I'm an award-winning cookbook author, travel writer and founder of Alberta Food Tours, Inc. Eat Alberta First is my latest cookbook and my work in progress is Faces Places and Plates which will feature beloved chef friends throughout South India. I love to cook, hike, golf, and cycle with my family. How do I savour it all? It's very simple. Each day I meditate and do some yoga practices that keep me balanced and continually heading in the right direction - within. You are very welcome here!
Chocolate is a great ingredient. You can eat it on its own and savour every morsel or you can add it to your baking for a loving touch everyone will appreciate. For my Alberta at Noon Column this month I talked about bean to bar chocolate-made-from-scratch and a company called Choklat. Their’s is the kind […]
MoreChocolate is a great ingredient and some say it is its own food group. In the history of chocolate, we’ve gone from small family run firms concerned with ethical practices and the purity of their product – to big multinational corporations infamous for their exploitive monopolies and ruthless quest to increase bottom lines – to […]
MoreBistro Rouge – Calgary, Alberta (via Where.ca) Sister to the internationally acclaimed Rouge, the more casual Bistro Rouge is a classic French brasserie. Chef Paul Rogalski’s traditional bistro fare includes melt-in-your-mouth sweetbreads and paillards grille (thin, tenderized and grilled meats…
MoreHumanely raised pork is a great ingredient. Yesterday, I wrote about a few Alberta Pork Producers that are raising their animals humanely. Today, I’d like to share the recipe for the beautiful pork salad rolls pictured above. Consider them an added incentive to go out and find some of these products. You can nourish a […]
MoreDeadly pig virus spurs Alberta Pork to organize farmer meetings. The United States has an epidemic of porcine diarrhea that has killed approximately three million piglets and cost that country $240 million dollars. I just finished reading this news in the article above by Amanda Stephenson. Stephenson’s piece also reports that Ontario has just seen […]
MoreI appreciate music. Like art and beauty, taste in music, is totally personal and subjective. It doesn’t matter what type of music I like or that you like. No matter what it is; the fact that we like it is enough to have a positive impact on our brains and our lives. This post was […]
MoreToday on Alberta at Noon I talked about a few recipes from my recent trip to Rajasthan, India. You can listen to that broadcast here. I’m on between the 28:10 to 34:10 marks in the show. In my column today I talked about the colours of Rajasthan. I tried to convey in words on the […]
MoreThis week on Alberta at Noon I talked about Rajasthan and the warm and spicy food I found there. I shared a recipe for Lal Moss which is a simple red meat stew that you will see on every menu throughout this Northern Indian State. You can either leave it to simmer or braise in […]
MoreThis week on Alberta at Noon I’m going to talk about my most recent culinary expedition to India. In November I took 21 guests to explore the food and culture of the capital region of Delhi and two of India’s Northern States: Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. I especially loved Rajasthan which is renowned as the […]
MoreI hope my recent story about my love affair with lobster will inspire you to try making these Lobster in a Crusty Shell appetizers. I came up with this recipe a few years ago when I was charged with bringing the appetizers to a very intimate New Year’s party at a dear friend’s home. My […]
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