Recipes
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Chili Palomita
The Chili Palomita combines Park Chili Vodka, Cointreau liqueur, grapefruit juice, simple syrup and lime juice offering a playful spin on both a paloma and a margarita. Enjoy this tasty cocktail all summer long. [...]
Barbecue Short Rib Chilaquiles
Barbecue Short Rib Chilaquiles are made easy using lime flavoured tortilla chips and salsa con queso. Local Calgary chefs Connie DeSousa and John Jackson season Canadian Beef short ribs and braise them in a [...]
Dutch Oliebollen
Today’s modern doughnut dates all the way back to the 1700s when Dutch settlers first introduced “olykoeks” or “oily cakes” to Manhattan, known as New Amsterdam at the time. Traditionally served on New Year’s [...]
Élan Bourguignon and Spaetzle
I’ve never understood the point of hunting, so it’s from the height of hypocrisy that I admit I’ve always wanted to cook and eat moose meat. While visiting family in Dawson Creek at Christmas, [...]
The Shaft
If you like coffee, you will love The Shaft, a tasty cocktail with a caffeine kick! Awaken your senses when you sip this cocktail made using Park Distillery Espresso Vodka, Kahlua, cold coffee and [...]
Fennel
I’ve often wondered why fennel isn’t more popular than it is. Certainly, it’s more common now than in recent years, but I find many people are still somewhat intimidated by this lovely vegetable. It [...]
Black Pepper Brie
Learn how to make Brie at home with Roland Schmidt-Bellach, Co-Owner of Changing Seasons Bed & Breakfast in Nanton, Alberta. Roland teaches cheese-making classes out of his Changing Seasons Bed and Breakfast in Nanton, [...]
Celery and Celery Root (Celeriac)
Celery gets an undeservedly bad rap. David Lebovitz has said, rather harshly, I think, that ‘it’s like eating green water held together with a lot of fibres.’ It’s either considered a sad dietary punishment [...]
Pineapple
With a paucity of anything remotely local or seasonal this time of year, we look to the tropics to lighten our hearts as well as our stomachs. A pineapple in February is a celebration, [...]
Sausage Roll Wreath
Bake up something special this Christmas with this festive Sausage Roll Wreath. Mix up a classic English style pork sausage mixture from scratch, then envelop it with a rich, buttery store-bought puff pastry. Made [...]
Upside-down Pear Gingerbread
Holiday Beauties Though the focus of celebratory holiday meals tends to be the large, protein-heavy, Norman Rockwell-esque roasts that are dramatically presented and carved at the table, I love the elaborate desserts we tend [...]
Lamingtons
Holiday Beauties Though the focus of celebratory holiday meals tends to be the large, protein-heavy, Norman Rockwell-esque roasts that are dramatically presented and carved at the table, I love the elaborate desserts we tend [...]
Quinces
By Ellen Kelly Quinces, like so many of the fruits and vegetables we’re familiar with today, have quite an intriguing, if slightly convoluted, history. Originating in central Asia over 4000 years ago, they soon [...]
Sunken Chocolate Cake with Berry Fool
Holiday Beauties Though the focus of celebratory holiday meals tends to be the large, protein-heavy, Norman Rockwell-esque roasts that are dramatically presented and carved at the table, I love the elaborate desserts we tend [...]
The Bees Knees
Honey in cocktails? Yes, please. Invented during the Prohibition era, the Bees Knees is a simple gin sour with one notable difference – it’s sweetened with honey syrup. As the legend goes, resourceful bootleggers [...]
Fried Chicken & Waffles with Hot Honey Butter
We have a lot of great honey in Alberta, particularly on the prairies — Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba account for almost 80 per cent of our national production, and bees provide vital pollination to [...]
Honey Butter Cake
Story and photos by Nyakong Yang, Yang Confections Since we’re celebrating honey this month, we’ve recruited a set of sweet siblings to help us with our harvest issue Masterclass. Nyakong (20) and Kuerengke (14) [...]