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If it seems like we’ve posting a bit more about coffee than usual, it’s because we start every day with the dark nectar. And now, it seems our morning habit may be helping our health. It turns out there may be a correlation between drinking dark roast coffee and reduced risk of Alzheimer’s, a debilitating […]

A blend of spices made up of cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, cloves and allspice, pumpkin spice dates back to at least the 1790s and has become such an American staple that it produces sales of $500 million a year and has invaded everything, including our coffee. While there are recipes for muffins, cakes, pretzels, cookies, mousse,

You know what goes well with  food? Beer. And wine, of course, but this is all about the beer.  There are 75 independent craft breweries in Alberta, a 35% growth over 2017, and a huge growth over 2012 when there were only 11. And if you drift back to late last century (over a nice

The roast date is more important than the expiration date – coffee beans taste best if they’re used within 6 weeks of roasting. If the bag doesn’t say when the coffee was roasted, shop elsewhere. Store coffee beans in an airtight container, with minimum air, in the dark. Mason jars work great, and you can

Saturday the 8th sees Circle Carnival happening at the Shaw Millennium Park. Oh yeah! Billing itself as a travelling food, beer and music festival, it ticks all the boxes, doesn’t it? Who doesn’t love to eat, drink and be merry? Not us! With the Bassbus, Village Brewery, and YYCFoodTrucks on board, all the pieces have

The Calgary Pride Parade is coming right up on Sunday, September 2nd. With a new start time of 11 am, it looks to be the best one yet. As with many public events in Calgary, it comes with its fair share of road closures, but as the second biggest parade after the Stampede, that’s only

Established 2007 in, where else, California, Interational Beer Day has expanded to encompass over 200 cities, 80 countries and 6 continents. Now Wikipedia lists many food days, amongst them International Women’s Collaboration Brew Day, and German Beer Day, and there’s even days devoted to coffee, tea and waffles, but today we honour beer. Calgary doesn’t

Calgary has Festivals all year round, but considering our northern locale, it’s no surprise they are concentrated around the summer season. We’re known for the Stampede and the Folk Fest, but there is so much more going on, with more of a food focus. For example, the Inglewood Sunfest (August 4th) has a great selection