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Drift Food Truck on Eat St.

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Did you miss Drift Food Truck’s appearance on hit Food Network Show Eat St.? Don’t fret, you can watch it over and over again with this handy dandy link at the bottom of the page! Not surprisingly, Nevin and Kara came off like rock stars, and their food was the star of the show. Check […]

Eat St. in Edmonton- Molly’s Eats episode

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Last summer, hit Food Network show Eat St. was in town filming 3 of our local food trucks. The first of those episodes aired last Monday, and featured Molly’s Eats and the trucks owner, Susan Chin. If you didn’t catch the episode the first time around, I’ve included the link to that part of the […]

Swine and Dine at Bistro Saisons

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The nice thing about a dining event centred around Alberta Pork, is that, well, it’s a dining event centred around Alberta Pork! Duh. Given that this event, dubbed Swine and Dine, was being held in my neighbourhood at the brand spanking new restaurant Bistro Saisons, it was a prefect time to check it out. According […]

Sorrentinos Annual Garlic Festival

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Sorrentinos 22nd Annual Garlic Festival begins April 8th and runs through the 11th. The fundraiser for Sorrentinos Compassion House combines a special garlic themed menu at Sorrentinos restaurants (and Bistecca), with garlic themed events. The flagship event is the Garlic Stomp, which is a night of food, dancing, and fundraising for Compassion House. Check out […]

An afternoon with Top Chef Masters Champion Chris Cosentino

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Nait recently offered a media availability with this years Chef in Residence, recent Top Chef Masters Champion Chris Cosentino. Nait generously included food bloggers in it’s description of media, so I instantly texted my friend Maki, whose own write-up of the event you can find here, and made plans to attend. The day started with […]

Downtown Dining Week

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The culinary world seems full to the brim nowadays with $75, &100, and even $125 per person special events or dinners. That’s why I like events like Downtown Dining Week 2013, which begins on Friday, March 15 and runs for 10 days, ending on the 24th. 30 downtown restaurants are enticing you to give them a […]

The Culinary Arts Cookoff

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This coming Saturday, March 16th, marks the return of The Culinary Arts Cookoff to benefit Mount Royal School’s Arts Core Programming. Last year’s inaugural event, which raised over $14,000, featured local restaurants and chefs squaring off in an all out battle for Mac & Cheese supremacy! The Hardware Grill scored the knockout blow with a […]

Small Business Superstars- Tienda Latina

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I like to think that a food blog can be so much more than ignorant reviews of restaurants, and posting delicious homemade recipes. With that in mind, today’s post will be the first in a series focusing on some of the small business superstars that I enjoy and frequent on a regular basis. I get […]