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.
Daily bite: Hot chicken pop-up comes to Winnipeg September 22 and 23
Muddy Waters is going out with a bang with a Nashville hot chicken pop-up
Daily bite: Aburi pioneer Miku commemorates 10th anniversary with epic tasting menu
Miku popularized the aburi sushi technique in Canada and celebrates its 10th anniversary this fall
Daily bite: Vancouver's Cafe Medina hosts mental health support fundraiser on Oct. 4
Medina After Dark raises funds for The Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention Centre of BC
Oliver & Bonacini Hospitality acquires operating shares in Calgary's Concorde Group
Two of Canada's largest independent hospitality groups have recently formed a new partnership
Daily bite: Vancouver's Bells and Whistles to transform into a Bavarian pop-up this month
Bells and Whistles goes temporarily German in honour of Oktoberfest
Daily bite: CBC Calgary announces new restaurant critic
After a couple months of anticipation, CBC Calgary unveils their new restaurant critic
Daily bite: Daniel Boulud's bar concept inside the Four Seasons Hotel Toronto, re-imagined
Daniel Boulud's bar inside Toronto's Four Seasons gets a facelift and new menu
Daily bite: Calgary's Made By Marcus to debut seasonal flavour in memory of chef Jonathan Sobol
Local ice cream maker Made By Marcus is raising funds for the Jonathan Sobol memorial scholarship with a heartfelt seasonal creation
Country star Lindsay Ell on iconic Canadian foods, restaurants she loves and the 2018 CCMA Awards
Country musician Lindsay Ell dishes on her favourite Canadian foods, her mom's cooking and the 2018 CCMA Awards
Watch: Winnipeg chef Adam Donnelly shares his approach to Canadian Prairie cuisine
One of Winnipeg's top chefs, Adam Donnelly, opens up about travelling the world and why coming home to Manitoba was important to him