What Does the Bow Valley Taste Like? With Chef Tracy Little-Sauvage, Canmore.

What does the Bow Valley taste like?Chef Tracy A. Little has spent years trying to answer that question through Sauvage, her Canmore restaurant built around wild ingredients, ethical sourcing and food that feels connected to the place it comes from.In this episode, Tracy takes us through the full story, from growing up in northern Alberta and learning to hunt, fish and forage with her father, to professional kitchens, taking over Tapas in Canmore and eventually turning it into one of the most distinctive dining experiences in the Bow Valley.We talk about how foraging accidentally became the foundation of her entire way of cooking, what people walk past every day without realizing it is edible and where the line sits between responsible harvesting and simply taking from the land.Tracy also opens up about the realities behind building Sauvage, what success actually feels like once the awards, television appearances and recognition begin stacking up, and the personal cost of living what other people might see as the dream.We also get into her experiences on Chefs vs. Wild, Top Chef and Top Chef Canada, what cooking shows get wrong and whether she would ever put herself through it all again.This is a conversation about food, ambition, sacrifice and the strange realization that the restaurant may never have been the dream. Creating things was.This episode is brought to you by Drinkshaft, the Bow Valley’s number one grab-and-go nitro cold brew. Cold, non-alcoholic and built for early mornings, long days and doing summer properly.Overheard merch is available now with help from Defending Awesome, a full-service print and design shop right here in the Bow Valley.Find the full lineup at overheardpodbanff.com.See you next Tuesday.