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Dan Clapson

Dan Clapson is a best-selling author and award-winning food and travel writer based in Calgary. The accomplished writer has contributed to a wide range of acclaimed publications including Out Magazine, The Globe & Mail, Air Canada enRoute, Eater, Xtra, Canada’s 100 Best, Calgary Herald, Food Network Canada online and many more. Clapson’s debut cookbook 'Prairie' (co-authored by Edmonton writer Twyla Campbell) became a The Globe & Mail No. 1 Bestseller in September 2023. Clapson is also a frequent culinary expert for news outlets and programs such as Global News Calgary, The Good Stuff with Mary Berg, CTV Morning Live, CBC, and more. Outside of the food realm, Clapson is the founder of the award-winning Blue Jay Sessions music event series as well as a co-owner of The Prairie Emporium in Calgary.

New Japanese whisky with Canadian ties arrives in Alberta

Sunday's Whisky comes "home" to Canada

Oct 22, 2020

Top Chef Canada judge Mijune Pak debuts new line of chocolates

A creative chocolate collaboration in Vancouver

Oct 15, 2020

One day in St. John's: country singer Justin Fancy

Suggestions on where to eat and drink while on the rock

Oct 13, 2020

Vancouver's acclaimed Botanist Bar reopens October 7

Fairmont Pacific Rim's Botanist Bar is back up and running this week

Oct 6, 2020

The Big Social returns Oct. 9 in support of Community Food Centres of Canada

Cook dinner and help support an important national food security intiative

Oct 5, 2020

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Swiss chard and braised pork soup

A comforting soup for a chilly fall day

Oct 1, 2020

SIAL Canada announces 2020 product innovation award winners

Some of the most interesting packaged food products on the Canadian market

Sep 29, 2020

Calgary's Romero Distilling Co. debuts first Prairie-made spiced rum

An Alberta-made rum has arrived just in time for fall

Sep 28, 2020

Top Chef Canada alum Jinhee Lee returns to Canada to open JINBAR

There's a new Korean eatery coming to Calgary with a star chef at the helm

Sep 23, 2020

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Parmesan butternut squash soup

A soup perfectly fitting for fall weather

Sep 22, 2020