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Impress Dinner Party Guests With This Bengali-Inspired Meal

Calgary restaurateurs Maya Gohill and Cody Willis share their best recipes.

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Cardamom Panna Cotta

If you can’t freshly grind your cardamom with a mortar and pestle, substitute a half teaspoon of ground cardamom instead.

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Zarrein’s Shrimp Curry

Look for coconut milk powder in stores that carry Indian or Caribbean spices and sauces, or you can substitute one and a half cups of full-fat coconut milk for the powder and water in this recipe.

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Fragrant Rice

Enjoy this Indian-spiced pulao with Zarrein’s Shrimp Curry.

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Grilled Lamb Kebabs With Mint Raita

If you can’t cook these kebabs over a charcoal grill, cook them on the stove in a well-oiled cast-iron pan on high heat for about 8 to 10 minutes, or until browned and cooked through.

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Peas And Fried Paneer Salad

For this recipe, you can make everything in advance, but fry the paneer and add it to the salad at the last minute so it will still be warm when served.

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Big Batch Rangpur Rickey Cocktail

This refreshing pitcher cocktail also makes a delicious non-alcoholic beverage — just mix the Cardamom and Lime Syrup with lime juice and soda.

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Ask A Chef: Parmigiano Soup With Shallots, Bacon And Breadcrumbs

Chef Ryan Hotchkiss of Bündok shares his recipe for Parmigiano Soup With Shallots, Bacon And Breadcrumbs. Q: I ate the most amazing Parmesan soup at Bündok when I was in Edmonton. It was like an elevated spaghetti carbonara but without all the distraction of pasta. What makes it so…

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Pintxos Of Grilled Shrimp, Mushroom, Leek And Romesco

Buy pumpkin seeds already toasted or toast in a 350°F oven for 5 to 10 minutes. Romesco sauce can be made up to 2 days ahead of time and kept in the refrigerator. Use wild leeks if you can find them, otherwise green onions are fine.

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Try 3 Scrumptious Recipes From The New Cookbook, Perfect Pan Pizza

Peter Reinhart, award-winning author of eight books on bread and baking. shares his secrets to great pan pizza, from memorable crust to cubed — not grated — cheese (who knew?) The cookbook gives step-by-step instructions for making deep dish pies with rimmed baking sheets and deeper pans. Toppings run the…

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Grape Tomato And Ricotta Cream Roman-Style Pizza

Try this Grape Tomato And Ricotta Cream Roman-Style Pizza recipe from the cookbook Perfect Pan Pizza by Peter Reinhart. One of the charming qualities of many Roman-style pizzas is that they can be topped after they come out of the oven and can be served both hot or…

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Pesto Genovese

Try this Pesto Genovese recipe from the cookbook Perfect Pan Pizza by Peter Reinhart. When I first discovered pesto about forty years ago, I thought that I had gone to heaven. Pesto was so new and different to Americans then. Sadly, we’ve now become too familiar with it,…

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White Flour Dough

Try this White Flour Dough recipe from the cookbook Perfect Pan Pizza by Peter Reinhart. This first dough, which makes a 100 percent white flour pizza crust, is the most popular, but the ones that follow, Whole Grain Country-Style Dough (page 29), with variable amounts of whole grain…

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Chef Anna Olson Shares Her Baking Essentials & Signature Lemon Squares Recipe

Known as Canada’s baking sweetheart, Anna Olson is every bit as sweet in person as she is on screen. In addition to being an Iron Chef, hosting several TV shows and authoring countless cookbooks, Anna is rounding out her empire with…

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How To Cook A Colorful Moroccan Feast At Home

Chef Doug Penfold shares recipes and advice for making his refined North African cuisine.