Calgary Restaurants

For Immediate Release: September 7, 2011 (Calgary, AB) On Sunday September 18th thousands of Calgarians will run in the streets to support the Terry Fox Foundation; that same weekend dozens of servers will run their butts off for the Terry Fox Foundation. The staffs from six Calgary restaurants have agreed to hand over all of [...]

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It is estimated that more than 100 million sharks are killed annually for the sole purpose of shark fin soup, a dish served to the affluent in many Chinese restaurants. The dish is viewed as a status symbol, although what kind of status could possibly be desired when the means is the senseless killing of [...]

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Here is a video we never would have expected to post on a food blog. Apparently Charlie is doing his best to get on every TV network out there. FoodTV is no exception. It is obvious that however messed up he may seem during interviews he can still act, which begs the question, is Two [...]

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We woke up this morning with some very exciting news. As of this morning we took over the #1 ranking on urbanspoon on the Calgary Blog Leaderboard. We have held the #1 ranking on the Alberta Blog Leaderboard for quite some time, however the Calgary list was a little bit more competitive and thus substantially [...]

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This is an interesting talk on how food shapes our cities from Architect Carolyn Steel. The prime example is London where specific areas are named after the food product most common to the area. For example Bread Street and Poultry Street. She traces the routes different types of food take to their destinations within cities, [...]

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This is a somewhat comical speech on sustainable fish. Interesting that chicken pellets are considered sustainable food. What Barber found is absolutely amazing. You will have to watch to find out.

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What an absolutely phenomenal idea. The health benefits alone are staggering. Please please please watch this video! Hat tip to my favorite vegetarian – Jessica Kluthe .

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InterCourse Chef Services has paired up with Calgary Foodies to offer its members a discounted rate on it’s “Hands on cooking class for singles” next Thursday March 11th. The normal fee for the class is $100, however if you email Patrick and tell him you heard about the class on Calgary Foodies, you will get [...]

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Calgary Foodies first contest! Win a $50 Gift Card to San Remo Restaurant and two tickets to a Revv 52 concert this Friday night. Here’s how it works: Fan our Facebook Page http://facebook.com/calgaryfoodies, write “I love Calgary Foodies” on our wall and sign up for our email updates under the “Sign Up!” tab. An extra [...]

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