It’s been four years and four months since we left Australia and moved back to Alberta. There’s not a day that goes by when something doesn’t remind me of the life that we had there; the sessions with friends and their barbecues; the good times. When temperatures begin to cool…
There is a reason that Veuve Clicquot has only launched two new products in the last 40 years…they are simply the best at what they do and their product has withstood the test of time. Founded in 1772 by Phillipe Clicquot, the House of Clicquot was intended to bring the finest of French…
This past weekend I finally got to attend my first ‘pop up’ restaurant. It’s sort of like having a chef’s tasting menu as you don’t really know what is coming for each course. The ‘bare bones’ menus placed at each table were just enough to pique our interest and inspire…
One year. That is approximately how long I’ve been waiting to go to Downtownfood. I know this because last year at this time I was blown away by the food porn shared on social media by the 2013 Big Taste dtf attendees. When tickets for their Big Taste Collaboration dinner…
Now that Dish ‘n’ the Kitchen is fully into the second year of madness, I can look forward to writing about ‘annual’ events and happenings around town. Of course my very first ‘foodie’ event was the Top Chef Trevor Bird event at Jerome’s Appliance Gallery. I heard about this year’s…
A couple of months ago my daughter and I attended an exhibit and lecture at the newly opened Esker Foundation gallery. The lecture was meant to compliment the ‘Nervous Centre’ series painted by Landon Mackenzie. It was created to make you think about the brain processes that occur while you…