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Jul. 27, 2011 / 823: The Naked Truth
Tight-knit avenue
Absolutely Edibles offers real food in a renewed place
Mike Angus
When Brenda Dutton and Bjorn Cochran opened Absolutely Edibles Catering 12 years ago on 118 Avenue and 104 Street, they had big plans for a comfortable life catering… Read more »
Apr. 14, 2011 / 808: Destroyer
A gentle seduction
Sherri Chaba explores the consequences of progress
Carolyn Jervis
Sherri Chaba is not an activist. She is not interested in pushing a particular environmentalist, anti-oil industry message. This would be far too simplistic for the practitioner of… Read more »
Nov. 24, 2010 / 788 : Wool On Wolves
Brand new Aroma
Venerable Italian eatery given a complete overhaul
Sharman Hnatiuk
That's Aroma has been a garlic-lover's haven in Edmonton for years, but thanks to a new father/son duo, the restaurant has remodelled itself to become an authentic Italian… Read more »
» Liane Faulder / Nov. 17, 2010 / 787 : Margaret Atwood
Accidental foodie
Well-known critic Liane Faulder just fell into it
L.S. Vors
Writing about experiences with food, whether cooking or dining, is a powerful device. Like a tour guide of text and paper, a deftly written article guides the reader… Read more »
» Malorie Urbanovitch / Nov. 10, 2010 / 786 : F&M
Sew local
Malorie Urbanovitch reflects on her first runway show
Bryan Birtles
Malorie Urbanovitch is an Edmonton-based designer who presented her first collection at this past year's Western Canada Fashion Week. Already working on the next collection, Urbanovitch was kind… Read more »
» Betsy's South African Deli / Nov. 10, 2010 / 786 : F&M
The real thing
Betsy's provides South African cuisine to ex-pats and the curious
L.S. Vors
Complaining about city life is an easy conversational default. Incessant traffic and laughably poor driving. Noise and pollution. Questionable urban planning. The cost of living. One or more… Read more »
» Remedy Café / Nov. 03, 2010 / 785 : 4th Graders
A meandering path
Remedy's owner took the long way to becoming a restaurateur
L.S. Vors
Rare is the person whose life follows a linear trajectory. Childhood career plans rarely materialize; instead, defining one's niche in the professional world is an iterative process that… Read more »
» Irving Farm Fresh / Oct. 20, 2010 / 783 : Falklands
Bang on Bangers
Local sausage makers started from scratch
Sharman Hnatiuk
Nicola and Alan Irving have done a lot of sausage eating. You would think that as one of the Edmonton area's most popular pork producers, they would come… Read more »
» CARE-IT URBAN DELI / Oct. 13, 2010 / 782 : Future Edmonton
Plenty of care
Care-It Urban Deli specializes in local, carefully-prepared food
L.S. Vors
Wordplay takes many forms: metaphors, double entendres, palindromes, anagrams and so forth. It permits great creativity and flexibility in communication: the user conveys multiple concepts at once and… Read more »
