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Triple Whammy!

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Triple Whammy!

As you will see over time, I tend to gravitate toward simple treatments when I am responsible for making the meal. The beauty of that approach is that meals with few ingredients let each flavour shine. Spring vegetables are perfect for this type of treatment – asparagus, tender greens, crisp radishes, and early cucumbers. The spring veggies aren’t quite ready here in Alberta (we just had another big snowstorm the other day), but baked sweet potato, sliced fennel, and a good Alberta steak, all elevated by one of our salt blends, made for a perfect meal while we wait for...

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Juniper is Trending!

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Juniper is Trending!

Who knew??  Juniper is a trending flavour!! The LCBO's Food & Drink mag (Early Summer 2017) is featuring Juniper in one of their articles, this edition!  Juniper is fascinating.  In the LiCkBO mag, they are using it in a sweet context.  I usually use it for savories.   The berries of the plant are the flavouring agent in gin.  If you love gin, you'll love using Juniper.  If you don't like gin, however, don't let that turn you off; I'm not a gin fan at all...!  Juniper is woodsy and delicious and complex.  I'm obsessed with it and how I'm going...

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