The Yams Cocktail Recipe
Like the Thanksgiving meal from which it borrows it's flavours, Laidlaw's split-base cocktail provides a beautifully balanced bridge between seasons. The gin's bright botanicals and the falernum's fresh lime and tropical ginger "evoke the blast of summer vacation," Laidlaw notes.…
Your Guide to the Season’s Best Cocktails
Appleton Estate 12-Year-Old Rare Casks is a Jamaican gem. Blending it with coffee beans in this unique process enhances its character and delivers an extraordinary cocktail.
Chef Martine Bauer Cooks with Gaggenau
The term "chef's kitchen" is everywhere these days. While home kitchens (and cooks) are more sophisticated than ever, does a home cook need to cook on chef-quality equipment? The answer is yes if the oven is from Gaggenau. The 300-year-old…
Annie Brace-Lavoie’s Scallop Crudo
EVERY SUMMER WHEN I WAS YOUNG, my family would drive from Montreal to Cape Cod for a weeklong vacation. Those trips were my introduction to fresh seafood, and I fell in love, instantly. My mother encouraged us to try everything…
Campfire Marshmallow Shooters
WE SERVED THIS AT THE RESTAURANT A FEW YEARS BACK, warmed, in a shot glass, as part of a special 25-course New Year’s Eve menu. I came up with this idea simply because I wanted to create a familiar flavour…
Chef Rob Rossi cooks with Thermador
The centrepiece of any great kitchen is the range, and the crown jewel of kitchen ranges may well be Thermador’s 60" Pro Range. This is the ultimate culinary appliance for real cooks who love to entertain. Not only is it…
10 Cool Summertime Cocktails
It’s summer, and the drinking is easy. But don’t get too relaxed. Flex your drinking muscle with our round-up of 10 cool cocktails. There’s a boozy summer treat for every palate: Spritzes. Vegan Margaritas. Fizzes. Martinis. Fruity ingredients. And, don't forget…
Chocolate Cake that’s fit for a Queen
AMONG OTHER FIRSTS, the Queen’s jubilee celebrations scheduled for the first weekend of June will mark the debut of the Platinum Jubilee Pudding. If you haven’t yet heard, this latest dish named for a major royal occasion is to be…
Avocado and Snow Crab Spring Aguachile
AVOCADOS FROM MEXICO ARE THE STAR OF THIS DELICATE AND FLAVOURFUL DISH. THIS MIX OF SEASONAL QUEBEC SNOW CRAB, AL DENTE ASPARAGUS AND CREAMY AVOCADO, IS THE PERFECT RECIPE TO KICK OFF THE SUMMER SEASON.