Occupation: Law student What did you eat today? – 2 pieces of cinnamon raisin toast- banana nut muffin with apple juice- Tim Horton’s toasted chicken club on whole wheat without bacon, medium french vanilla coffee- chicken curry, rice, green peppers and beef cooked in a wok What do you never eat? – squid What is [...]

They should have called it Truth: Impossible: it seems Dinner: Impossible host Robert Irvine lied about his credentials and some of his experience, leading to his release from the hit Food Network show. A coup for Canada: Daniel Boulud will be assisting in the transformation of the space once occupied by Feenie’s. The best thing [...]

MacEwan Theatre Arts wrapped up their season with Hot Mikado. From the website: “The story is based on the Gilbert and Sullivan original The Mikado. In an imaginary Japan, the town of Tittipu has tired of the Mikado’s (emperor’s) law which makes flirting the only crime punishable by death. They appoint a lowly tailor, one [...]

I’ve been wanting to try Ric’s Grill (10190 104 Street) for a while, and a special menu offered in accordance with Edmonton’s Downtown Dining Week was the perfect catalyst to do so. So having made a reservation with enough wiggle room to make it to a show at MacEwan later that evening, Dickson and I [...]

In part for a dessert party practice run and in part because I was craving something sweet, I decided to finally try and duplicate a tiramisu recipe that a client had given me last year. I was unfortunately unable to locate the exact recipe on the web, but I found a wonderful collection of tiramisu [...]

I’ve been meaning to make my way to Little Italy for quite a while now, but haven’t taken the time out of my day to go until this afternoon. Without a car, and ignoring the pedestrian option, I ended up taking the always interesting #5 bus (and the definition of “interesting” is very apparent if [...]

I’ve timed an upcoming weekend in Calgary in order to take advantage of their Dine-Out week (which runs March 10-16). But with some research, I’ve found that high-priced dinners aren’t the only thing that our southern neighbour has to offer: The establishment to visit at the top of my list isn’t actually a restaurant. I [...]

Despite getting a few requests to make my salad rolls again (who knew they were such a hit?), I wanted to take the latest potluck opportunity at work to test out a new recipe. I thought Laura Calder’s Mimosa Eggs would make a good candidate for portable, made-in-advance food, so I gave it a shot [...]

CNN had dubbed today “Critical Tuesday”. I prefer “Mini Super Tuesday”. Regardless of the name, similar to the New Hampshire primary and Super Tuesday proper, I felt the need to have a proportional celebration, with food, of course. And in honour of the Lone Star state’s democratic turn, chicken enchiladas were on the menu to [...]

I haven’t consumed a book this fast since, well, Ruth Reichl’s Garlic and Sapphires. Comfort Me with Apples is a much more personal, less food-centric memoir than Garlic and Sapphires. Tracing the manner in which she and her first husband drifted apart, her enlightening, almost other-worldly journeys to Europe and Asia, and her developing relationship [...]