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On a recent road trip from Calgary to Edmonton, my friend, designer Kevin Mitchell, discovered Duchess Bake Shop, that gorgeous little French café and bakery that’s always buzzy with regulars, all gathering to gun down the tartiflette and some lovely French-inspired desserts. He just couldn’t resist grabbing a box of pain au chocolat, madeleines, macarons and grand-mère’s florentines for the drive back to Calgary. “Are you bringing treats to your friends back home?” asked the helpful clerk behind the counter. “Um... yes, that’s what I’m doing,” Kevin replied. He laughed as he recounted this story to me—he knew when he walked out of the store with that box that the contents wouldn’t even make it as far as the highway. Duchess has achieved that rare form of national stardom from its Prairie outpost, where even jaded Torontonians (and said Calgarian) make a beeline to its glass cases when they’re in town—the kind of name recognition that helped their first eponymously titled cookbook sell out its initial run almost immediately when it was released five years ago. This issue, we’re sharing some of the to-die-for recipes the bakery is including in its latest edition, Duchess at Home (“The New New Year's Resolution,” page 63). And in celebration of our collective New Year’s resolution to eat only delicious things (no grapefruit diets in the WL offices), get ready to dig into rich delights like apple leek camembert quiche, white wine pain perdu and pear blueberry cheesecake galette. Yes, it might be that post-holiday time of year when we’re all thinking about moderation, but as our executive editor Stacey McLachlan teases, everything in moderation, including moderation, right? Some treats are just too excellent to save for a cheat day—or even for the end of a road trip home.
I love a good sneaker but would happily see the demise of oversized “dad” trainers. On the flip side, I’m wholeheartedly sticking to my renewed embrace of the fanny pack.
Julia Dilworth, “Trends Forecast” page 3 1 I just can’t get on board with teddy bear coats. I know they’re a touch of plush, fuzzy softness in this cold, hard world, but to me they look like kids’ pyjamas. I’m pretty sure the first time I saw them was while working as a teen sales associate at Bootlegger. Never. Again.
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California Closets collaborates with clients to create the perfect wall unit for new home
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up with this really good design. It became a work of art over time.” In fact, the wall unit is the first thing people see when they enter the Downies’ home, so it had to be beautiful. Yet it also had to be highly functional, given the couple’s limited storage space. The stark white media centre is evenly balanced on the wall, with space above, below, and to the left and right of it. It houses a 65-inch TV, the unit’s sleek appearance belying the flat-screen’s size. With a mix of open and closed storage, the unit has drawers for the Downies to tuck away blankets and shelves to display items they love. With bare touch-release doors, the unit fits into the home so seamlessly it’s hard to believe it didn’t come with the place. “Kyle wanted as big a TV as possible that could fit, but they didn’t want it to be the key feature or for it to steal attention from other things, like the new couch or the stunning view,” Malik says. The team decided on two types of lighting: task lights (one for each cubby); and ambient, with a strip of lighting along the bottom of the unit. The latter gives the living space a nice, cozy feel. “Everything about it just makes it feel like a home,” Malik says of the media centre. “Everyone’s happy. They love it, and I’m really proud of it. And I’m thrilled to work with them on the next project.” To book your personalized, complementary design consultation, visit California Closets at californiaclosets.ca
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Designer Amanda Hamilton joins our panel of pros for our annual 2020 Trend Watch (page 31). On the top of everyone's list? Bold colour, like in this moody dining room Hamilton designed in Calgary.
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Half-Baked
Concrete Jungle
Calgary-based brand Mtharu’s Alpha Q table ($1,410) is a structure you can trust—this 100percent biodegradable table made from custom concrete can hold up to 250 pounds of weight. switzercultcreative.com
Red terracotta peeks out from under the incomplete glaze of the Large Vase ($159) by Silvia K Ceramics; it’s an imperfectly polished piece hungry for winter blooms. providehome.com
Editor's Picks Provide Series dining table
from Lock and Mortice, from $8,663. lockandmortice.com At this year’s Interior Design Show Vancouver, Josiah Peters of Lock and Mortice created a booth that was designed to be entirely upcycled—right down to its wooden frame, which would go on to new life as table legs in his furniture designs. It’s the kind of sustainably minded thinking that’s so needed in our industry these days—even the offcuts from his furniture find their way into pizza ovens at a couple of restaurants in the city. Lock and Mortice has recently partnered with one of my favourite design shops, Provide, to create this gorgeous new series of solid oak furniture that’s all clean lines, soft curves and asymmetrical elements. Sign me up.
