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Step By Step: Chocolate Beet Celebration Sheet Cake
Summer is prime time to celebrate big birthdays and anniversaries, showers and reunions. Or if none of this applies to you, feel free to...
Renée Kohlman
Jul 16, 20242 min read


Warm Shrimp and Corn Dip
The punitive size of these crustaceans is no representation of their health benefits or their taste. Shrimp are high in protein,...
Natalie Findlay
Jul 5, 20242 min read


Potato Salad with Chives and Chive Flower Vinaigrette
Our recipe marries the everyday potato salad with a vinaigrette chive flower dressing to show how easy it is to incorporate edible blooms...
Morris Lemire
Jun 12, 20241 min read


Chef Yuksel Gultekin's Alberta Beef Shish Kebabs
Yuksel Gultekin, chef and owner of Edmonton’s Zula, sees cooking as an opportunity to put his own spin on tradition. “Traditional Turkish...
Chef's Tips
May 26, 20241 min read


Chef Scott MacKenzie's Red Fife Risotto
When it comes to cooking, Chef Scott MacKenzie of Calgary’s River Café relies on communication to stay inspired. “Most of my influences...
Chef's Tips
May 26, 20241 min read


Chef Blair Lebsack's Braised Bison with Celeriac Mashed Potatoes and Hazelnut-Onion Relish
One of the core values at Edmonton’s RGE RD is to help educate people about the cuisine found in their own region. “We want to connect...
Chef's Tips
May 26, 20241 min read


Chef Ming Shen's Truffle Fries with Smoked Aioli
Often, the chefs we speak to are inspired by culture and cuisine from places across the globe. For Ming Shen, Executive Chef at The...
Chef's Tips
May 26, 20241 min read


Chef Larissa Costella's Honey Graham Cookies
With a menu that changes every week, pastry chef Larissa Costella has plenty of opportunity to tap into her creativity at Calgary’s Salt...
Chef's Tips
May 26, 20241 min read


Chef Greg Sweeney's Butter Poached Radish with Black Vinegar and Salsa Macha
For Chef Greg Sweeney at Edmonton’s Arbour, cooking is all about quality, seasonal ingredients used in dishes that reflect his travels....
Chef's Tips
May 26, 20241 min read


Chef Andrea Harling's Pickled Saskatoon Berries
Comfort and creativity come together at the hands of Chef Andrea Harling at Calgary’s Lil’ Black Rooster and the newly opened Sweatered...
Chef's Tips
May 26, 20241 min read


Open Sesame - Brown Butter Halva Brownies
One of my favourite food memories goes way, way back to eating halva for the first time. As a farm kid in Saskatchewan in the late 1970s,...
Renée Kohlman
May 15, 20242 min read


Natalie Findlay
May 9, 20240 min read


Go Fish: Linguine with Mackerel and Tomatoes
Tinned fish is having a bit of a moment right now. Lauded for being (relatively) inexpensive, jam-packed with nutrients, and incredibly...
Renée Kohlman
Apr 29, 20242 min read


Strawberry Mousse
Did you know that wild strawberries have been around for thousands of years? And they have been cultivated since the 1300s? These...
Natalie Findlay
Apr 15, 20241 min read


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Just roll with it: Chicken Enchiladas
Full confession time: I’ve never been to Mexico. Talk about a travesty! Believe me, I would give anything to be enjoying one of their...
Renée Kohlman
Mar 7, 20241 min read


Chef's Tips
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