Life is not all about fabulous food and bountiful beverages, is it? No, the belly also laughs. If you are looking for some humorous entertainment to round out an evening, the 18th Annual Funny Fest has you covered. Running from May 31st to June 10th, this festival of standup and variety comics will give you […]
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Beer. As the wise (?) man said, beer is evidence that god loves us. Well, if you wish to worship at the mash tun of hops and barley, this weekend is your chance! The Calgary International Beerfest is in town, at the BMO Centre, and they are just waiting for you. Happening May 4th and
Here comes Stampede! The Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth is barrelling down on us (did you see what I did there?) like the tourist attraction of a freight train that it truly is. But we’re old hands here, aren’t we? And as old hands we know that with Stampede comes construction. It’s as if the
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As you dine around Calgary and environs, you may have noticed a little announcement somewhere on the menu, or in the name of a dish, about using Spolumbo’s Sausages. Tom and Tony, the Spoletini brothers, and Mike Palumbo (hence Spo+lumbo), are CFL alums who as friends started selling their sausages at farmer’s markets around Calgary.
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Coffee culture is centuries old. I sat in an African restaurant and watched beans being roasted in a pan over an open fire, as they did for hundreds of years. Smoke occluded my view and the whole place had that unique odour of freshly roasted coffee, mixed with burning coal. That technique doesn’t work so
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Calgary is a bustling, multicultural city with more varieties of cuisine than could be listed off in a blog post, but it wasn’t always this way. The first authentic international restaurant to sink roots into Calgary’s dining scene was the Taj Mahal. You may have seen it on the 4800 block of Macleod Trail: an
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Summer or winter it’s nice to be able to catch a couple of tunes on a Saturday afternoon, especially when they’re accompanied by a tasty beverage. Calgary is blessed with a few Saturday afternoon jams, but the granddaddy of them all is at the Ship and Anchor, on trendy 17th Avenue in the Beltline. Running
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Eurocentric oeniphilia — by Shelley Boettcher The cool thing about wine isn’t just that it tastes good. It also gives you an opportunity to learn more about the world, even if you never leave your own city. Take wines from Europe, for instance. Most European wine-producing countries have indigenous grapes, grapes that have been grown
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Serves 4 — by Bernice Hill Ingredients Chicken 2 tbsp canola oil 2 medium onions; cut into large pieces 3 cloves garlic; peeled and minced 1 inch piece ginger; peeled and minced 1 lb chicken thighs; cut into bite size pieces salt and pepper 2 small sweet potatoes; peeled and cut into large pieces 2
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Serves 4 — by Bernice Hill Ingredients • 2 cups dry roasted peanuts • 4 cups pretzels; twists or sticks • 3 cups bugles • 2 cups Cheerios or other grain cereal • 2 cups Shreddies • 2 cups mini Ritz Crackers/Goldfish, etc. • 1½ cups unsalted butter; melted • 1 package ranch dressing mix
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