Ciao! Magazine’s perennially popular Dine About Winnipeg event is back for 2011 and the restaurants have just been announced. If you haven’t heard of Dine About Winnipeg, it’s a once a year opportunity to enjoy special menus from some of Winnipeg’s best restaurants for incredibly reasonable prices. This year’s event runs February 2 – 11 […]
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Calendar Features Local Chefs, Benefits Harvest
Hot in the Kitchen Calendar Showcases Local Chefs Are you looking for a sizzling 2011 calendar? A dozen of Manitoba’s most innovative and affable chefs show off their winning smiles and delectable dishes on the calendar pages of Hot in the Kitchen 2011. The calendars are $2 each and available at: Bistro 7 1/4 Deseo […]
New Year’s Resolutions
Happy New Year everyone! With the feasting and festivities over, New Year resolutions are invariably made, including a few over here too. For 2011, Savour Winnipeg will endeavor to produce monthly content that revolves around seasonal themes. In January for instance, we’re leading up to Robert Burns Day (January 25) by featuring some of the […]
One Sweet Affair
Hot menus, a Food Network style cake competition, trendy chefs, and some of the most up-to-the-minute food to dress your plates? That’s what organizers are promising at One Sweet Affair, Winnipeg’s not to be missed fall foodie event.
A sweet deal for Winnipeg
For the second year in a row, Derrick Godfrey, the baker genius behind The Cupcake Corner is teaming up with United Way to create a sweet deal for Winnipeg–Cupcake Day for United Way. From 7 to 10 am on Thursday, October 7 , volunteers will stand ready to receive morning commuters in the parking lot […]
Winnipeg’s new culinary king
A new culinarian was crowned king this weekend during an Iron Chef competition at the Winnipeg Convention Centre. The main event and every bit as crowd pleasing as the free meat treats handed out by several exhibitors, the competition took place as part of Centrex, Manitoba’s largest trade show for hotels, restaurants, bars and food […]
Gusto controversy over blown, blown over
Talk about wood-fired Pizzeria Gusto’s state of the art wood-fired oven remained cold for more than a week, following the firing of head chef Scott Bagshaw last weekend. Pizza doh! In a shocking show of solidarity, much of the kitchen crew packed their knives and followed Bagshaw out the door forcing the restaurant to close.
Winnipeg’s spring Leisure Guide
Registration for Winnipeg Spring Leisure Guide classes begins Monday, March 15, at 9:00am. There’s a veritable bounty of information for the culinary inclined. Folded into Adult Leisure sections you’ll find the usual headings–Hands-On Cuisine and Cuisine Demo. But I found a couple of foodie items in the Around the Yard section–Making Maple Sugar for Fun […]
Celebrate food…from field to table
The Dietitians of Canada couldn’t have picked a better slogan for Nutrition Month (March)–Celebrate food…from field to table. It strikes a chord, particularly now as the sun begins to shine strong enough to melt snow, teasing us with glimpses of the earth, turning thoughts to gardens and growth. The 2010 Nutrition Month challenges Canadians to […]
Ciao! Magazine’s Dine About Winnipeg
Well the credit card bills are rolling in and many of us are hunkering down for that post Christmas cash crunch. All too often that means I’m not dining out quite as much. The industry has long recognized this new year lull and it was a stroke of genius when food, fasion and style magazine […]