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 and many more. Clapson’s debut cookbook 'Prairie' became a The Globe & Mail No. 1 Bestseller in September 2023. Dan Clapson is also a regular culinary expert on shows such as The Good Stuff with Mary Berg, The Social, 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 and co-owner of The Prairie Emporium in Calgary.

Calgary's Hayden Block debuts new upper level and stage
A new stage for live music launches inside a popular Calgary eatery

Eat This Now: Giovane Bacaro's amberjack crudo
A beautifully composed menu item to try in downtown Vancouver

10-minute strawberry, tomato and cucumber salad recipe
A simple recipe for a summery-feeling salad using greenhouse-grown produce

Eat This Now: The Saucy Mama pizza at Noble Pie
Some of the best pizza you'll find in Western Canada

Calgary's cool new Vietnamese restaurant Một Tô opens on April 1
Check out this great new eatery from the owners of the acclaimed Pho Dau Bo

CBC series Run The Burbs celebrates Tết on latest episode
A look at Vietnamese Lunar New Year celebrations through the lens of CBC's diverse comedy series

Check it Out: A&W debuts Canada's first lidless and compostable cup
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Eat This Now: The Tallest Poppy's fried tofu sandwich
Fried chicken, but make it (deliciously) tofu

Great Canadian Baking Show winner Raufikat Oyawoye-Salami gets her own series
The inaugural season of Raufikat's Better Bake Along will premiere on March 25

Eat This Now: The Samosarie's gourmet samosas
Vibrant snack-sized samosas to seek out in Toronto