Best places in Calgary for Salsa
Photo Credit: Tres Marias Whether you like it mild or spicy, there are many varieties of salsa available locally. You can use it as a dip, bake it on chips or stuff [...]
Mediterranean Flatbread
When it comes to busy weeknights, fast and easy dishes are always welcome. This Mediterranean Flatbread is a quick and easy dinner but also makes for a terrific appetizer when people are coming over.
It’s a Wrap
Skipping into spring is thirsty work and we've got you covered with hand picked local products for your all your spring and summer sips. The Curated Home Patio weather is fast approaching making [...]
Garden Party
Rosé and Croquet Garden Party at Deane House Deane House, located in the historical neighbourhood of Inglewood, presents the Third Annual Rosé & Croquet Garden Party on Thursday, June 22. Wander the lush [...]
Celebrate Mother’s Day in Calgary
Mother's Day events in Calgary What better way to celebrate mom or the mother figures in your life than with a delicious and filling meal. It's the perfect time to show your [...]
Design your Platter
For some, a serving platter or charcuterie board is a quick-and-easy thing to throw together for guests. For others, it's an anxiety-inducing foray into a multitude of choices and artistic presentation that can [...]
Cilantro Pesto
Pesto can be made with almost any herb and cilantro is no exception. This version is made with cilantro leaves and stems (tons of flavour in stems), pumpkin seeds, Parmesan or Romano cheese, [...]
Japanese Craft
The Naked Leaf As one of Calgary’s boutique tea vendors, The Naked Leaf prides itself on reintroducing tea as it was meant to be — “all natural and unhurried.” This cast-iron teapot, available [...]
Mango Pineapple Salsa with Jicama
While you might be familiar with pineapple and mango salsa, have you considered adding jicama? This root vegetable is the root of a plant that produces beans similar to lima beans, but aren't edible. [...]
Tea Talk
I love tea. Black, green, white, oolong or blue, hot or iced, with or without milk, tea-infused simple syrup mixed in a cocktail or fizzy water. Anytime, anywhere. Looseleaf or a simple tea bag. [...]
Mi Casa Es Tu Casa
Milpa Milpa is a new Mexican small-plates restaurant and cocktail bar by Chef Elia Herrera, a third-generation chef and classically trained pastry chef. She owns and operates Colibri and Tecolote restaurants in downtown Toronto [...]
Tomato Green Chile Salsa
This is as close as I’ve come to replicating my favourite Hatch green chile and tomato salsa. The recipe is from New Mexico State University where chiles are serious business and it’s safe [...]
Asian-Style Slaw
This is a very flexible recipe, really just a template. Napa and Savoy cabbages work well, whether by themselves or mixed with the regular shredded red and green, and celery, jicama and radish [...]
Thai Dipping Sauce
Fresh, sharp, and addictive, Thai dipping sauce, or nam jim, is quick, easy and will fast become your go-to, all-purpose summer flavour. This recipe isn’t an exacting science, more a loose template. Add [...]
Ballad of bygone booze
With new Health Canada guidelines on drinking, Linda Kupecek muses on boozes During my university days, I toted a carton of milk to parties, while my pals downed bargain basement beer, Black Tower [...]
Beyond Donuts
Amaido Café Amaido Café has reopened in Chinatown under the same roof as owner Melissa Luu’s store Urban Pop Shoppe. New flavours are introduced weekly alongside classic flavours customers love. In addition to the [...]
Royal-Tea
Did you know afternoon tea was invented to curb hunger? In England during the mid-19th Century, Anna, the Seventh Duchess of Bedford, found herself a little peckish in the late afternoon. With lunch served [...]
Calgary restaurants and bars serving cool mocktails
Non-Alcoholic Mocktail It used to be that if you were going out and not drinking alcohol, there weren’t a lot of choices to be had. Soda, water, and juice were usually all [...]
Building community through coffee
Primary Colours Café The team behind Monogram Coffee has opened Primary Colours Café in Britannia Plaza Shopping Centre taking over the space formerly occupied by Elbow Room. Executive chef Matthias Fong has created brunch [...]
Mushrooms
Of the more than 10,000 known types of mushrooms, very few are edible and many are even deadly. Mushrooms are the fruiting bodies (propagated by spores) of vast underground mycelial networks, and are neither [...]
Cilantro Vinaigrette
This is a variation of a recipe created by Stephanie Kolk at Kayben Farms in Okotoks. Add a few drops of sesame oil, use soy sauce instead of salt and lime juice instead of [...]
6 best restaurants for Bánh Mì subs in Calgary
Bánh Mì subs Vietnamese subs, also known as Bánh Mì, have gained a lot of popularity over the years. And who can resist? Toasted baguettes filled with flavourful meats and pickled veggies [...]
Botanical Blends
Did you know afternoon tea was invented to curb hunger? In England during the mid-19th Century, Anna, the Seventh Duchess of Bedford, found herself a little peckish in the late afternoon. With lunch served [...]
Mash up
Cabeza Grande Tacos & Tequila Cabeza Grande Tacos & Tequila quietly opened last summer in the space directly behind Mari Bakeshop in Bridgeland. It’s the third restaurant of the same name for owners Jerry [...]