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About nutmeg

Ginger and Nutmeg is a Food and Travel blog for Active Foodies hooked on travelling. We love food, history and digging into cultural traditions. This is a blog with a bit of humour, informative travel information and some great recipes.

Canmore’s Summer Farmers Market

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Thursday is market day in Canmore, for the summer months only.  New this year, the town closes off the blocks between Main Street (8th) and 10th Street on 7th Avenue.  This central venue in front of the Civic Centre, creates a great pedestrian friendly community gathering place.  The market starts around 8am, “Canmore time“, and runs until about 4pm.  Last Thursday, was one of the three days of summer that Southern Alberta has experienced this year, it was a sunny, cloudless 26 degrees Celsius – perfect for market going. Continue reading →

Alberta Market Season Market Series

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In Calgary, our true farmers market season is painfully short.  There are thankfully some reputable “local” producers, who supply some great produce during the spring and summer months.  It is a joyous occasion when Nutmeg sees the start of the local tomatoes from Gull Valley Greenhouse or Paradise Hill Farm. Continue reading →

Whyte Horse Cafe – what is in a name?

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Main Street in downtown Canmore is not very long so it is easy enough to notice anything new.  Very recently, the Whyte Horse Cafe has appeared on the corner of 8th (Main) and 8th Avenue.  The color of the building has been updated (on three sides) and there is a cool new sign and painted horse.  They are also very busy building an expanded patio area so patrons can take advantage of the few warm Summer days, that may be ahead.  Do not be fooled by all the activity, it is the Coffee Mine renamed, they still have the old sign out in the back alley.  The same “coffee shop” rules apply (no strollers, no dogs).  The food is decent and the service spotty.  They had decent apple turnovers on Saturday and Nutmeg managed to get two coffees without waiting for 30 minutes.  So maybe the name change will help…  🙂