Ingredients
Local perspective
Teatro Ristorante Last spring Teatro Ristorante welcomed David Leeder as the new executive chef. A hospitality veteran, Leeder hails from Edmonton and has worked around the world. He brings a globally informed, yet local [...]
Garden Tomato Bruschetta
When tomatoes are in season, Italian should be on the menu! Make the most of the crown jewel of your garden with this delicious bruschetta. This recipe can also be added to hot, cooked pasta [...]
Caprese Naan Pizza
This is one of my weekly go-to’s in the summer. We pick up fresh naan at the market and make it our weekend pizza, so simple! Do not skip salting your tomatoes, this helps some [...]
Garden Variety
Bow Valley Ranche Restaurant Recognized as one of Calgary’s premier fine-dining establishments, Bow Valley Ranche’s new seasonal menu features many locally-sourced components. Try Executive Chef Bern Glatz’s, Sudo Farms Organic Beetroot Salad made with [...]
Juicing made easy
Summer has arrived and with-it come greener pastures, long hot days, al fresco dining, sizzling barbecues with friends, spontaneous picnics, enjoying the fruits and vegetables of the season and supporting local businesses. We’re tucking [...]
Alberta on the Plate 2022
Calgary restaurants take centre stage at this year’s Alberta on the Plate dine around event Forty Calgary restaurants and breweries are taking part in the fourth annual Alberta on the Plate dine around festival [...]
Taste of Calgary 2022
What to eat, what to eat? There are no shortage of choices at this year's Taste of Calgary, now in a new location just south of the Louise Bridge downtown. With 50-ish choices to [...]
Hibiscus Simple Syrup
A delightful, simple syrup infused with dried hibiscus petals becomes a delicious sweetener. A simple syrup is typically made with 1 part water to 1 part sugar. Once you start making simple syrup you [...]
S’mores Cones
One of the best parts of summer has to be s’mores. Who can resist the combination of ooey gooey marshmallows and melted chocolate? While graham crackers are the norm to hold everything together, make these [...]
Watermelon Gazpacho
The summer has been exceptionally hot this year. The last thing anyone wants to do is to turn on the stove or even the bbq. Easy meals are key and especially ones that require little [...]
Command Central
Central Taps Things continue to heat up in the District at Beltline. In addition to the food hall featuring the likes of Modern Burger and Roy’s Korean Kitchen, this evolving downtown neighbourhood is now [...]
Market Report: Bread and Cookies
Market Report is a Savour Calgary feature telling the stories behind the great local offerings at area farmers’ markets and food halls. In this edition we learn more about Kristen Gillis of Homestead Bread [...]
In My Kitchen with Avanna Kedavra
Meet Avanna Kedavra Aka Tony J Penton As we ease out of the June Pride season and into the September Pride season (we really know how to stretch out a good thing here in [...]
Strawberries
The strawberry perfectly illustrates the convoluted, often arduous, journey many fruits and vegetables have taken to our plates. How this odd little fruit, indigenous to most of the world for thousands [...]
Beer Buddies
Tailgunner Brewing Company Tailgunner Brewing Company recently opened in the West Village Retail and Entertainment District. Owners Mike MacLeod and Cael Tucker have been friends since they were five, owning businesses together throughout. Award-winning [...]
Rough Puff Pastry
Almost all my favourite desserts involve pastry: my mother’s apple pie with its crisp shortcrust; cream-filled, chocolate-covered choux pastry buns; the simplicity of tarte citron with melt-in-the-mouth buttery pâte sucrée and the crisp, delicate [...]
Hibiscus Gin Sour
Dried Hibiscus flowers are turned into a simple syrup then combined with Park Distillery Gin, Chambord and lemon juice creating your new favourite summer sip, the Hibiscus Gin Sour. Mount Engadine Lodge A short [...]
Hold the cone!
Nothing pairs better with summer than ice cream and Foothills Creamery has launched a delicious array of six new ice cream flavours. Explore a variety of new flavour profiles – whether you’re a kid [...]
12 Iced Drinks to enjoy this Summer in Calgary
Find some shade and beat the heat when it's hot outside by sipping any of these 12 Iced Drinks to enjoy this Summer in Calgary. Nutella lovers can rejoice with [...]
Into the wild
The Dorian Hotel The Dorian Hotel is an experience unlike any other. Playing homage to Oscar Wilde’s book The Picture of Dorian Gray, the hotel is filled with design elements from that era, his [...]
Tastes like home
Summer has arrived and with-it come greener pastures, long hot days, al fresco dining, sizzling barbecues with friends, spontaneous picnics, enjoying the fruits and vegetables of the season and supporting local businesses. We’re tucking [...]
Corn Dogs
Stampede is in full swing and one of the best things about it is all the great food. From the mini donuts to the crazy concoctions and let’s not forget the corn dogs, there [...]
What to do with soft berries
Fresh Market Pro Tip - Berries I freeze berries of all kinds, especially when they are a tad past their prime and then cook them all together to make a fruit sauce for topping [...]
Apple Hand Pies with Apple Caramel Sauce
Apple Hand Pies with Apple Caramel Sauce are perfect for picnics and summers in the backyard, serve warm with vanilla ice cream or a spoonful of crème fraiche. Use any apple variety, a combination [...]