My 2 main deterrents* to cooking dinners at home are probably the same as everyone else’s… 1. I always feel like I don’t have enough time. (even though I will spend twice as long driving someplace to eat or get take-out) 2. There’s no ingredients in the house to make anything. (or everything is frozen) […]
Santas Anonymous Giveaway- The Sequel
It’s back! Our Santa’s Anonymous contest was such a success last year, Robyn and I figured we’d give it another go this year. Last year we just asked you to send us an email letting us know that you donated a toy, and that got you entered to win a fabulous gift of homemade goodies. […]
Food Truck Shangri-La
At the very same time most of you were lining up on the cold, windy streets of Edmonton at Sharon and Mack‘s latest What the Truck event, , Robyn and I were doing the very same in the fine city of San Francisco at the grand daddy of all food truck events, Off the Grid. Off […]
Drift Food Truck- Edmonton
Like most people, I was raised on sandwiches. Sandwiches for lunch, sandwiches for a snack, sandwiches, sandwiches, sandwiches. Canned ham with cheese, pasty egg salad, PB & J, canned tuna, jerk chicken with grilled pineapple and slaw, roasted pork belly with pickled daikon and carrot, cilantro, and chili mayo….wait, you don’t recognize those last 2 […]
A Charcut above the rest?- Charcut Calgary
Recently we had a friend, Shana, come to visit us and Canada for the first time. Being ever self conscious hosers, we wondered how on earth we were going to plan activities and meals that would not disappoint a native New Yorker who has a world of top shelf options on her doorstep. I got […]
The Sugar Bowl- This little lamb
I must have staggered past the Sugar Bowl a thousand times in my youthful drinking days and never ventured inside. From the outside, it always seemed like some wicker-laden hangout full of granola munching hippies. Still does. But with age and (mostly) soberness comes a (hopefully) greater tolerance for people and things that are different […]
Nomiya
I dropped by Nomiya and picked up a little something to take out for lunch recently. Having never had authentic Ramen noodles, I was excited to try them. I was chapped to find out that Nomiya will not make up an order to go. Am I missing something here? Why couldn’t you do it to […]
La Poutine
After months of hearing about La Poutine, I finally decided to check it out for myself. Eating poutine other places in Edmonton has made me a little skeptical of how good this was going to be. Was I going to encounter the same problems I find every other time I eat poutine? Terrible fries and […]
A standing O for The Next Act Pub and Rapid Fire Theatre
I’m old. Not Betty White old, but definitely “that-guy-is -too-old-for-nightclubs” old. But lately my wife and I have been thumbing our noses at the rowdy young-uns and stepping out after dark around Whyte avenue, and we’re lovin’ it! Friday nights start with an endless scouring of the Whyte ave area for a free parking spot. […]
Epic Vacation Eats- Founding Farmers, Washington, D.C.
I love to travel. And I love to eat. So what could be better than travelling to eat? With that in mind, I thought I’d share with you all (or y’all for my American friends) one of my favorite restaurants from holidays, in May of 2009. Founding Farmers in the Foggy Bottom neighbourhood of Washington, […]