—ANICKA QUIN, Editorial Director For more editors’ picks visit westernliving.ca
Playing Hooky
Give your closet some avant-garde character with Omer Arbel’s 89 hangers ($130 for set of 4). These futuristic curios are made by scanning traditional hangers using a hacked 3D scanning process to create a sand mould, which molten brass is then poured into. oaoworks.com
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Personal Touch
You can feel good about cozying up in the geometric Naari quilt ($372) by Anchal. This super-transparent nonprofit emphasizes fair trade and ethical working conditions for women— each piece has a tag handstitched with the artisan’s name. infavorof.com
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NOTEWORTHY New in stores across the West. BY A LY S S A H I R O S E
Constructed with white powder-coated aluminum and black walnut, the Osprey table ($9,200) from Kamloops designer Sascha Porteous’s first ready-made collection, Skyline, is inspired by birds in flight. livetimber.com
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Rule of Three Turkish Delight
These Turkish kilim cushions (from $99) by Vancouver’s Droplet Home Goods are one-of-a-kind, zero-waste finds. Made from unique, antique Turkish rugs, the pillows are stuffed with upcycled terry towel inserts left over from other projects. droplethomegoods.com
Rule your empire—your way—with Ffabb’s 3’s Companee ottomans (from $595)—the woolblend quilted seats can function as footstools or ottomans, and are handmade in three sizes and four neutral colours. ffabb.com
Drop It Like It’s Hot
Louis Poulsen’s Toldbod lights (from $430) are a picky minimalist’s dream: the mattewhite, rounded interior creates a soft, uniform light, and the Danish designer just dropped them in four sizes and five colour choices (including a sassy dark rose). informinteriors.com
Super Bowls
These clay bowls (from $14) by Barter Design were originally designed commercially for B.C. taco king Tacofino, but are now available to hold the public’s pico de gallo, too. barterdesign.ca
Order in the Court
Elevate your table tennis game on the matte finish of Union Wood Co.’s The Break ping-pong table (from $8,605)—then detach the removable net for a seamless transition from rec space to workspace. unionwoodco.com
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Sit, Stay
You won’t want to get out of Mark Cocar’s Enzo chair ($1,750)—the buttery soft leather plus sturdy steel legs mean there’s no sacrificing comfort for cool factor. instagram.com/icon_mfg
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Calgary The Livery Shop The once-small retail outpost has moved across the street from the historic East End Livery Stable to a new, 2,000-square-foot space—lots of room for its own house brands, along with plenty of other local artisans. Expect outdoorsy unisex apparel from Camp Brand Goods and delicate, minimalist jewellery pieces from CoutuKitsch. theliveryshop.com
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Edmonton Mood Consignment Mood Consignment has transformed from an Instagram-based store to a brick-and-mortar boutique on Jasper Avenue. This storefront carries jewellery from Canadian brands Sugar Blossom and Haiku Lane, as well as a broad range of trendy women’s consignment from names like Kate Spade and Aritzia. Plus, they offer one-on-one stylist appointments for those extra-special occasions. moodconsignment.com
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Coquitlam, BC Leon’s Leon’s new compact and intimate showroom uses a form of augmented reality that helps shoppers see how that fireplace, reclining sectional and handpainted canvas of Times Square would look together— no moving required. This outlet also houses an 11-foot video wall that allows shoppers to view additional furniture that isn’t available in-store. leons.ca vancouver Bang and Olufsen Luxury Danish audio brand Bang and Olufsen has opened a new, two-storey location downtown. Expect a vast range of audio products—from Beoplay’s wireless, noise-cancelling headphones (with a built-in Google Assistant) to Øivind Slaatto’s awardwinning on-wall modular speaker system: customizable hexagonal speaker tiles for the indecisive. bang-olufsen.com vancouver CF Interiors Two North Vancouver stores combine in a newly renovated location to create this 16,000-square-foot flagship store. Shoppers can check out exclusive pieces from Vancouver manufacturer Van Gogh, customize their own upholstery items, and give sofas the all-important “sit-test” in this stunning space. cfinteriors.ca
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HOMES + DESIGN • GREAT SPACES
BEAR NECESSITIES
It’s fair to say that when Amanda Hamilton, founder and creative director of Amanda Hamilton Interiors, set out to renovate an 8,500-square-foot fortress in Bearspaw (just outside of Calgary), her work was literally cut out for her: namely, a dozen bear-shaped relief sculptures that were plastered all over the walls. The restaurant suited its former name, Bears Den, but was a dusky, windowless space that many locals protected with the ferocity of grizzlies. “There was a lot of emotional attachment and history behind Bears Den,” says Hamilton, “so we worked with the clients to pay homage to the local community.” Hamilton and her team set out to sophisticate the space, renamed Flores and Pine, without losing any of its spirit—and creating some sunshine was a good place to start. Installing windows might seem like an obvious solution to a low light problem, but it’s also a pricey one. After popping in a few windows, Hamilton found other ways to make Flores and Pine shine brighter than its predecessor. She started by spraying the dark mahogany wall panelling—bears and all—white. In the Gallery Bar, a casual bar at the entrance of the space, she clad the bulkhead above the bar with backlit panels. In the Atrium, a circular enclosure that acted as a dance floor in the space’s past life, windows were installed in front of the original bear sculptures, then backlit to create the illusion of natural light. An oversized custom tree, bistro-style tables, and garden chairs completed the Atrium’s indoor/outdoor vibe. Emerald green bar stools and curved banquette seating complement the Gallery Bar’s quartzite counter; the blue and green veining throughout the natural stone brings out the tones of the chairs.
