Food

FILE - In this Feb. 18, 2015 file photo, meal worms are sorted before being cooked in San Francisco. The vaunted Mediterranean diet and the French “bon gout” are getting some competition: The European food safety agency says worms are safe to eat. The Parma-based agency published a scientific opinion Wednesday on the safety of dried yellow mealworms and gave them a thumbs up. Researchers said the worms, either eaten whole or in powdered form, are a protein-rich snack or ingredient for other foods. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Cafe, croissant, worms? EU agency says worms safe to eat

U.N.’s Food and Agriculture Organization championed edible bugs in 2013

  • Jan 14, 2021

 

Regeneratively managed pasture in the foreground and continuously grazed pasture in the background. The pasture in the foreground has more animals grazing on it, but is still not overgrazed. (Photo: Steve Kenyon, Greener Pastures Ranching in Busby, Alberta)

Regenerative agriculture: good for you, and good for the planet!

Healthy food + healthy humans are produced by healthy soil + a healthy ecosystem

  • Nov 23, 2020

 

Rich and Anya Knebel, of the Penhold IGA

Penhold grocer shares sweet start to family-focused career

From filling candy bags at his father’s knee, Rich Knebel creates career putting customers first

  • Oct 26, 2020

 

From quick shortcuts to slow cookers, how we’re eating now

From quick shortcuts to slow cookers, how we’re eating now

From quick shortcuts to slow cookers, how we’re eating now

From quick shortcuts to slow cookers, how we’re eating now
This Friday, Aug. 28, 2020, photo shows Amoura Teese, center, performing on a sidewalk for customers in San Francisco. A San Francisco drag show night club has taken the show on the road after having to close its doors due to the coronavirus pandemic. Oasis’ “Meals on Heals” is dispatching drag queens to deliver food, custom cocktails and socially-distant lip synch performances. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)

Meals on heels: San Francisco drag queens deliver amid virus

Bringing music and food to fans’ doorsteps

  • Sep 2, 2020
This Friday, Aug. 28, 2020, photo shows Amoura Teese, center, performing on a sidewalk for customers in San Francisco. A San Francisco drag show night club has taken the show on the road after having to close its doors due to the coronavirus pandemic. Oasis’ “Meals on Heals” is dispatching drag queens to deliver food, custom cocktails and socially-distant lip synch performances. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)
Whether it’s part of a day at the lake or a trip to a local park, a delectable picnic is as easy as a visit to one of Central Alberta’s many specialty shops to stock up on ready-made gourmet treats.

Central Alberta is a picnicker’s paradise

Your guide to finding your picnic-perfect ingredients

  • Aug 11, 2020
Whether it’s part of a day at the lake or a trip to a local park, a delectable picnic is as easy as a visit to one of Central Alberta’s many specialty shops to stock up on ready-made gourmet treats.
Groups unite to urge US to extend food aid to schoolchildren

Groups unite to urge US to extend food aid to schoolchildren

Groups unite to urge US to extend food aid to schoolchildren

Groups unite to urge US to extend food aid to schoolchildren

‘American Tacos’ probes a dish’s evolution across borders

‘American Tacos’ probes a dish’s evolution across borders

Roasting vegetables is a basic of simple, healthy cooking

Roasting vegetables is a basic of simple, healthy cooking

Roasting vegetables is a basic of simple, healthy cooking

Roasting vegetables is a basic of simple, healthy cooking
Noreen Odell, with Red Deer Meals on Wheels, gets ready to deliver meals. (File photo by Advocate staff)

Red Deer Meals on Wheels needs volunteers

Seniors limiting public activities

Noreen Odell, with Red Deer Meals on Wheels, gets ready to deliver meals. (File photo by Advocate staff)
Sandra Suazo, owner of Corazon Chocolates, has been preparing custom chocolates for Valentine’s Day. (Photo by SUSAN ZIELINSKI/Advocate staff)

Sweets still a Valentine’s Day favourite

Customers looking for unique chocolates and pastries

Sandra Suazo, owner of Corazon Chocolates, has been preparing custom chocolates for Valentine’s Day. (Photo by SUSAN ZIELINSKI/Advocate staff)
Westerner Park dinner showcases Central Alberta food

Westerner Park dinner showcases Central Alberta food

Long Table Dinner on Aug. 18 begins with farm and brewery tour

  • Jul 27, 2018
Westerner Park dinner showcases Central Alberta food
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Picky eater workshop offered

Workshop designed to help parents limit mealtime battles with children

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Video: Secret ingredients abound at Chili Cook Off

Video: Secret ingredients abound at Chili Cook Off

Fourteen chili teams put their own unique spin on their recipes at annual cook off

Video: Secret ingredients abound at Chili Cook Off
Kitchen Confessions: No Bake Hiker’s Energy Bites

Kitchen Confessions: No Bake Hiker’s Energy Bites

I’ll admit it. I can easily be led down a Pinterest rabbit-hole…

  • May 31, 2017
Kitchen Confessions: No Bake Hiker’s Energy Bites
Food Truck Friday off to a good start

Food Truck Friday off to a good start

Food Truck Friday off to a good start
The Stache owner and operator Michelle Tam, right, and Stache employees Teresa Durette and Natassia Wright work in the small but efficient trailer kitchen. File Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

Food Truck Friday off to a good start

  • May 26, 2017
The Stache owner and operator Michelle Tam, right, and Stache employees Teresa Durette and Natassia Wright work in the small but efficient trailer kitchen. File Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff
Red Deer Advocate file photo

Public Market kicks off another season

Popular outdoor market is outside the Memorial Centre again

Red Deer Advocate file photo
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Westerner Park celebrates food at new event

Inaugural Urban Farm Festival runs Aug. 20

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