. So instead of posting them individually we thought we would do one of our [...]
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Last weekend the Food Network’s Eat St. was in Calgary filming for a second time. This time around they filmed Mighty Skillet, Naaco, and Braizen. All three trucks were in fine form and a lot of fun was had by the trucks, the reviewers, and the crew. Am Eat St. record was even broken. Naaco [...]
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It has been a while since Jen and I have eaten at a new restaurant. With a baby on the way, a new house coming at the end of July, and a crazy mortgage market, we simply haven’t had time to explore Calgary’s food scene as much as we have in the past. In fact [...]
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Three or four years ago North America was on a health kick. McDonald’s was adding salads to their menu, Krispy Kreme donuts damn near went out of business, and opening a burger, poutine, or pizza place was nothing short of crazy. Oh how times have changed. In today’s world, delicious not so healthy food is [...]
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The Fries & Dolls episode of eat street is coming up on food channel this week on May 23rd. Check your local listings for times. See the preview featuring foodies – including myself – from around the city below. I enthusiastically declared the dolls to have the best poutine in the city, which might have [...]
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Before I get started, let me tell you this – if you are on our email list we will be sending you an amazing offer tomorrow that you can only get if you are on the list. So if you aren’t on it, get on it Now, lets talk about Veuve. Next Tuesday Petite is [...]
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Here are our five favorite valentines day treats to treat your special someone too. 1. Anything from Crave Cupcakes – check out their special menu for the special day. 2. Oysters at Catch – sit at the bar and enjoy. 3. Anything from petite – if you can get a reservation. 4. Chocolate from Papa [...]
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It looks to be an unassuming house oddly located on the busy main thoroughfare of Bridgeland. If you look a little closer however, you realize that the little house has a little sign that highlights a single word, Pimento’s. On second look, you realize that the building is not a house at all, but the [...]
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Top Chef Canada is returning for a second season, and has just released the contenders list. Representing Calgary is Xavier Lacaze of Muse. Muse is one of our favorite restaurants, and we encourage you to check them out. If the influx of customers to Charcut has been any indication, you may want to do it prior to Muse blowing up as a result of their Top Chef Status.
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