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What a Relief
There are bare walls, and then there are bear walls. "They really didn't work with the concept," Hamiltons says of the 12 plaster relief scuptures. She preserved six, spraying them white to match the new, airy vibe. Great care was taken to remove the other six—they were part of the community, after all.
And nature keeps on knocking. Rich green subway tiles brighten up the open kitchen at the rear of Flores and Pine, while serpentine banquettes in the centre brasserie area give the space movement. “Because it’s a large space like that, you want to be able to partition it so it isn’t like a cafeteria,” says Hamilton. The restaurant and event space is divided into five unique parts, each incorporating earthy elements and textured luxury. “It’s all about the connection to Calgary and the local landscape,” says Hamilton. “We needed to humanize the space, and to have access to the outdoors.” Only the necessities, of course. —Alyssa Hirose
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Flores & Pine
Natural materials and clever tricks of light take this Alberta restaurant from lair to luxe.
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1 1 Armed and Ready Designer Kelly Wearstler’s Rousseau double boom arm floor lamp ($4,419) brings a minimalist yet graphic take to antique brass with etched crystal lenses. cfinteriors.ca
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3 In the Spotlight Vancouver design studio Andlight’s Spotlight Volumes series (from $975) includes this table lamp in a silhouette that’s both muscular and svelte. informinteriors.com 4 Go the Distance Solid wood, metal and linen converge and stretch into the elegant form of the Veleo floor lamp by Nick Sheridan for Cerno (price on request). broughaminteriors.com
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“A great light sets the mood, tone and aesthetics of a space. Matthew McCormick’s Mila 5 makes a simple statement but adds wow factor. It’s like wearing your best shoes to finish off the outfit.” Nicole Sjöstedt ST YLIST, Vancouver, nicolesjostedt.com Matthew McCormick’s Mila 5 light ($2,150). matthewmccormick.ca
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2 Good Angle Akimbo by David Weeks Studio ($6,463) strikes a pose from the ceiling and works the room to show off dramatic angles—320 degrees side to side and 245 degrees up and down. spencerinteriors.ca
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Mindful Magic
Through the use of natural materials and landscaping —and a soothing tatami room— Parvaresh created spaces to slow down in the Zen House, above and right.
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Middle Ground SHORA PARVARESH, Architect, Noble Architecture
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silvery sheen” over time) and spaces that inspire a slower pace and contemplation—for example, a cozy top-floor loft, an unexpected reading nook or a dedicated spot where one can sit down and play a record. For Parvaresh, dollar signs aren’t the goal of Noble. The practice is more of a passion project for the architect, who works full-time at another local firm. Parvaresh wants to build “missing middle homes,” spaces that offer a middle ground between low-income housing and luxury properties, in Vancouver. “The scale of my work in every way—size, number of units, upfront capital—is very small compared to what I call capital-D development,” she says. —Laura Milnes
Glowing Hearths
The sleek fireplace is a simple but serene focal point in this North Vancouver collaboration between Parvaresh and a developer.
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Noble Architecture’s Shora Parvaresh may specialize in large-scale developments, but the Vancouver-based architect takes a slightly smaller-scale approach to designing. “When I started Noble, I wanted to focus on multi-family [structures] and more affordable homes, which the city really needs,” she says. A self-described “micro-developer,” Parvaresh aims to maximize density and accessibility, designing semiattached units for primarily young, middle-income broods. She fills her airy, bright duplexes with humble materials like natural wood, concrete and stone. Her projects incorporate both one-of-a-kind design elements (for instance, untreated cedar shingles that grow a “soft
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TREND forecasT 2020 Our panel of interior designers shares its predictions for how our everyday interiors will take shape in the seasons to come. by Julia Dilworth
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Power Prints
Feeling Nostalgic Residential interiors experienced the time-warp return of iconic styles and pieces plucked from eras ranging from the 1920s to the 1990s. Art deco prints, swinging fringe, rattan—and more. We’re going back, way back.
