The It List 2016
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Hot Chocolate Shooters
Dominique and Cindy Duby of Vancouver’s DC Duby Wild Sweets created this encapsulation experience, which offers a mouthful of rolling flavours—first salty, then sweet and finally bitter. Ingredients 8 test…
Tartiflette
Chef Stéphane Wild Bistro Chez Sophie Ingredients 10 cups potatoes, sliced 300 g side bacon, chopped 2 cups onion, thinly sliced 1 ½ cups whipping cream 24 thin slices ham…
Christmas Cake Ornament
Choose your favourite cake recipe, frosting and glittery sprinkles for this festive take on cake pops. Use a pretty curl of ribbon and decorative ’hardware’ from a craft store to…
Chocolate Walnut Cookies
Pastry Chef Richard Warren The Fort Garry Hotel These deluxe double-chocolate cookies deliver intense cocoa flavour with hits of sweet coconut and toasted walnut. Ingredients 6 oz dark chocolate 1/4…
Vegetable Studel
Chef Neil Higginson Fort Gilbraltar Ingredients 6-7 sheets filo pastry per strudel Extra virgin olive oil (for brushing) basil or your herbs of choice 1 small shallot, julienne cut…
Lobster Bisque
Chef/owner Arnaldo Carreira Orlando's Seafood Grill The incredible oceanic flavours present in this silky bisque make it ultra special. Ingredients Bisque 2 live lobsters, 1 1/2 lbs each 8 cups…
Paella
Chef Michael Day Hermanos Restaurant & Wine Bar Ingredients 2 cups coconut milk 3 Tbsp tomato paste 1 cup tomatoes, coarsely chopped salt and pepper, to taste 2 cups cooked…
WenKai Oriental Vegetables
Gargantuan Greens Eco-greenhouse in Elie yields abundant harvest. By Robin Summerfield WenKai Liu’s hands are encrusted with caked-on mud, evidence of a hard day’s work. Life is hectic at WenKai Oriental…
Trappist Monks’ Cheese
The Cheese Stands Alone 100 years of history lies behind distinct local cheese. On a quiet rural highway in southwest Manitoba, a lofty bell tower rises from the flat earth.…
Loveday Mushroom Farm
Super Shrooms Multi-talented fungi are more than just a side dish. By Rob Arnason From portobello burgers to shiitake-stuffed perogies, mushrooms are one of the kitchen’s most versatile ingredients. In…