Back in 2015 I did a fried chicken crawl, and back then the blind taste testing resulted in my crowning the late-night fried chicken at North 53 as the best in show. Fast forward 7 years and I would almost guarantee that our top 5 wouldn’t have a single holdover. Maybe I should reboot the […]

Whether you call it a hidden gem or a diamond in the rough, we all love finding that little place that punches above its weight. Everybody else just passes by without a second thought, but you know what treasures lay inside. Dedicated chefs and owners throw caution and financial stability to the wind to do […]

Recently on CBC Radio Active I talked about a new Thai restaurant in Edmonton called Siam Thai Kitchen. The restaurant opened in August of 2020, but quickly became my favourite spot for delicious Thai food. It may seem a little surprising that a brand new restaurant in an industrial area could become my favourite so […]

When the idea to taste test a bunch of different hot chocolates all around Edmonton came up, I thought it would be pretty easy. I was wrong. We hadn’t even made it to the halfway mark and I was ready to give up. It turns out you can in fact have too much of a […]

For those who haven’t seen Episode 1 of my new CBC webseries entitled Through the Pass, I thought I’d post a link to the story and video. In episode 1 I visited one of my favourite pizza joints, Panini’s, to see how a team of all immigrants come together to produce some of the best […]