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Dream Weaver
“Every generation has had their take on the classic woven raffia chair. It’s the epitome of mixing high with low, and I still love how simple and timeless the material is.”– Ben Leavitt,
The Gubi pouf (from $1,250) with its sexy fringe and gold thread design is everything your plain grey felt pouf isn’t. pompandcircumstance.ca, chester-fields.com
PlaidFox Studio Baker Furniture cane arm chair (price on request). broughaminteriors.com
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It’s a Pattern “Art deco is rearing its head once again, although I’m not too sure if it ever really went out of fashion. (At least it didn’t for me.) I’ve always gravitated toward strong geometric patterns, so I think that’s why I’ve have a soft spot for deco elements.”–Kevin Mitchell, Mitchell Design House
Red Crush
Oxblood is our favourite #trending brown-burgundy, and here it is giving a 2020 twist on a classic shape: the Osaka sofa (from $2,519) in dusty red cotton velvet. boconcept.com
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“Now that laser cutting, CNC machines and 3D printing are more common, there are so many more options available for designers.”– K.M. Solana Panel Transform 2 (from $20 per square foot). solanapanel.com
Notre Monde trays (from $59) by Ethnicraft show off hand-painted designs influenced by art deco architecture and the groovy 1970s. fullhousemodern.com, bondars.com
The Experts Meet our design experts. Francesca Albertazzi
Rudy Winston Design, Vancouver Post-Love It or List It Vancouver, she co-founded her studio with business partner Emma Kelly and is championing a fresh take on traditional-inspired interiors.
Jamie Banfield
Jamie Banfield Design, Vancouver No stranger to Western Living, the JBD principal stays busy with the BC Home and Garden Show, his own millwork collection and how-to TV appearances.
Kyla Bidgood
Bidgood and Co., Victoria As Victoria’s reigning design and build queen, Bidgood is responsible for shaping most of the city’s coolest rooms—from the Sherwood to Wind Cries Mary.
Erin Chow
The Haven Collective, Vancouver Vancouverite and interior designer Chow held court at The Cross Decor and Design before starting up her own studio, The Haven Collective, to showcase her calm, muted interiors.
Ben Leavitt
PlaidFox Studio, Vancouver From life-sized polka-dot deer sculptures to pinstripe hotels and poutine artwork, self-confessed maximalist and creative director Leavitt thrives on the unexpected.
Kevin Mitchell
Mitchell Design House, Calgary He’s a past WL Designers of the Year winner who loves colour and taking risks—like covering a bathroom in floor-to-ceiling silver leaf.
Amanda Hamilton
Amanda Hamilton Design, Calgary This Calgary native can do edgy-L.A. cool (think Native Tongues Taqueria) and sumptuous-meets-sophisticated residential luxury.
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To the Cloud
In Fashion
Discarded scraps from French fashion houses find their way into the Moroccan chiffon Marrakesh stool ($979), handmade and made to order. simons.ca
Made in Vancouver from sustainable materials, the Mimoko Cloud self-watering porcelain planter ($130) with lichenglaze crackling will buoy any indoor succulent. orlingandwu.com
On and On
From Barber and Osgerby for Emeco comes the On and On chair ($390) made from 70-percent waste plastic (from bottles that would otherwise end up in a landfill), 10 percent non-toxic pigment and 20-percent glass fibre. kitinteriorobjects.com
Eco Ethos
Primary Concern
Bamboo requires not a drop of fertilizer to reach great heights, and self-regenerates from its own roots. Here it is, all sustainable and cute, as the material for Poketo’s primary colour bamboo dinner plates (set of four, $58). shop.vanspecial.com
L With one eye on the climate crisis, brands and designers are focusing on handmade originals crafted from wood and ceramic, and a cradle-to-cradle product cycle: ingenious solutions and timeless investment pieces that can be reupholstered again and again as they move through the generations. “Buying responsibly and knowing where your pieces come from, who made them, what the materials are and what their impact is on the environment is not only eco-friendly,” says designer Francesca Albertazzi of Rudy Winston, “it also fills your home with even more stories than your personal ones.”
Hide and Sleep
Turn an office into a guest room with the Nuovoliola 10 transforming wall bed sofa in rusty mustard velvet (from $12,555). Its Smart Green mattress is made with 100-percent biodegradable materials, including an organic cotton fibre cover and eco-green foam core layer for sweet dreams. resourcefurniture.com
Big Entertainers Square paddle charcuterie board ($210). steelwooddesign.com
“Steelwood Design is a small local company that makes stunning handmade wooden cutting boards. Each piece is crafted from repurposed wood and has a story. A perfect example of when beauty and sustainability meet.”–E.C.
Sk8er Boi Bright Idea
U.K.-based Tala believes in “conservation through beauty” and makes decorative LED bulbs retrofitted for other lamps, from the two-watt Candle bulb ($16) to the large Voronoi III bulb ($595). lightform.ca
EWB bench ($2,250). adrianmartinus.com
“I’m a huge fan of AdrianMartinus. They’re a Calgary-based company that has been producing goods made out of recycled skateboards.”–K.M.
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Seeing Colour 2020
Bring on Colour
Designers share their adventures in saturation.
