Tools and Techniques
Holiday Gift Guide 2024 – Drinks
A toast to friends, new and old, as Christmas lights sparkle around us. The clink of our glasses as we celebrate, a delicious beverage in hand. Whether you choose whisky or wine, ready-made [...]
Holiday Gift Guide 2024
Unwrap Calgary’s creativity this holiday season with our 2024 holiday gift guide, featuring inspired local gifts that surprise, delight and celebrate the spirit of the season. GIVE LOCAL! Ditch [...]
Pasta
PASTA - A CRASH COURSE Let’s start this crash course in pasta with a left turn into the annals of philosophy. When Spanish-American philosopher and writer George Santayana was attending university, he stopped in [...]
Batter to bliss
Discover the ease and precision of crêpe-making with a specialized shallow skillet known as a crêpe pan. Learn how to achieve the perfect thin texture and master the pour when you use a [...]
Under the dome
The harvest season has us thinking about baking. As the days crispen and nights lengthen, those of us in the Northern hemisphere begin to seek solace indoors. And is there a more comforting food [...]
It’s the little things
An Ode to Bread The harvest season has us thinking about baking. As the days crispen and nights lengthen, those of us in the Northern hemisphere begin to seek solace indoors. And is there [...]
Living on the (serrated) edge
An Ode to Bread The harvest season has us thinking about baking. As the days crispen and nights lengthen, those of us in the Northern hemisphere begin to seek solace indoors. And is there [...]
Design your Platter
For some, a serving platter or charcuterie board is a quick-and-easy thing to throw together for guests. For others, it's an anxiety-inducing foray into a multitude of choices and artistic presentation that can [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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) [...]
Barbecue 104: Technique
Master of the Pit: Barbecue Technique First, remember two things: low and slow. Barbecue uses low temperatures to achieve outrageous flavour and texture. Tenderness is a result of time and temperature breaking down the [...]
Barbecue 103: Wood and Spices
Up in Smoke: What about the wood? The distinction between hard and soft woods is critical. Soft woods, like pine, tend to burn quickly with a lot of heat and produce an acrid smoke. [...]
Barbecue 102: The Tools of the Trade
By Dan Domanko There are thousands of patents for barbecue equipment. Generally, equipment used for barbecuing is referred to either as a smoker or a pit. Some equipment requires your full attention, others do [...]
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 [...]
Barbecue 101: Grilling vs Barbecuing
By Dan Domanko Three sweeter words have never been spoken on a sunny summer afternoon: I’m barbecuing today. You know you’re in for a delicious meal, but did you know that what you’re probably [...]
Five Essential Tools Every Kitchen Needs
If there’s one thing this pandemic has taught us, it’s that many of us are serious home cooks. Sourdough bread, cinnamon buns, homemade Margarita pizza … you name it, we’re [...]
Holiday Gift Guide 2019
By Wanda Baker and Tom Firth Create your own chocolate bar With one Master Chocolat store already in Marda Loop and a second in the works for South Calgary, fourth-generation [...]