Fall 2008

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Features

• The Prices Crisis
  Find out what's driving up food prices and how the average Alberta consumer can cope

• Dash and Dine
  Try these quick and tasty double-duty recipes, complete with tips to save you time

• Deck the Highways
  This fall, plan ahead for the perfect winter getaway - one that will keep you in Alberta

• Life Savour
  Meet Sandi Richard adn find out how she transformed herself from the Chicken Finger Queen to Alberta's TV food celeb

• Renovate the Right Way
  Here are the kitchens real Albertans want, and some tips from the pros about how to get them

• What's in your kids?
  From at-home tips courtesy of a busy mom, to school lunch programs, here's how Albertans are putting hte best into their brood

Departments

• A Message from Growing Alberta
  Shades of Alberta's Autumn

• In Their Kitchens
  Transform your backyard with Alberta's urban farmer

• City Slicker
  Jennifer says it's high time for Alberta tea

• Travel
  Join Wes Lafortune as he hits the culinary trail in Canmore on his bike

• Day in the Life
  The Van Diemen family farms in the land of milk and dairy

• Just for Kids
  What did the canola blossom say to her leaves? Plus: Games, jokes, puzzles!

• Since you asked
  Find out if you can eat certain foods to lose weight

• Your Thoughts
  Know your beans, plus NEW: Recipe Index

• Picture Perfect
  A reader's perfect snap, PLUS: our cover recipe

Quick Bites

• Give Peas a Chance
  Crispeas are proof that you don't have to look good to taste good.

• The Ham in Black
  Ed and Sherry Horvath want you to try a pig of a different stripe.

• The Year of the Spud
  The common potato has a long and distinguished history, despite its dimunitive size

• Cheapskate's Challenge
  We asked readers to send in their best low-cost recipes, chekc out Kim's Kicking Chili

• Three Autumn Events
  Don't miss these great fall events

• My Secret Ingredient
  Derek Dale, Executive Chef of the Calgary Stampede shares his

• A Royal Root
  If purple is a royal colour, then some Alberta carrots are fit for a king.