Taste the
WORDS AND PHOTOGRAPHY
BY RYAN MASSEL
RAINBOW
T
he rainbow flag will
be soaring in Calgary
during the city’s annual
pride week festivities, August
24 to September 3. Many local
businesses are celebrating by
serving up unique menu offerings
to wet whistles and please
palettes in support of the LGBT
community, and a number of
them are donating a portion
of the proceeds to a variety of
charities, including Camp fYrefly.
Here’s a sneak
peek at some of the
delicious offerings
and collaborations
you’ll see during
Calgary Pride:
OLLIA MACARONS & TEA FIASCO GELATO
Back by popular demand, Ollia will once
again offer the wildberry pride macaron
as well as two new unicorn macarons with
mane colours to mimic the classic pride
rainbow flag colours and the pink and blue of
the transgender flag (page 63). Gelato lovers have spoken, and this year will see the
return of an award-winning Pride Collaboration Gelato.
The vanilla based “Leather Daddy” combines daddy’s
soft side of fluffy housemade marshmallows with his
dark side of licorice-flavoured jawbreakers (page 62).
(Editor’s Note: Ryan Massel, aka local blogger Mr. Fab,
created the Leather Daddy flavour in collaboration with
Fiasco Gelato!)
BAGELINO’S
Available by pre-order only starting August
27, to be picked up August 31, you’ll be able
to brighten up your morni ngs with Bagelino’s
vibrant rainbow bagels. Don’t forget to pick
up a tub of their limited edition vanilla cream
cheese spread filled with colourful confetti
(page 58)!
CRAVE COOKIES &
CUPCAKES
Calgary’s iconic Crave Cupcake, creatively
decorated with vanilla buttercream
rainbows and unicorns, will be available for
6-pack pre-order throughout pride week
and individually in stores on parade day,
September 2 (page 47).
UTCA CHIMNEY CAKE
This traditional bread-like dough pastry straight from
the streets of Budapest is baked in a way that gives it a
crunchy caramel texture on the outside keeping it soft
and fluffy inside. It will be rolled in rainbow sprinkles,
filled with vanilla soft serve, topped with fruitloops and
boldly named “I am Proud ‘n Loud” (page 63).
SWEET RELIEF
You’ll have some extra pep in your step after snacking on
these artfully decorated sugar cookies topped with royal
icing and colourful sugar sprinkles or rainbows. Proceeds
go to Camp fYrefly (page 63).
WILD TEA KOMBUCHA
Keep cool this pride with Wild Kambucha’s small batch
offering “Spill the Tea.” Brewed by hand, using pressed
juice for bold flavours, this limited-edition kombucha
(fermented tea) will offer a mix of fruity flavours and is
perfect to enjoy alone or as a base for your Pride-inspired
cocktail. Now that’s the tea (wildteakombucha.com)!