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 Stampede announces "crazy" new midway foods for 2019
Are these new dishes the Calgary Stampede's oddest culinary offerings for 2019?

Daily bite: SIAL Canada announces their 2019 SIAL Innovation award winners
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A first look at Calgary's new Lulu Bar
Last night, Lulu Bar opened its stunning ten-foot tall, ornate wooden door--just off of the corner of 17th Avenue and 4th Street--to the public.

Talking food and RuPaul's Drag Race with "Queen of the North", Brooke Lynn Hytes
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6 Interesting new Calgary restaurants slated to open this spring
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Acclaimed restaurateur Janet Zuccarini talks Top Chef Canada and dining in Toronto
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Drags Benny to wrap its Western Canadian tour in Saskatoon at Remai Modern on May 5
Drags Benny closes out its first succesful Pride fundraising tour in Saskatoon later this spring

Arlene Dickinson on helping Canadian entrepreneurs find success
The Dragon's Den investor enables business owners via the District Ventures Accelerator

Daily bite: Kelowna's Krafty Kitchen and Bar launches drag dinner series
Kelowna's getting a new bimonthly drag dinner series

Daily bite: Western Canada's first Vietnamese coffee bar concept, Ca Phe, opens in Vancouver
A Vietnamese coffee bar has popped up inside Vancouver community space, Chinatown House