Elevate Your Chocolate Game
Shop Local Spring has sprung and we are soaking in the warm weather, planting our vegetable gardens and getting excited about summer. We've discovered some cool finds for this edition. A good jar of [...]
A Twist on Turkish Classics
Anatolia Turkish Food Before coming to Canada, Chef Mahmut Elbasi was a culinary student in his hometown of Kayseri, Turkey. While studying for his red seal designation, he worked as head chef at Elmacioglu [...]
Roots Grow Deep
Shop Local With dreams of spring on our minds, we’ve been playing with grow kits, Alberta-made products and zero-waste items. Growing herbs and mushrooms indoors has kept us busy. Once they are ready, we [...]
Breakfast Epiphanies
Did you know that when you treat mom to brunch on Mother’s Day, you’re actually celebrating a major milestone in the women’s movement? According to history books, it’s West Virginia’s Anna Jarvis we have [...]
There’s Dumpling you should Know
Shop Local With dreams of spring on our minds, we’ve been playing with grow kits, Alberta-made products and zero-waste items. Growing herbs and mushrooms indoors has kept us busy. Once they are ready, we [...]
Bramble On
Bramble Cider If you haven’t tried Bramble Cider’s rockin’ line-up of fresh, crisp and fruity blends, it’s high time you did. Named after Led Zepplin songs, the headlining flavours include Wild Child farmhouse style, [...]
Stock your Freezer
Shef's Fiery Kitchen Operated by sisters Shefali (Shef) and Sharon Somani, Shef’s Fiery Kitchen has become a popular lunch spot in the Calgary Farmers’ Market. With roots dating back to the market at Currie [...]
Condiments on Fire
Shop Local With dreams of spring on our minds, we’ve been playing with grow kits, Alberta-made products and zero-waste items. Growing herbs and mushrooms indoors has kept us busy. Once they are ready, we [...]
Sticky Guinness Toffee Puddings
Ale and Stout Canadians love their beer — and we in the prairies are particularly lucky to have close access to some of the best barley in the world. And lucky us — not [...]
Having a Ball
Delish Ballz When life handed Chef Masoud Mehrabi lemons, he and his wife Atieh didn’t care much for lemonade, so they made balls instead. The cheekily-named Delish Ballz are Mehrabi’s take on Persian/Latin fusion [...]
Greek Eatery Reimagined
Mykonos Street Grill Chef Aki Hatzistamatis was born into the restaurant business. From age 12, he worked in his father’s restaurant Mykonos Greek Restaurant on Centre Street North until it closed in 2011. Aki [...]
No Trash Talking Here
Shop Local With dreams of spring on our minds, we’ve been playing with grow kits, Alberta-made products and zero-waste items. Growing herbs and mushrooms indoors has kept us busy. Once they are ready, we [...]
My Fun Easter
I am closer to the Easter Bunny than I have ever been to Santa. Sure, Santa’s jolly, but his love is conditional. All that ‘naughty or nice’ business? Too much pressure. The Easter Bunny [...]
Welsh Rarebit
Ale and Stout Canadians love their beer — and we in the prairies are particularly lucky to have close access to some of the best barley in the world. And lucky us — not [...]
Butter Me Up With a Fresh Croissant
La Boulangerie If the heavenly aroma of freshly baked bread isn’t enough, one look in the display cases at La Boulangerie Bakery Café in Mission and you know you’re in for a treat. Husband-and-wife [...]
Rhubarb
By Ellen Kelly I seldom disagree outright with the inimitable English-cookery writer Jane Grigson; I quite enjoy her acerbic wit and opinionated stance on pretty much everything. But we part ways when it comes [...]
Passing the Reigns
The J Spot Things are moving and shaking in Fresh & Local Market & Kitchens, as Takori Avenida has closed and The J Spot Culinary Kitchen has opened under the leadership of Chef Joel [...]
Grow Your Own
Shop Local With dreams of spring on our minds, we’ve been playing with grow kits, Alberta-made products and zero-waste items. Growing herbs and mushrooms indoors has kept us busy. Once they are ready, we [...]
Braised Beef and Ale Stew
Ale and Stout Canadians love their beer — and we in the prairies are particularly lucky to have close access to some of the best barley in the world. And lucky us — not [...]
Maxima Bakery
Hidden Gem: Maxima Bakery If you’re already an aficionado of authentic Chinese cuisine, chances are you already know about Maxima Bakery. Hidden inside the Lambda Asian Grocery in Crescent Heights Village, Maxima is a [...]
That’s the Spirit
Great Plains Craft Spirits Sometimes you just can’t wait three (let alone 10) years for whisky! So, the masterminds behind Great Plains Craft Spirits, Mike Gordon and Victor Mah, took a different approach. They [...]
Ramen
Story by Chefs Kaede Hirooka and Jonathan Chung, Respect the Technique As the cold winter months of Alberta drag on, nothing beats a steaming hot bowl of Ramen to warm you up. We have [...]
A Well Traveled Spice Rack
Shop Local The new year is finally upon us and we, like many others, are happy to say adios 2020. We are starting the new year full of optimism and hope that life will [...]
Let JD Mix Them
Cocktail Concierge Hit by the pandemic shortly after launching their specialty drinks agency, the team at Cocktail Concierge rolled up their sleeves and developed a product they’d been dreaming about for over a decade. [...]