Back in 1910, a young woman in Spokane, Washington, wanted to honour her father and decided she wanted dads to have a day of their own just like Mother’s Day. From this, Father’s Day celebrations began to take hold and in the early 1920s arrived in Canada. Father’s Day celebrates one’s father, fatherhood and the importance of a male role in shaping children’s lives. Whichever form of dad you embody, you are an important part of family. Weather usually warms by the third we

Here’s something to chew on: it was only within the last 100 years or so that barbecue ribs as we know them gained popularity. Before...

“The Maui Ribs I’m sharing here is a dish that is near and dear to my heart,” says Chef Joel Harris at Calgary's Aloha Modern Kitchen....

Burger season is upon us, and I couldn’t be happier. Who doesn’t love a big, juicy burger, loaded with all your favourite toppings? While...

Yuksel Gultekin, chef and owner of Edmonton’s Zula, sees cooking as an opportunity to put his own spin on tradition. “Traditional Turkish cooking and my mother's cooking inspire me to reinvent and reinterpret these foods for contemporary food lovers.” When it comes to choosing favourites on Zula’s menu, Chef Yuksel is nostalgic. “Grilled lamb has been my favourite since I was a boy and was the first thing I cooked.” But the menu at Zula is a snapshot of the diversity in M

Our ancestors first cooked meat over an open flame about 700,000 years ago. No one really knows how exactly this came about, but one...

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