September-October 2023

Welcome to the September/October issue: Kitchen Party chef recipes, adventures in mushrooming, meet the Hop Pocket and a sure-fire recipe for make-ahead turkey gravy.

Features

Kitchen Party Contenders
Favourite fall dishes of this year’s Kitchen Party chefs

The Troublesome Turkey
A Thanksgiving story | Jan Hostyn

Adventures in Mushrooming
My journey into mycophilia. (No, it’s not a fetish.) | Daniela Zenari

Departments

Dish
Gastronomic happenings around town

The Smos at Home
Smos on the Road | Leanne Smoliak

Wine Maven
Wines to enjoy with the fuller flavours and richer textures of fall| Mary Bailey

Feeding People
Meet Twyla Campbell, co-author Prairie: Seasonal Farm-Fresh Recipes Celebrating the Canadian Prairies | Mary Bailey

The Proust Culinary Questionnaire
Rachel and Andrew Borley. Woodwork celebrates its 10th Anniversary.

Beer Guy
The hop pocket, the new north side beer collective  | Peter Bailey

Kitchen Sink
What’s new and notable

On the cover: 2023 Kitchen Party competing chefs. Cover photo-illustration Jan Thalheimer.