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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]