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Chef's Tips
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Chef's Tips: Simply Sustainable
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...
Keane Straub
Apr 24, 20234 min read
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Apr 24, 20230 min read
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Okawari kudasai: More food, please!
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...
Keane Straub
Mar 26, 20233 min read
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Hambāgu (Japanese Hamburger Steak)
For Alan Yau of Calgary’s Y93 Sushi Crave, cooking equates to happiness. “I grew up with Japanese comics and cartoons – my absolute...
Chef's Tips
Mar 26, 20231 min read
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Sukiyaki
Edmonton’s Izakaya Tomo takes its name from owner and chef Tomoya Mutaguchi, and bringing the authentic izakaya experience to Alberta is...
Chef's Tips
Mar 26, 20231 min read
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Salmon Miso Chazuke
It’s safe to say that Chef Ron Elmaleh of Sherwood Park’s Kobachi takes his inspiration from his environment. Growing up, his family,...
Chef's Tips
Mar 26, 20231 min read
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Chawanmushi
Behind a vintage Coke machine in Calgary’s Sho Sushi you will find Ajito, an izakaya, or informal Japanese bar. Here you’ll find...
Chef's Tips
Mar 26, 20231 min read
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Say Cheese!
Perhaps one of the longest, continuous love affairs in gastronomy is that between humans and cheese. For more than 7,000 years we’ve been...
Keane Straub
Feb 8, 20233 min read
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Chef's Tips
Dec 15, 20220 min read
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Dec 15, 20220 min read
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Exploring Philippine Cuisine
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...
Keane Straub
Nov 3, 20222 min read
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Pork rib Tamarind Soup (Sinigang na Baboy)
Despite growing up surrounded by the cooking of his mother and grandmother, Chef Ariel del Rosario of Edmonton’s Filistix didn’t realize...
Chef's Tips
Nov 3, 20221 min read
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Crispy Pata (Pork)
As Jean de Jesus explains, Edmonton’s Manila Grill Express was the dream of her of her mother, Aurea, who had many influences growing up...
Chef's Tips
Nov 3, 20221 min read
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Beef Kaldireta
Calgary’s Pacific Hut Restaurant has you covered for traditional Filipino dishes and desserts morning, noon, and night. Growing up in the...
Chef's Tips
Nov 3, 20221 min read
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