L Studiopepe, Moooi, Normann Copenhagen and more are showing muted retro tones like oxblood, olive, orange and mustard, replacing formerly neutral furnishings and accessories. And while paint company Sherwin-Williams predicted that beige was on its way to unseat grey as the new neutral (how exciting!), millennials and Gen-Zers everywhere rolled their eyes at a collective reluctance to brighten up. Highlighter neon from the catwalks may be more than the renovating adults are ready for, but it’s clear that the default for powder rooms, kitchens and bedrooms is no longer gallery-wall white.
Sage Advice
“When it comes to colour, we love muted, rich tones: chocolate browns, terracotta accents, sage greens (as seen here in our Newport residence with Benjamin Moore’s Cushing Green on the wall) and blue-greys.”– K.B.
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Bold in Blue
“The clients were a super fun family of five with so much personality that monochromatic was just not an option! This sofa was bold enough, yet still elegant in the space. Upholstered in a rich, blue velvet, the sofa had the personality that the room needed.”– E.C.
Set the Mood
“A moody master bedroom doesn’t have to be everywall bold to create a feature. Here we simply created a feature wall with moulding and a great accent paint: Benjamin Moore’s Nocturnal Gray.”–J.B.
Green and Great
“We recently completed a home that merged classic contemporary with elements from the client’s heritage. Subtle Chinese-inspired elements are thoughtfully placed throughout the home, however the dining room (pictured) is heavily contrasted against the otherwise fresh, bright and white home with its moody wallpaper, dark furnishings and luxe window treatments.”–A.H.
Think Pink
“If you’re going for pink, you should go with a pink with a bit of brown in it, or a dusty pink. We installed a cabinet in what used to be a closet and painted it Texas Rose from Benjamin Moore, which is a muted, desaturated version of pink, and that makes the room feel a bit more global.”– B.L.
Kyla Bidgood bedroom and Erin Chow blue room: Janis Nicolay; Amanda Hamilton room: Joel Klassen
Calming Kitchens
“The shift toward saturated colours for kitchen cabinetry is one that we like very much. Francesca designed her own kitchen using an earthy green— Forest Floor by Benjamin Moore—as it reminds her of her garden and the green spaces she seeks out when travelling to Europe: the olive groves of Italy and the woodlands of the U.K. It works so well with metal finishes, creams and wood tones, and reflects the green space of the garden just outside the French doors, which is a very personal passion of hers.”–Emma Kelly, Rudy Winston Design
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The Battle for Colour of the Year
The hits and misses in the latest crop of Paint Colours of the Year.
Behr Back to Nature Interiors have been working to reflect the outdoors for quite some time, so it’s no wonder Behr created a palette to reflect the natural world, including springs, sandy beaches and soothing streams. Back to Nature is right at that spot where beige meets green.
“This colour will definitely create nostalgia for some, reminding them of their mother’s kitchen colour or even bathtub colours many years ago. Our go-to for a good accent green would be more on the pastel side, such as Behr’s 2018 Colour of the Year, In the Moment.”–J.B. “To be honest, we’re not big fans of Back to Nature!”– K.B.
Benjamin Moore First Light Is this soft, rosy hue Benjamin Moore’s answer to millennial pink? An evolution of Pantone’s Rose Quartz? The exact colour of your laundry after you wash a red sock with your whites?
“First Light paired with oatmeals and brown tones would be beautiful.”– K.B. “Colour trends come and go, but in today’s current arena I think pink is a political statement and I couldn’t be happier about it being the colour of the year.”– B.L. “Over it. Isn’t this just a more muted version of what I like to call the ‘Millennial Blush’ that’s been sticking around for as long as brass? I attended Paris Design Week and the London Design Festival and while pinks and greens are still current, I saw a lot of warmer neutrals making their way back into furniture.”–A.H.
Sherwin-Williams Naval This Gatsby-palette primary colour is further proof of a growing art deco takeover. It’s confident, sophisticated and naturally pairs well with geometric prints, flapper fringe and glittery vintage metals.
“With the darker hours of fall and winter, decor takes a deeper, more saturated direction, but having strong colours in your spaces all year round helps add interest and creates layers. A navy blue, like Naval by Sherwin-Williams, can do that for a space. Painting a piece of furniture, vanity or wainscotting in this colour can help define a space and offset brighter pieces, artwork and lighting.”– F.A.
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“I’m a huge fan of Sherwin-Williams’s Colour of the Year! It’s calming, yet bold and moody. It’s versatile enough that it could pair well with just about any colour or material. I’d love to see a kitchen done in this colour. Gorgeous!”–E.C.
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Quilted Picker-Upper Texture in 2020 is the kind you can see from clear across the room. Exhibit A: Moroso’s Big Braid fabric on the Moroso Gentry sofa ($7,476). dadegallery.com
Touch Points
Lean in real close and you’ll see that woodworking legend Zanat carves out each Touch sideboard ($5,140)—including the front panels of bubble-like divots—by hand. switzercultcreative.com
Extraordinary Measures Prepare yourself: texture in 2020 isn’t going to be subtle, but instead decidedly conspicuous, with ribs and spines and 3D volume that scream out: “Touch me!” “See me!”
