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As the air begins to warm and the sun stays up longer and longer, the intoxicating scent of ribs, cedar-planked salmon or thick-cut Alberta steak begins to float smoothly through Calgary’s neighbourhoods. Before the meat-quinox reaches full swing, you better get that barbecue rig set up and stocked. Here, several … Read More
Calgary’s “Sharper Chef” series is written by food and drink aficionados, and features prominent chefs, brewers, vintners and distillers who share some of their finest, oftentimes secret, recipes. In this installment, chef de cuisine Peter Swarbrick of Calgary’s hottest new restaurant, Ox & Angela, shares his take on a Spanish … Read More
The community of Mount Royal, once known as “American Hill” because it housed Calgary’s U.S.-born business elite, has been one of the city’s most affluent neighbourhoods for more than a century. Oddly, and hard to explain to visitors, Mount Royal University isn’t located in the community and Upper Mount Royal … Read More
A few years ago, Airdrie was North America’s fastest-growing city and the once sleepy community (a 15-minute drive north of Calgary) has ballooned from some 8,000 people to nearly 50,000 citizens, in just a couple of decades. The population influx is partly attributed to Calgarians moving to Airdrie for a … Read More
The rise of geek-chic, only a few seasons ago, resurrected numerous sartorial staples from Grandfather’s closet: the cardigan, lace-up brogues and the bow tie. That last one has long been relegated to awards shows and popcorn commercials, but of late the bow tie has staged a terrific career comeback into … Read More
