Recipes
Buttermilk Fried Chicken Sandwich with Siracha Mayo
A buttermilk chicken thigh is the heart of the fried chicken sandwich. Cooked until crispy, then served on a soft bun with a homemade sauce, shredded lettuce and sliced pickles makes an easy, tasty [...]
Sloppy Joes
A couple of generations ago, casseroles were the weeknight meal of choice when you needed to get dinner on the table with a minimum of dishes to do afterward. Skillet and sheet-pan meals are [...]
Pavlova
As the daughter and daughter-in-law of Dutch immigrants, I know a thing or two about sweet treats. Speculaas cookies, boterkoek, oliebollen – the Dutch certainly are passionate about sweet indulgences. But it’s the Australian [...]
Grilled Spatchcock Chicken
We are back for another summer of grilling with AMA's Backyard BBQ team in support of local farmers, ranchers, and businesses. This summer we'll be sharing some unique and popular ways to grill Alberta [...]
Spam and Pineapple Fried Rice
This Spam and pineapple fried rice recipe is a delicious way to repurpose leftover rice. Add in juicy pineapple cubes, some staple items from the pantry or freezer and you can turn those leftovers [...]
Cauliflower Fritters with Hollandaise Sauce
Most food trends are fleeting, generally (these days) driven by social media; Instagram triggered the unicorn Frappuccino® — and a thousand swirly purple unicorn foods after it — and TikTok recently brought us a [...]
Ginger Not-Beef
Most food trends are fleeting, generally (these days) driven by social media; Instagram triggered the unicorn Frappuccino® — and a thousand swirly purple unicorn foods after it — and TikTok recently brought us a [...]
Butter Paneer
Most food trends are fleeting, generally (these days) driven by social media; Instagram triggered the unicorn Frappuccino® — and a thousand swirly purple unicorn foods after it — and TikTok recently brought us a [...]
Egg Yolk and Ricotta Ravioli with Brown Butter and Sage
Recipe by Amanda Lambert Photos by Camie Leard There is nothing more satisfying than being able to make homemade pasta. It tastes so much better and fresher than its store-bought counterpart to say nothing [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Mardi Gras Shrimp
Recipe By Chef Trent Bochek In the spirit of Mardi Gras, we are turning up the heat with a Mardi Gras Shrimp recipe. Starting with the cajun holy trinity of onion, bell pepper and [...]
Braised Lamb Shanks
Stews & Braises Photos and story by Julie Van Rosendaal Low and slow has been the way to go this winter. With more time to make some long-simmered stews and braises. Few cooking techniques [...]
The Orange Tree
Recipe and photo by Calgary Mixologist Ava Israfilova Two unique spirits come together to create this whimsical cocktail called The Orange Tree featuring fresh squeezed lemon juice and orange jam. Ardbeg Scotch Whiskey comes [...]
Winter Citrus Salad
January is National Citrus Month and the abundance and variety of oranges, grapefruits and citrus in the grocery stores always excites us. We love browsing the produce section in the market, looking for new [...]
Chewy Lemon Cookies
Chewy Lemon Cookies are packed with big, bold flavours highlighting fresh lemon juice and zest offering a chewy, soft, memorable bite. One of our favourite cookbooks to read when we are looking for citrus [...]
Braised Chicken in Milk
Stews & Braises Photos and story by Julie Van Rosendaal Low and slow has been the way to go this winter. With more time to make some long-simmered stews and braises. Few cooking techniques [...]
Carbonnade Flamande
Stews & Braises Photos and story by Julie Van Rosendaal Low and slow has been the way to go this winter. With more time to make some long-simmered stews and braises. Few cooking techniques [...]
Homemade Marzipan
The 12 Tastes of Christmas We’ve turned the 12 days into the 12 tastes of Christmas as we visit tables all over the world during the holidays. From KFC in Japan to injera in [...]
Saag Paneer
Paneer is an unaged, non-melting cheese that is set with vinegar or lemon juice (rather than rennet) to create the curds. You'll find cubed paneer in the freezer sections of Calgary's South Asian groceries [...]
Jamaican-style Dark Fruitcake
I’ve never understood the near-universal distaste for fruitcake — how it has become a much-ridiculed physical representation of the gaudiness of the holidays. I blame the candied cherries, particularly those neon green ones — [...]
Brunede Kartofler
We’ve turned the 12 days into the 12 tastes of Christmas as we visit tables all over the world during the holidays. From KFC in Japan to injera in Ethiopia join us on a [...]