Fall 2007

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Features

• Eat Well, Closer to Home
  The 100-mile diet and eating local is the new yoga when it comes to food. How does your local cuisine stack up?

• Feel Good Foods
  In good times or bad, Albertans of all stripes turn to favourite comfort meals.

• Lunchbox Lessons
  These school lunch tips will get the kids running to grab their lunch bags before the bell rings.

• Family Farms Go High Tech
  Discover the marvels of agriculture science and scrap your sci-fi fantasies once and for all.

• The Rice Stuff
  A wild rice farmer harvests an ancient but unconventional crop in Alberta.

• A Day In the Life - Going to Work on an Egg Farm
  Wisdom advises against putting all your eggs in one basket. For some folks it's all in a day's work.

Departments

• A Message From Growing Alberta
  Harvest of Colour

• In Their Kitchens
  A Kitchen Story - Canada's most successful cookbook author, Jean Pare, serves up coffee, conversation and muffins

• Health & Safety
  The Layaway Plan - Find out how to keep harvest goodies fresh - and safe - all winter long.

• City Slicker
  Meat Masters - Tour a sausage factory in Red Deer and come out feeling a little jerky.

• Since You Asked
  Big Fish Stories - Take a dip in the province's fisheries

• What's Online?
  More great ideas and recipes on the topics covered in the Fall 2007 issue.

• Just for Kids
  You can plant a container garden at your school.

• Your Thoughts/What's Coming
  What you, our readers are saying about us

• Picture Perfect
  There's nothing prettier than a canola field against the western sky.

Quick Bites

• Get Chippy
  What makes a potato "chipworthy"?

• Must Have Mustard
  This low-calorie, low-fat condiment has limitless flavour opporutnites and will add dimension to any recipe.

• Great Gourds!
  Brightening autumn fields and tables in Alberta, pumpkins are native to the Americas.

• The Fabulous Baker Girls
  Like many small businesses, Terra Cotto bakery began in the kitchen.

• Dining Celiac
  If you are preparing a meal for someone with celiac disease, you'll need to avoid products which contain gluten.

• Fudging it in St. Isadore
  When fourth-generation farmer Daniel Prudholme isn't tending to the grass-fed beef at Rosewood Meadows Farm near St. Isadore, he's whipping up a few flavours of all-natural fudge.

• Prime Peas
  No Nuts - Golden Peabutter, the peanut butter imposter is made from brown peas instead of peanuts, then mixed with oil and sugar.

• Have a Bird
  Deep-fried turkey enthusiasts love the moist meat and crispy skin.

• Canola Power
  Kevin Therres introduced the world's first jet-powered biodiesel vehicle.

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• Recipes
  Can't get enough of our recipes? Check out these delectable tummy tempters!