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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.

Check it Out Vancouver: El Camino's launches new weekend brunch

A new brunch option on Main Street

Mar 9, 2023

Eat This Now Vancouver: Chopped cheese sandwich at Downlow Burgers

A New York bodega staple gets a Vancouver rem

Mar 7, 2023

Concorde Group is hiring staff for its new queer restaurant Sweet Loretta

Work at one of Calgary's most exciting soon-to-be-open restaurants

Mar 6, 2023

Canada's 2nd annual Filipino Restaurant Month returns April 1

Filipino restaurants across Canada will be celebrated from April 1-30 from coast to coast

Mar 2, 2023

Calgary's newest bar Tubby's officially opens on March 1

Tubby’s is the next phase in the evolution of Tubby Dog

Feb 28, 2023

Check it Out Vancouver: Di Beppe's Festa della Polenta returns March 16

A one-night-only Italian feast in Vancouver's Gastown

Feb 27, 2023

Pamela Anderson's new cooking show to premiere on Food Network Canada in 2024

Corus Studios greenlights production on a star-studded, plant-based cooking series

Feb 24, 2023

New Filipino bar Bahay Kubo opens in Winnipeg

Everything you need to know about Winnipeg's newest restaurant

Feb 22, 2023

Movement launched to save long-standing Calgary queer space The Backlot

A proposed development in Calgary's downtown jeopardizes the future of a decades-old gay bar

Feb 14, 2023

First look: NBA Courtside Restaurant to open in Toronto this Spring

An official NBA restaurant and bar with food by a Top Chef Canada winner

Feb 9, 2023