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You look like a Tempranillo to me
I’m sure I’m not the only writer who looks back on their past work and shudders. Fortunately for me, everything I wrote as a fledgling writer has disappeared from the internet (along with everything else […]
Food writing in Avenue Edmonton
I’ve done a number of pieces for Avenue Edmonton magazine in recent months, though I just realized I haven’t shared them here. I was pretty happy to connect with Avenue shortly after leaving Vue, and […]
Musings on A Christmas Carol and theatre coverage in Edmonton
I saw A Christmas Carol at the Citadel last week and guess what: it was my first time. Yeah, that’s right: I had never seen the longest-running theatre show in town, which has been going […]
In praise of chain grocers and frozen French fries
Speak in favour of one thing and everyone will automatically assume you’re against its opposite. It’s a tempting but flawed logical leap that happens all the time in the food community. I’m sure it’s not […]
Alberta Fruit Wine & Mead: Complete Winery Listing
Last updated: November 19, 2020 The following is an alphabetical listing of Alberta’s producers of fruit wine and mead (honey wine). Scroll down to the bottom for details about Alberta’s cottage winery history and legislation. […]
Eating Haida Gwaii: Green Gaia
*This is the third post in my mini food travelogue on Haida Gwaii. Click here to read part one and click here to read part two. The soup was great, but the community values were […]
Eating Haida Gwaii: Charters Restaurant
*This is the second post in my mini food travelogue on Haida Gwaii. Click here to read part one, and click here to read part three. Hungry and haggard from air travel, we stumbled into […]
Eating Haida Gwaii: initial thoughts
*This is the first post in my mini food travelogue on Haida Gwaii. Click here to read part two, and click here to read part three. Gwaii is weird. That’s a massive generalization and far […]
All, Food, Theatre, Uncategorized, Wine
Farewell, Vue Weekly
I have resigned from Vue Weekly. As of July 6, 2016 I will no longer be Dish/News Editor for the paper. This was a very difficult decision and not one I made lightly, as Vue […]
Recipe: golden rutabaga & parsnip soup with mushrooms & microgreens
This earthy soup could also be called “Early Spring at the Farmer’s Market.” It features two overlooked root vegetables that are among the last of the previous season’s veggies still available at market stalls in […]
Starting Seeds Indoors & Cold Stratification
Though it still seems early in the year, gardening season is well underway in Edmonton. Last Sunday I bought a number of seeds from the annual Seedy Sunday, mainly from Harmonic Herbs—a 15-acre farm up near Barrhead. I […]
Journalism: Living in a Dying Industry
Ninety staff fired across the country, 35 of which were right here in Edmonton: in light of the most recent spate of Postmedia cuts at the end of January, how is the next generation of […]