3D Tile
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“I am loving 3D tile—it’s a way to add pattern without making the room overly busy.”– B.L.
Icebreakers
“We love Ames Tile and Stone’s 4D Max series—it’s a favourite product of ours because of the fun modern patterns, and of course our love for blue accents.”–J.B.
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Each delicate porcelain rib on the Celia white vase ($27) is applied by hand. cb2.ca
If re-tiling the bathroom is too much of a commitment, the 3D Finell silicone placemats ($135 per set) are a respectable intro into texture in your home. atkinsonsofvancouver.com
Curve Appeal
“I’m loving the channel/fluted wood trend. The Haven Collective’s interiors are generally more muted and monochromatic; we rely on pattern and texture to create visual interest in our spaces.”– E.C. The texture on Kate Duncan’s ribbed dining table in walnut ($16,000) is accentuated further with a black oxidized finish. kateduncan.ca
Hot New Threads
From apparel to toss cushions, we are all about pop-out embroidery embellishments. Find sweet, tactile comfort in Anthropologie’s Olga Prinku Odette embroidered pillows (from $116) in trendy ochre and navy. anthropologie.com
Beetle Mania
Part acoustics enhancer, part three-dimensional art piece, the Beetle (starting at $1,600) from Sancal has assorted coloured panels and wood tints to create 13 different sound-softening wall configurations. pompandcircumstance.ca
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Foot Traffic
Rugs are having an out-of-the-box moment: wild shapes, colours, geometric patterns and painterly power plays strong enough to make Kandinsky jealous.
Patchwork Princess
“I’ve always loved Missoni. Bold colours mixed with bold patterns. I love the geometry in this one in particular.”– K.M. Missoni Orion rug (from $9,492). providehome.com
Playing with Watercolour
“We are really loving watercolour patterns in tiles, wallpapers and artwork. Why not use a watercolour area rug in your space, or even create a carpet inlay under your bed as a focal point?”–J.B.
They Come in (One) Piece
Moooi’s futuristic Trichroic rugs (from $5,612) will teach us all that trichroic refers to the different colours you see in a crystal along the three crystallographic directions. lightform.ca, grshop.com; livingspace.com
Brixton Collection area rug ($9.98 per square foot). bannercarpets.ca
Birds of a Feather
Designed by Maarten De Ceulaer for rug gods CC-Tapis and hand-knotted in Nepal, the Feathers rug ($11,354) isn’t just for bird lovers. informinteriors.com
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“In general, I think people are ready to have fun. I love how rugs are becoming more bombastic— we interact with them every day and they should inspire us to live more boldly.”–Ben Leavitt
Wired Up
Circling the Mark
Vancouver artist Sid Dickens (he of the cult-favourite Memory Blocks) ventures into the world of art-underfoot with his Wireframe rug ($12, 235), part of a collection and collaboration with Burritt Bros. burrittbros.com
Patricia Urquiola’s winding, twisting, swatch-palette Slinkie rug ($13,681) is further proof that everything the world-famous architect and designer (#girlcrush) touches is solid gold. informinteriors.com
Interpretive Measures
We love how the free-form and free-wheeling Montauk G rug (price on request) refuses to conform to rug society’s square and circle norms. montauksofa.com
Numbers Game
A little bit Lichtenstein, a little bit Warhol, the Land Gallery and Blu Dot Numbers rug ($5,199) is a statement rug for a new era. kitinteriorobjects.com
Beyond Canvas
In this collaboration with Knots Rugs, designs are reproduced from artist Michael Cole, who repaints classic works and then destroys them with his brush. Dark and moody, the paint on his Roses rug ($10,890) looks like it’s literally dripping down the canvas. salari.com
Not Your Grandmother’s Yarn Box
Moooi’s Tangle Medan rug (from $4,239), from its playful Yarn Box collection, explores stringing beads and binding ribbons, as you do. livingspace.com; grshop .com; lightform.ca
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Keep it coming
“For 2020 trends, we’d love to see terrazzo stay around. Terrazzo is a great way to add a textural element to many spaces, whether that be your kitchen island countertop or on the floor and wall of your ensuite.”–J.B.
Which trends do we wish were here to stay?
One wall-mount sink faucet with lever handles by Kallista, shown in Gunmetal ($2,212). kallista.com
“Many people are thinking that mixing metals is going to fade out. But we love this—we can create drama with a brass kitchen faucet as the focal point and mix in matte black handles to create an interesting yet cohesive design.”–J.B.
4601 Frozen Terra from Caesarstone’s Metropolitan collection (price on request). caesarstone.ca
“Patterned floor tile—it’s one of my favourites. There is such a huge variety right now, from concrete to porcelain, from country-chic to mid-century-modern geometrics. I’m seeing more suppliers roll out more patterns, and I love it!”–K.M.
