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The Good, The Bad, & The Hungry: October 2014
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The Good, The Bad, and The Hungry. About Good, Bad and Hungry. Search Good, Bad and Hungry. Sunday, 19 October 2014. A Minor Epiphany at Cococo. Italy is not a country of half-measures. North American experiences of Italy have thusly tended along the lines of "Eat, Pray, Love" or "Under the Tuscan Sun." (or even that Barilla pasta commercial where a sexy Italian neighbour saves the day) In other words, one cannot possibly visit Italy and not be rocked by a life-altering epiphany. Thursday, 2 October 2014.
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The Good, The Bad, & The Hungry: July 2015
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The Good, The Bad, and The Hungry. About Good, Bad and Hungry. Search Good, Bad and Hungry. Wednesday, 29 July 2015. Faith Restored at 12 Acres. St Albert's 12 Acres. A judicious crock of creme brulee requires a firm hand to crack the burnt sugar crust, granting access to the glorious custard mantle within. Though the air is smotheringly hot tonight, the ambient conditions are instantly forgotten in this haven of home-grown food. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Faith Restored at 12 Acres. A staple in the wes...
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The Good, The Bad, & The Hungry: March 2015
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The Good, The Bad, and The Hungry. About Good, Bad and Hungry. Search Good, Bad and Hungry. Tuesday, 17 March 2015. Sandwich and Sons - There's a Theory for That. Though this theory originated in the social sciences. It is - like so many others from disparate and diverse disciplines - applicable to the world of food. Ideas - in other words, restaurants - do not just gain traction through time, but also through geographic space. This isn't merely a scatter plot of ideas versus time. Fried Bologna finds th...
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The Good, The Bad, & The Hungry: September 2014
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The Good, The Bad, and The Hungry. About Good, Bad and Hungry. Search Good, Bad and Hungry. Sunday, 7 September 2014. The Velvet Revolution at Whimsical Cake Studio. Garneau-based Whimsical Cake Studio fell somewhere in the middle of the pack. Forgettable at best. There was little reason to return until baker extraordinaire Darcy Scott. This is an enviable cupcake. Moist crumb, slightly chewy cap, judicious crown of ever-smooth cream cheese icing that actually tastes of cream cheese, rather than some...
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The Good, The Bad, & The Hungry: August 2014
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The Good, The Bad, and The Hungry. About Good, Bad and Hungry. Search Good, Bad and Hungry. Tuesday, 19 August 2014. Suddenly Last Summer at Jimmy Poblano's Southwest Cantina. Oh, how summer is racing by. Racing like the scads of white cloud that hurry across the sky as if chased by some invisible force. Racing away like the fleeting days of summer that, perhaps a month from now, will have given way to frost-tinged nights and orange leaves. Monday, 4 August 2014. Fly Me to Halo Bar and Bistro. Airports a...
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The Good, The Bad, & The Hungry: May 2015
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The Good, The Bad, and The Hungry. About Good, Bad and Hungry. Search Good, Bad and Hungry. Wednesday, 20 May 2015. Canada's 100 Best Restaurants - Rge Rd. Rge Rd, when it first opened, reminded our fair city that food came. From somewhere, be it ground, leaf, hoof or feather. It did so without being preachy, elitist, or smug and brought barn and farmhouse paraphernalia to an urbane city street without resorting to kitsch or contrived country-fried contraband. These are, by no means, easy feats. A little...
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The Good, The Bad, & The Hungry: Canada's 100 Best Restaurants - Rge Rd
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The Good, The Bad, and The Hungry. About Good, Bad and Hungry. Search Good, Bad and Hungry. Wednesday, 20 May 2015. Canada's 100 Best Restaurants - Rge Rd. Rge Rd, when it first opened, reminded our fair city that food came. From somewhere, be it ground, leaf, hoof or feather. It did so without being preachy, elitist, or smug and brought barn and farmhouse paraphernalia to an urbane city street without resorting to kitsch or contrived country-fried contraband. These are, by no means, easy feats. A little...
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The Good, The Bad, & The Hungry: December 2014
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The Good, The Bad, and The Hungry. About Good, Bad and Hungry. Search Good, Bad and Hungry. Tuesday, 30 December 2014. Ampersand 27 - Choose your own adventure. Hit the "rewind" button for a few seconds and one will arrive at an era where "charcuterie" was a concept both mispronounced and misunderstood. Really, was it little more than the constituents of a sandwich, laid askew on a wooden board for all to see? Such naive times, this era of "B.C." - i.e., "before charcuterie.". One is given carte blanche.
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The Good, The Bad, & The Hungry: Change from Within at Coffee Bureau
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The Good, The Bad, and The Hungry. About Good, Bad and Hungry. Search Good, Bad and Hungry. Wednesday, 25 February 2015. Change from Within at Coffee Bureau. The coffee menu is short and decisive. An espresso macchiato places just the right amount of milk foam over two strong shots of aromatic espresso. The beans are roasted right in Edmonton, a hop, skip and jump north at Ace Coffee Roasters. Change from Within at Coffee Bureau. Bul Go Gi House - A Promise Half Fulfilled. Blog Roll Call of Awesome.
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The Good, The Bad, & The Hungry: Reach out and Touch Faith at The Burger's Priest
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The Good, The Bad, and The Hungry. About Good, Bad and Hungry. Search Good, Bad and Hungry. Wednesday, 13 May 2015. Reach out and Touch Faith at The Burger's Priest. It would seem, then, that The Burger's Priest. The aptly-named Priest brings a beef patty topped with melted cheese, a deep-fried portobella (which, on its own, is the "Option" burger) and - at my request - lettuce, tomatoes, ketchup and mustard. The tomato immediately stands out. It is ripe! Canadas 100 Best Restaurants - Rge Rd. An America...
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