With backyard gardens and farmers’ markets bursting forth with beautiful produce, there is no better time to love vegetables than right now. How glorious it is to wander into your garden and pluck off a variety of veg for your summer supper! Or, if the farmers’ market is more your thing, a Saturday morning is well spent when tucking a variety of garden goodies into your basket. For me, the summer months are all about eating fresh and local, savouring and celebrating the mome

We love hearing from you when you’ve had a spectacular dish in a restaurant, and the memory stays with you, such that want to try and recreate it yourself at home for your family and friends. It’s happening more frequently too, which speaks volumes for the standards and quality of our restaurants – it’s good news for everyone! We received an email from Helen S, who had recently attended a dinner at SOT Korean Restaurant, in Calgary’s Inglewood neighbourhood. “We real

Cooking in late summer/early fall is all about embodying the essence of the best-tasting vegetables. The days of garden-fresh produce are...

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The unfortunate eggplant has been fighting off a bad reputation for centuries. Some folks thought it would give them leprosy, cancer,...

If there is one thing I can count on to upgrade the WOW factor in a meal - it’s making something that I can stuff. And the good news, you...

This recipe first appeared in Chef's Tips in our April 2020 issue of Culinaire Magazine, courtesy Chef Collin McLeod.

This recipe first appeared in the September 2014 issue of Culinaire Magazine, courtesy Renée Kohlman. Gardens and markets are bursting...