“Curves—I can’t get enough of them! I’ll be okay if this one stays around for a bit.”–E.C. Friends and Founders La Pipe Lounge swivel (from $5,546). switzercultcreative.com
Clé weathered white zellige tilework ($19.50 per square foot). cletile.com
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Schönbuch Lola screen (from $2,970). livingspace.com
“Handmade or imperfect materials.”–K.B.
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So long And just as important: if you could see the last of one trend, which would it be?
“This may be very unpopular for me to say, but murals. My best friend in elementary school had one of a tropical beach that took up the entire wall in his living room. I can’t stand stuff like that. Over-scaled wallpaper patterns? Sure thing! Can’t get enough. One image that wraps around the entire wall or room so that it looks like the Amalfi Coast? Nope, never. No, thank you!”–F.A. “I am so over the white-on-white kitchen. It’s the definition of low-hanging fruit and I hope we can move past it.”–B.L. “Animal heads on walls, in any form: bone, fauxbone, or even as stuffies. People seem to forget what this is or what it represents—the needless death of a living creature for decoration.”–F.A.
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ESCAPE TO THE MOUNTAINS Practical meets beautiful in this gorgeous Whistler getaway from designer Mitchell Freedland.
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Bronzed Beauty
The fireplace, covered in a warm, patinated bronze, acts as the architectural focal point in the room without distracting from the great views outside.
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Y Great Getaway
A custom steel and wood pivot door frames the entryway (left). The mudroom was created to host a plethora of boots, mitts and ski gear (right).
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ou might think this Whistler getaway is meant for those who come to the mountains only to enjoy the scenery from a cozy spot on the sofa—and indeed, the house is designed to capitalize on some pretty killer views. The warm, contemporary home just begs for weekends by the fire. But it’s also built to tackle a very Whistler design problem: where does all that outdoor mountain gear go? When Vancouver designer Mitchell Freedland was brought on board to design a comfortable and approachable home for the owners—a semi-retired, very active couple from Vancouver—he made sure that storage for skis, bikes and more was as much a part of the solution as the selection of sturdy, ski-bootdurable Italian porcelain floor tiles. Throughout the home, Freedland followed the clients’ direction to make it “as practical as it could be, and as comfortable as it could be,” he says. And so, on the practical side, a custom mudroom, clad in walnut millwork, deals with the plethora of boots, coats, mitts and ski
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The staircase was redesigned to remove the risers, so a peek-a-boo view is evident as soon as someone enters the space. The floor lamp in the living room is reminiscent of antlers, a nod to Whistler wildlife outside the window.
equipment—and is particularly well used when the kids and grandkids are visiting—and storage in the garage handles the mountain bikes. All that storage frees the rest of the home to balance the comfortable, beautiful side of the equation. In the main-floor living space, the fireplace acts as an architectural anchor, its patinated bronze cladding providing a warm glow both day and night. The room is contemporary yet cozy, with a nod to classic cabin aesthetic in its exposed cedar ceiling. “It was a way to bring the woods outside into this room,” says Freedland. In another subtle nod to the world outside the windows, the design of an elegant wooden floor lamp from Arteriors evokes the shape of an antler. While the main floor is open plan, a custom wine cabinet separates the living room from the adjoining dining room, its surface easily becoming a spot for a buffet service during social gatherings. The entire area is designed to celebrate the view: in the kitchen, the windows drop right down to the adjacent prep counter; even the staircase was redesigned to remove its risers, so that
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In the kitchen, the window was brought right down to counter level in another effort to maximize the views. Throughout, walnut millwork pairs with a marble backsplash and practical quartz counters.
“It was a way to bring the woods outside into this room.”
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For the master bedroom and ensuite, Freedland worked with a palette of winter whites. The custom bed features a full-height upholstered headboard and sandblasted mirror on either side.
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the floating, fumed white oak treads can offer peek-a-boo views to the windows beyond. And the kitchen is no showroom: it’s designed to work for the avid cooks in the house. “She’s a real cook—and a great baker,” says Freedland, “and she uses every inch of it.” Upstairs, the master suite is designed as a departure from the warm and woodsy vibe of the rest of the home: here, winter whites with subtle accents of charcoal create a bright and inviting space. The custom bed features a fullheight upholstered headboard, framed on either side with walls made from sandblasted mirror that provide a glowing depth to the room. White statuario marble clads both the fireplace and the adjoining master ensuite—the bath perfectly positioned to soak in those views, too. Once the sun goes down and the views outside fade to darkness, the focus switches to inside the home, with lighting design that was carefully considered to capture every moment. “We spent so much time on the lighting,” says Freedland. “It’s amazing to see how magical the effects are at night—the highlights made, the sense of drama.” Ideal for those winter nights when a trip to the mountains calls for nothing more than the perfect spot at home by the fire.
