Winter 2008

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Features

• Eating for Illness
  Drown your cold with chicken soup this winter. Research shows there's something to Grandma's home cures after all

• Eyes to the Plate
  Albertans are lucky to eat some of the safest and best food in the world. Meet the people who are watching your back

• Goodbye Stanley, Hello Angus
  Dean Kennedy played professional hockey and dreamed of farming. Now he's a rancher who understands the value of local

• Goodness Under Glass
  It's snow time for Alberta's hardworking greenhouses. Find out how they keep produce local, even mid-winter

• Make Me a Martha
  How to go from kitchen klutz to domestic diva in a few easy steps - juist in time for the holidays

Departments

• A Message from Growing Alberta
  

• Health and Safety
  Shake off the salt! Too much of a good thing is bad for you

• In Their Kitchens
  The humble perogy: a cultural comfort food

• City Slickers
  In the words of the French chef, "It's Lilydale"

• Travel
  Take a trip to Alberta's beef heartland, Pincher Creek

• Day in the Life
  Red Tractor Family Farm Meats chugs along quite nicely

• Just for Kids
  Puzzles! Jokes! This issue is a big beef bonanza of bright ideas

• Since You Asked
  Can you really be allergic to a pine tree? This, and other burning holdiay questions

• 2008 GALA Award Winners
  And our recipe index

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

Quick Bites

• For the Love of Chocolate
  

• Low-fat Frozen Treats
  Yogurt may be the perfect food

• Keen on Mustard
  There’s no arguing with the tang of one of Canada’s premier crops. From hot dogs to prime rib, the taste is golden

• 100 Mile Giving
  Every year, during the holidays, Albertans try to come up with original gift ideas.