Ten years ago, Canmore was very much known for its access to rugged trails and jagged peaks. While the lure of Alberta’s Rocky Mountains remains compelling, alongside a magnanimous population boom that has seen the town become one of the…
Spirits are high in Alberta, with the distillation scene not only booming across the province, but fast-gaining solid international recognition for excellence. Honestly it is about time; the prairie-heavy land has long been known for its grains. Wheat is the…
YYC Food and Drink Experience is in full swing, with restaurants across Calgary showcasing highlights of the city’s ever-burgeoning culinary scene. Among the most hotly anticipated in the festival’s line-up of epicurean events was the sell-out collaborative dinner between Bar…
“Oscar Wilde lived a flamboyant and extravagant life, and had a taste for only the best!” The Dorian Hotel executive chef Joshua Dyer tells me while handing over a smoking plate of oysters on a bed of stones and dry…
THESE CARAMELS ARE SO EASY TO MAKE, and they’re always a hit with my family at the holidays, when I like adding them to our family’s sweets and desserts platters. They also make wonderful party favours and gifts for friends,…
Blending history with the enduring art of afternoon tea, Calgary’s landmark Deane House presents an exquisite menu that oozes charm and lashings of clotted cream. Built-in 1906 for British expat turned Mountie, Captain Richard Burton Deane, Inglewood’s culinary mecca presents…
While whole-animal butchery has been a trend since the 1990s, when U.K. chef Fergus Henderson revitalized the age-old “nose-to-tail” practice, the idea of “scale-to-tail” with fish is, outside of traditional Indigenous practices, a relatively unexplored concept. With this in mind,…
A Timeless Leg of Lamb Recipe Nowadays sheep birth lambs all year long - but in the culinary imagination spring and lamb still march along hand in hoof. A lamb’s place as the centrepiece of spring’s religious celebrations is even…
Forget the stuffy air of arrogance at some châteaux. A young generation of open-minded Bordelais will be more than happy to host you.
