Opinion
Cheap is the new Chic
Creating delicious meals without breaking the bank is an art form, and Linda Kupecek is sharing some of her best secrets – so you can eat and live well while pinching your pennies. [...]
Ethical Eating
EAT-IVISM 101 - A CRASH COURSE What is Eat-ivism? Eat-tivism is using your food choices to further social and ecological justice. In other words: ethical eating. Food production has become rife with ecological issues [...]
Poor Little Catfish
I feel sorry for catfish, such an overlooked, underrated food. It isn‘t even displayed at the supermarket under its real name. Instead, it’s labelled as basa, which is a form of catfish, and [...]
A Metaphor for Life
I’m willing to put money on the fact there’s a jar of pickled beets in the back of your fridge. How do I know? Because every fridge has a jar of picked beets relegated [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
In My Kitchen with Karen Anderson
Meet Karen Anderson, writer, cookbook author, culinary traveler, founder of Alberta Food Tours. Most know Karen Anderson as the founder and CEO of Alberta Food Tours, however Karen is also a food journalist [...]
Festive Fowl
Once upon a time, turkeys were free to live their lives in peace around the holidays. In days of yore, most Christmas tables were centred on a roasted goose. The reason was practical: cows gave milk and chickens gave eggs, making them far too valuable to eat.
Meh, I can’t be bothered
For years, I have religiously made my own stock, feeling virtuous and akin to the Good Foodies I revere. Then, one day I realized that I could not tell the difference between a store-bought [...]
Tang
Fermenting at home brings zest and health benefits to the table While Calgary entrepreneur Margot Loveseth rather detested sauerkraut when she tried it as a kid, a curiosity about the health benefits of [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
In My Kitchen with Leslie Bull
Meet Leslie Bull, Proprietor Kokum’s Bannock Kitchen and Catering For this edition of "In My Kitchen", we get to know Leslie Bull from Kokum's Bannock Kitchen and Catering. Photo Credit: Marinda White [...]
Ouch! Wilderness!
It's no picnic Every year, as the summer solstice looms, I begin my ritual dreaming. Yes! Warm summer evenings, soft breezes, the poetic leaves of the old oak tree offering comfort and solace over [...]
10 Foods that are just vehicles for cheese
Cheese is the best food on Earth, and I’ll fight anyone who says different. Mind you, I fight with fondue sticks and I’m not very fast, so you’d probably come out unscathed. Whether it’s [...]
In My Kitchen with Nancy Brown
Meet Nancy Brown, Proprietor, Say Cheese Fromagerie Cheese is a guilty pleasure we can't get enough of and it just so happens to be the theme of this issue. Nancy Brown has been operating [...]
Casing A Café
Three and a half ways to tell if the coffee’s good without going inside Story by Philip Coppard Two coffee shops presented themselves as options: a café and a chocolate store. I guessed café. [...]
In My Kitchen with Jenny Burthwright and Adrienne Keith
Meet Chef Jenny Burthwright and her wife, business partner and occasional sous-chef, Adrienne Keith In celebration of Valentine’s Day and all things romantic, we caught up with the saucy couple behind Jane Bond BBQ [...]
Stuffing Schmuffing
By Linda Kupecek I have always been conflicted about the holidays. Part of me yearns to be all ho-ho-ho while I whip up a cauliflower and stilton bisque, a cucumber radish wreath, and maybe [...]
Harvesting The Year
Spring heralds hope. We skip around with light hearts, juggling asparagus stalks and lilac bunches, warbling happy songs while sliding frothy food on the table. Autumn is heavier. Especially when you try to lift a [...]
The Irony of it All
I like meat. I just can’t cook it. Over the past decades a landfill or compost heap no doubt owes its existence to the cuts of meat I have ruined, burned, crisped, turned into [...]
The Sustainable Kitchen
Lovely Leftovers and Sensational Scraps Open the fridge on any given day and there they are: leftovers. The remains of great meals of the past taunt us to eat them before they expire. Why [...]
I Yam Who I Yam
When it comes to the plant-based food business, I'm confused. Don’t get me wrong, I was buying veggie ground round 20 years ago — before it was fashionable. Anybody who hasn’t been in a [...]
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 [...]