Food

Recent stories about food


Chefs working in a restaurant kitchen.
food culture

Intercultural pop-up part of Feed the Soul's evolution

Feed the Soul YEG is presenting the Callaloo + Chow: Trini-Chinese Culinary Pop-up from Feb. 19 to 23 at Fu's Repair Shop in lieu of its annual dining week with Black-owned businesses as the organization enters a new era.

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The exterior of Cloverdale Coffee, which includes a sign with its name and many QR codes.
business food

Cloverdale Coffee helps add amenities in river valley, proponent says

Jay Downton thinks opening a new coffee shop in the Cloverdale neighbourhood later this month could help increase interest in Edmonton's river valley.

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Customers inside L'OCA Quality Market.
food business

Specialty food chains chart ambitious growth across region

Specialty food retailers are expanding in the Edmonton region with boutique-type experiences that, in at least two cases, are backed by established companies with cash and big ambition.

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A person prepares a coffee at an espresso machine.
business food

Intent Coffee team returns with Balay Coffee pop-up

The team behind Intent Coffee has returned with a pop-up café concept that applies the same values as before but now includes a plan to grow more sustainably.

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A photo of a building with a sign that reads "Marbles".
downtown housing

Year in review: Service providers, Chinatown, affordable housing

In 2024, Taproot reported on several stories that continued to evolve after we published them. Here are some updates.

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A scientist in a lab looks up at a colourful object.
technology food

Groups researching how to better recycle the 15 million pouches Albertans consume yearly

Drink pouches are ubiquitous but hard to recycle, a problem that a new three-year research project by the Alberta Beverage Container Recycling Corporation at NAIT's Applied Research department is working to solve.

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Wilson Wong, Winnie Chen, and William Chen
food business

Trio aims to be a 'catalyst' in Chinatown with Boa and Hare

Winnie Chen's next restaurant foray brings her even closer to her roots, and she hopes it can add to the positive momentum of change in Edmonton's Chinatown.

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Someone looks out from an open kitchen.
business food

Connected Kitchen takes over old EPIC location with ambitions to support a tough industry

The Connected Kitchen Project has a new home in downtown Edmonton where it aims to create a landing pad for entrepreneurs in the gruelling hospitality industry by providing access to commercial kitchen space, and even mental health support.

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NongBu founder John Ahn
food business

NongBu is closed but continues to shape city's food scene

Korean restaurant NongBu is now permanently closed, but its legacy of introducing Edmontonians to a broader array of Korean dishes will live on.

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