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 queens Perla Coddington and Grease Jones talk restaurants, first dates and why they love drag
What happens when you take a couple of drag queens out for a bite to eat?

Daily bite: Robbie Burns Bash at Calgary's St. Louis Hotel raises funds for The Alex
Calgary's 2nd annual Robbie Burns Bash happening January 25, 2017

Daily bite: Applications now open for Hawksworth Young Chef Scholarship 2018
Hawksworth Young Chef Scholarship 2018 information

Daily bite: Toronto's La Palma co-owners to open Constantine
La Palma owners announce new concept, Constantine and Scarlet Door

Daily bite: New Mexican vegan concept, Rosalinda, coming to Toronto's Financial District
Grant van Gameren announces another restaurant opening in 2018

Daily bite: Liquidity Wines launches new vineyard-to-door wine tasting club
Liquidity Wines' new Equity Wine Club is the first of its kind in Canada

Daily bite: PyeongChang 2018 Canada Olympic House design and fare unveiled
Expect poutine to be served during the 2018 Winter Olympics

Daily bite: Vancouver's Autostrada Osteria opens Wednesday
Autostrada is Vancouver's newest Italian restaurant

Daily bite: Winnipeg's newest restaurant, Oxbow, opens its doors
Winnipeg's Oxbow is a new locally-focused restaurant that has people talking

Daily bite: Vintage Group's new concept Elwood and the Rabbit to open this month
After co-owner and executive chef Neil McCue announced he would be departing the well-known Calgary restaurant, Whitehall, this fall, it was unclear what exactly would happen to the contemporary British concept once its main creative force le