Tag: Food

  • Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Packing Healthy School Lunches

    Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Packing Healthy School Lunches

    Want to pack a school lunch that’s nourishing for your kids? Want to make sure your child actually eats it, instead of trading or trashing it? Use these guidelines to come up with winning fare: Avoid heavily processed snacks like cereal bars and chips. Sure, it may be convenient to pluck a package from the…

  • Could Science Bring Peanuts Back to School Lunches?

    Could Science Bring Peanuts Back to School Lunches?

    Dealing with peanut allergies is a stressful part of back-to-school for parents. Whether you have an allergic child or are trying to get a handle on what foods are safe to send in a school lunch, figuring out what to do about peanuts isn’t easy. But science may potentially be able to bring peanuts back…

  • Calgary Regional Partnership: Marv’s Classic Soda Shop

    Calgary Regional Partnership: Marv’s Classic Soda Shop

    Relive the booming 50’s and enjoy a vintage treat Marv’s Classic Soda Shop is one of those places that makes the drive on Cowboy Trail worthwhile. It’s unlike anything else in the Calgary Region. As you enter Marv’s you instantly feel as if you have stepped on to a 1950’s movie set! You are greeted by: doo-wop…

  • What’s the Secret to Getting the Best From Your Barbecue? Canada Beef Says it All Starts at the Meat Counter

    What’s the Secret to Getting the Best From Your Barbecue? Canada Beef Says it All Starts at the Meat Counter

    CALGARY /CNW/ – When it comes to barbecue, steak on the grill is a passion for most, a hobby for some and a primal urge for many. But it takes more than a love of fire to master the grill. It turns out there is one basic step that is often overlooked that can make you…

  • OpenTable Announces 100 Best Outdoor Dining Restaurants in Canada for 2016

    OpenTable Announces 100 Best Outdoor Dining Restaurants in Canada for 2016

    Toronto, Vancouver and Calgary boast most honourees on list, just in time for summer travel season TORONTO, June 1, 2016 /CNW/ — With the Victoria Day long weekend in the books, OpenTable, the world’s leading provider of online restaurant reservations and part of The Priceline Group (NASDAQ: PCLN), is welcoming the summer season by unveiling…

  • Alberta Beef Presents Alberta’s Largest Food Festival – Alberta Burger Fest

    Alberta Beef Presents Alberta’s Largest Food Festival – Alberta Burger Fest

    More than 100 local restaurants cook up burgers for a cause CALGARY, ALBERTA–(Marketwired) – Alberta Burger Fest, presented by Alberta Beef, is kicking off its 2016 festival with a record number of restaurant participants. From downtown Calgary to Shaganappi to Symons Valley, over 100 locally-owned restaurants representing 38 neighbourhoods across the city have stepped up to…

  • Find Your Way to Fresh, Local Foods in Alberta

    Find Your Way to Fresh, Local Foods in Alberta

    A new mobile app has launched to help Albertans seek out Alberta’s Approved Farmers’ Markets. The free app for Apple and Android is an easy-to-use tool that will link users to up-to-date information about market locations, times and dates. “Alberta’s agriculture and food processing industry thrives on using innovative technology to increase efficiency and find…

  • BrandSpark International surveys 8,500 Canadians about their favourite restaurants and new menu items

    BrandSpark International surveys 8,500 Canadians about their favourite restaurants and new menu items

    Where do Canadians like to eat when on the run? What are their favourite new restaurant menu items? TORONTO, February, 2016 /CNW/ – Where do Canadians like to eat and how are their dining habits shaping the country? Marketing research firm BrandSpark International conducted a national survey of more than 8,500 Canadians about which quick service…

  • Pink Spud, French Fry Super Performer Among New Potatoes from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

    Pink Spud, French Fry Super Performer Among New Potatoes from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

    One is a potato that not only stands out on the plate but is a nutritional stand-out. It’s dark pink flesh and red skin is rich in antioxidants. Another could be a French fry lover’s dream, allowing farmers to increase yields of the type of potato used by fry processors by as much as 35…

  • Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada marks the 2016 International Year of Pulses

    Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada marks the 2016 International Year of Pulses

    Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) is joining other organizations worldwide to celebrate the 2016 International Year of Pulses and raise public awareness about the importance of pulses in our daily lives. Pulses are the edible dry seeds of plants in the legume family and include dry beans, dry peas, lentils and chickpeas: Pulses are a…

  • Microwave Food Safety

    Microwave Food Safety

      Microwave ovens heat food unevenly, which means you should take extra precautions when cooking your next meal. Harmful bacteria can only be killed by proper cooking. There are approximately 4 million cases of food poisoning in Canada every year. Many of these could be prevented by following proper food handling and cooking practices. Here…

  • Cooking up Fire Safety

    Cooking up Fire Safety

      Albertans are cooking up more than food in their kitchens. Did you know that cooking fires continue to be the number one cause of home fires and home fire injuries in Alberta? Most kitchen fires can be avoided by paying attention when cooking in the kitchen. Follow these safety tips to avoid a kitchen…