The Cookbook Co. Cooks

✨Hooray for Asparagus! The Recipe of the Week celebrates the best of the season with a recipe from the pages of Samin Nosrat’s most recent book “Good Things.” We hope you enjoy the simple, balanced flavours of the good thing that is Warm Asparagus Vinaigrette. Yum!

If you are a fan of Samin’s recipes and writing style, join us this Sunday for “Off the Pages of Samin Nosrat,” a cooking class with chef Adam Hayman. Adam will demo a couple of recipes, and guests will work together in small groups to prepare a delicious meal. Registration includes a copy of either “Salt Fat Acid Heat” or “Good Things.” Fun!

For more information on this class, along with this week’s recipe, and the details of our Produce Box Program, click the link in our bio. Enjoy the weekend!

✨Fresh Alberta asparagus is here!

This asparagus comes from Tamminga Farms in Cranford, Alberta. Tamminga Farms is family owned and operated, and has been supplying southern Alberta with fresh locally grown asparagus for over 20 years!

The season is short, so come by for a bundle of these beautiful spring spears.

But, what wine to serve? Whilst the temptation may be to pair asparagus with a herbaceous white such as Sauvignon Blanc or Grüner Veltliner, Metrovino prefers to follow food writer Ed Behr’s advice. In his book, “50 Foods,” Behr () argues that a more harmonious match can be achieved with a white wine such as Viognier. This is truly a pairing of contrasts: green and savoury meets floral and fruity.

For those who don’t do things in half-measures, we recommend Condrieu, the most celebrated home of Viognier wines. This small region in the northern Rhône Valley in France is synonymous with the grape variety and fortuitously, we’ve recently received the latest from .

2024 Pierre Gaillard Condrieu $80

See the link in the bio to order your bottle, and come by to pick your asparagus!

✨🪴🌷We have some gorgeous greeting cards for the garden lovers in your life!

Local watercolour artist L.C. Cariou (who also works here at Cookbook!) paints stunning botanicals — the prints translate so beautifully on these crafted cards.

✨Join us as we celebrate Julie Van Rosendaal’s new book “Kathie the Mail Girl’s Mother’s Cookies ...and other good things from my grandma’s recipe box!”

Wednesday, May 20
6:30 to 8:30 pm
$25 per person, includes a copy of the book
Julie will be in attendance!

This collection of recipes includes her grandma’s flaky pastry, her great aunt Maud’s Yorkshire puddings, and her great-grandmother Cora’s beloved butter tarts. It is a reminder of how food, and the experience of being fed, can bring us back to a time and place, and to the people who love us.

Call 403-265-6066 to register. Space is limited.

Event includes a copy of the book, some small bites, a celebratory sip, and a book signing.