These days, sustainable cooking is less a trend and more habit, thanks to how easy it is to source local ingredients. A trip to the farmer’s market (or to the producers themselves) often supplements, or even completely replaces, trips to big box grocery stores. In short, we’re good at loving local in Alberta. There’s lots of other sustainable cooking practices that you can adopt, too. Planning your meals, eating seasonally, using all parts of a food item, and eating together,

When the topic of Japanese cuisine is broached, most minds turn to sushi, and to an extent, rice. But as we discovered from speaking with...

Behind a vintage Coke machine in Calgary’s Sho Sushi you will find Ajito, an izakaya, or informal Japanese bar. Here you’ll find...

This month we’re thinking outside the stand alone restaurant and throwing the spotlight on in-house dining in some of Alberta’s finest...

This summer we ran two delicious pairing dinners at the newly opened Artist Lounge. The menus were different for each dinner, but the Haloumi Cheese and Tomato Jam was so popular we kept it in the menu and had it twice! And how could we resist this email: “Hi, Linda. We enjoyed last night. My favourite was the halloumi with tomato jam and fresh basil. Could I make a request for the recipe for this dish – especially the tomato jam which was simply delicious? Thanks again for

Kumain ka na ba? – Have you eaten? – is the common greeting used in the Philippines, which should tell you right away that food plays an...

Move over, Canadian thanksgiving, and make room for Diwali — one of the world’s most beloved and widely celebrated autumn festivals....

Sometimes, you wake up in the morning and you realize that you have been having a crazy couple of days. Everything from the stresses of...

When it comes to cooking, there’s nothing better than using local products. They’re fresh, they’re easy to source, they’re sustainable,...

“I've been a keen follower of history ever since I was a little kid,” says Bruce Soley. “I used to read encyclopedias at night, and my...

We love hearing from you to request your favourite recipes from your favourite restaurants, and we just had to ask when we received this email: “I'm not sure what Hy's does to make their cheese toast so dreamy delicious but I can't not order it whenever I go there, and am wondering if they might share their recipe? Thank you.” - Jocelyn M. We agree, Hy’s Cheese Toast is memorable and very moreish, so many thanks to Hy’s for sharing their recipe!

When we think of Italian cuisine, pasta is the first thing that comes to mind, and for good reason: it’s delicious, easy to prepare, and...

The saying goes that you can only have two of the three. But when it comes to quick service dining there are plenty of local options that...

Read more about Chef Rafael Castillo and Fonda Fora here.

This recipe first appeared in Off the Menu in our December 2019 issue, courtesy of NoTable in Calgary.

This recipe first appeared in Chef's Tips in the April 2019 issue of Culinaire Magazine courtesy Chef Anthony Pittoello at Modern Steak...

This recipe first appeared in 'Off the Menu' in the March 2018 issue of Culinaire courtesy Chef Lancelot Monteiro. "Calgary’s Cilantro...