Weird Wild and Wonderful

Never stop wondering. Never stop wandering.

Recent Blog Posts

A New Year, A New Role
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Yesterday, on various social media platforms, the founder of Eat Local Magazine, Heather Muse, announced that I would be joining...
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Bianco – CBC Review
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I was pretty excited to hear that Dave Manna (the owner of Rosso Pizzeria) was opening his second restaurant, Bianco,...
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Kelowna Then and Now – AMA Magazine
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It’s -28C right now and as I look out my office window, my mind takes me to the Okanagan: hot...
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CBC Edmonton – 2019, The Year in Review
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We started doing the Year in Review for Edmonton restaurants in 2015 on CBC radio.  Some years it’s been easy...
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Tiffin – CBC Review
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Tiffin is an independently owned Indian fast casual restaurant on Jasper Avenue in the old Sobey’s Urban Fresh building. This...
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Read this – Princeton: A Love Story
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A couple of months ago, while doing a book signing at Chapters, I met Terry Fong, the author of Princeton:...
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Braven – CBC Review
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Braven is one of four restaurant concepts inside the JW Marriott hotel in Edmonton’s Ice District. I reviewed it on-air...
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June’s Delicatessen – CBC Review
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If you missed my CBC review of June’s Delicatessen on November 15, here are some links to get you up...
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Filistix – CBC Review
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On November 1, I reviewed the brick and mortar location of Filistix. Cousins Ariel del Rosario and Roel Canafranca have...
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Woodshed Burgers – CBC Review
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This is set to be the Year of the Burger in Edmonton. Paul Shufelt’s Woodshed on 124 Street has committed...
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