Mack and I decided to go on a photo walk on a lazy Sunday afternoon – just snapping pictures as we wandered around Downtown Edmonton. Check out the photo set here. I received a nice surprise in the mail this week – a package advertising the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra‘s upcoming season, complete with a CD [...]

A supersized version to make up for a lack of food notes last week: I’ve been found: Kerstin’s Chocolates linked to my blog post about The Cocoa Room on the News events of their website. Rumor, as reported by Bob Mac on Chowhound: “the folks from Luxe are opening a lounge in the space below [...]

Dessert party practice-run #2 involved a Giada recipe for White Chocolate Hazelnut Tartlets. As neither of us had worked with phyllo pastry before, I knew we had to try it with time to spare before attempting to duplicate it without error next week. After finding out that toasting hazelnuts would take nearly half an hour, [...]

A combination of three things resulted in our decision to order from Dawat on Saturday: 1) I was feeling particularly lazy; 2) I had been craving Indian food for the last week; and 3) Mack was on a spicy-food streak that he didn’t want to break. I had read positive things about Dawat (granted, from [...]

I met May for brunch at Upper Crust Cafe (10909 86 Avenue) on Saturday morning. I had been there for dinner many years ago, but had been meaning to try their popular Saturday brunch for a while now. No reservations were permitted, so we made sure to arrive before 11am to hopefully avoid the weekend [...]

I had a quick coffee at Da Capo Caffe (8738-109 Street) over the summer, but I had always been meaning to go back to give their menu a try. An opportunity came up on Wednesday evening to do so. While I’m still not sure that I like the design of the cafe, I understand the [...]

I’ve mentioned my affinity for local, community-based theatre instead of the more mainstream and well-known Citadel Theatre in the past. But if their upcoming 2008-2009 season is any indication of future offerings, I may have to look at integrating their plays into my yearly theatre schedule. Ronnie Burkett, master puppeteer, will be premiering his brand [...]

Plugging away at this blog, juggling restaurant reviews, staying afloat of local culinary news, and maintaining my kitchen experiments have almost become an unpaid part-time job. But I love it. I didn’t start this blog with the intent of narrowing the focus to all things epicurean, but it has become that way, and I have [...]

Before my string of cooking experimentations, I was quite used to biscuits made from dry mix. Just recently, I found out how much better from-scratch, cold butter-incorporated biscuits are. Ina Garten’s Cheddar-Dill version turned out great, and this afternoon, Mack and I decided to give Bobby Flay’s Buttermilk Biscuits a try. I gave Mack the [...]

See Magazine reviewed the recently opened Mor, a new Mediterreanean Turkish restaurant (15620 95 Street, 758-4545). Where Edmonton reports that Acqua Marina Italian Restaurant (13578 Fort Road, 457-8855) is receiving critical acclaim. As noted in City Palate, Mangiamos (10124 124 Street) will be transforming into Vintage Lounge, which will offer “a distinctive wine list in [...]