FOOD

City Style and Living’s Food pages. CSL’s editors bring you easy weekend recipes, baking recipes, chefs, hidden restaurant gems or wine & spirit pairings.

  • Tasting Notes | Lunch at Taste in Calgary

    Tasting Notes | Lunch at Taste in Calgary

    [dmalbum path=”/wp-content/uploads/dm-albums/2009 Lunch at Taste in Calgary/”/] Spiced Almonds These almonds should come with a warning- all in one sweet, spicy and delicately salty.  If…

  • Classic | Carrot Nut Cake

    Classic | Carrot Nut Cake

    Makes 1 large cake or 24 cupcakes. Ingredients 2 cups all purpose flour 1 teaspoon cinnamon powder ¼ teaspoon nutmeg 2 teaspoons baking powder 1½ teaspoon…

  • Classic | French Baguette

    Classic | French Baguette

    Makes 1 baguette Ingredients 160g flour (approximately 6 ounces) 1 pack of dry yeast 100 mL warm water one teaspoon of salt 1 whisked egg…

  • Tasting Notes | Mala Ocean Tavern

    Tasting Notes | Mala Ocean Tavern

    [dmalbum path=”/wp-content/uploads/dm-albums/Mala Ocean Tavern/”/]   The Restaurant Mark Ellman, originally from California, first opened Maui Tacos in the late 1990’s with great success. Describing his…

  • Rod Lippold | Isn’t It Lovely

    Rod Lippold | Isn’t It Lovely

    Hailing from British Columbia, where he studied at Okanagan University College, Lippold moved to Alberta in 1998. With stints at the University Club, Il Sogno,…

  • Gems | Les Touilleurs

    Gems | Les Touilleurs

      François Longpré and Sylvain Cote have created a mouth-watering mecca for cooking enthusiasts in Laurieur Ouest in Montreal. From kitchen tools (even those devoted exclusively…

  • Oliver de Volpi | Quattro Stagioni

    Oliver de Volpi | Quattro Stagioni

    Seasonality is at the center of chef Oliver De Volpi’s cooking. “I visit Atwater and Jean Talon markets once a week. You walk through and…

  • Jean Soulard | Gentle Soul

    Jean Soulard | Gentle Soul

    I have heard a rumour about beehives and an herb garden at the landmark Fairmont Le Château Frontenac. It is a scene I cannot resist,…

  • Douglas Stassi | Traveller

    Douglas Stassi | Traveller

    “Italian cuisine is about beautiful ingredients. It takes a really nice tomato to make a really nice tomato sauce. Italian food speaks for itself,” remarks…

  • CSL Insider | Las Vegas

    CSL Insider | Las Vegas

    Get an up close and personal view of some of Sin City’s best places to eat with CSL’s visually appealing and mouth watering galleries: Payard,…