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Hitting the Sauce
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Leave it to Andrea Carlson to make even a simple tomato sauce a challenge. Carlson, owner of Vancouver’s beloved Burdock and Co, has made a name for herself with her intricate celebrations of the Pacific Northwest’s culinary bounty. Her takes on comfort food are poetic and surprising, and never take any shortcuts. So we’ll admit it: her new cookbook (Burdock and Co) isn’t exactly a fit for the average weeknight home cook. But when it’s time to whip up something special, or to elevate a West Coast classic to new heights, we’ll happily flip open this gorgeous tome and take a peek inside Carlson’s wild and wonderful mind to see how she remixes traditional red sauce with smoked apple chips and homemade charred chili oil. Turn the page for the full recipe… if you dare.
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Apple chips or grapevine cuttings 2¼ lb (1 kg) ripe Cascade, San Marzano, or other heirloom sauce tomatoes ½ cup extra virgin olive oil 1 small onion, diced 6 cloves garlic, thinly sliced 1 tsp Charred Chili Oil (recipe on westernliving.ca) Kosher salt Fresh-ground black pepper To Serve: ¾ cup grated aged sheep cheese (we like Salt Spring Island Cheese Company Montaña) Extra virgin olive oil, for garnish (optional) Prepare a charcoal grill or smoker for smoking with the apple chips or grapevine cuttings. In a large pot, blanch the tomatoes in water. Peel and seed. Place in a medium-size heatproof bowl. Smoke the tomatoes in the smoker for 5 to 10 minutes. Or, if using a grill, place the bowl of tomatoes on the grill away from the coals, cover, and smoke vigorously for 5 to 10 minutes. You don’t want the tomatoes to cook, only to smoke. When smoky, chop the tomatoes and set aside. In a large saucepan, gently heat the olive oil and sweat the onions and garlic until soft. Add the smoked tomatoes and Charred Chili Oil. Simmer for 20 minutes. Season with salt and a few grinds of black pepper. Toss pasta of choice (like sopressinei) with just enough warm sauce to coat. Divide among six plates or on one large platter. Shave cheese over top and drizzle with a little extra olive oil if you like. Excerpted from Burdock and Co by Andrea Carlson with Clea McDougall. Copyright © 2019 Andrea Carlson. Photography by Janis Nicolay. Published by Appetite by Random House®, a division of Penguin Random House Canada Limited. Reproduced by arrangement with the Publisher. All rights reserved.
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Victoria Whisky Festival Victoria Hotel Grand Pacific January 16-19 Fifteen years in, the Victoria community is still thirsty for whisky intel. Masterclasses from distilleries like Ardbeg and Laphroaig run all whistle-wetting weekend long. victoriawhiskyfestival.com
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The Year of Lambrusco What if I told you there was a wine that went well with almost all foods, was still versatile and friendly enough to drink on its own, was beloved by sommeliers and was one of the most reasonably priced European imports out there—that would be something, right? Well, I’d like to re-introduce you to lambrusco, the fizzy red from Emilia-Romagna that should be a mainstay on your table for 2020. If you’re under 35, this is probably the first time you’ve heard of this wine—if you’re over, you’re probably thinking: “You’ve got to me kidding me.” That’s because in the 1970s and early ’80s the sickly sweet version by Riunite was the number-one imported wine in America and it sold so much dreck that it essentially ruined the market for quality lambrusco for decades. But there were heroes out there who stuck it out and continued to make the wine with passion, like the Ermete family from Medici Ermete. Twenty-five years ago, they crafted the first single-vineyard lambrusco—Concerto—and their wine continues to be the benchmark of the region, bursting with juicy red berry fruit... and it’s $20. Happy New Year, and you’re welcome.
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Think of the Renoir as an extroverted wine cellar: somewhere to stow those investment bottles, yes, but also an opportunity to show ’em off. The slim, glass-fronted case features temperature ranges from -17 to 12 degrees Celsius, stabilizing within a quarter of a degree, and triple-pane Low-E glass protects the bottles from damaging UV light while keeping them pretty as a picture. $6,569, silhouetteappliances.com
VV Tapas Lounge 957 E Hastings, Vancouver Who Former Mission Kits somm/owner Chase MacLeod and Rachelle Goudreau (previously of Mission Kits and Provence Marinaside). Why we’re excited Small share plates (like mole-spiced pecans and devilled duck eggs) and an intriguing wine list create a sophisticated date-night spot in an evolving corner of Strathcona. vvtapaslounge.com
Beach House 150 25th St., West Vancouver Who The Fuller Family have been stewards of West Van’s most iconic building since 2010; they’re celebrating 10 years with a facelift of the historic house… and the menu too. Why we’re excited Extensive renovations have elevated the Edwardian architecture and put focus on the waterfront views and work from B.C. artists. A revamped, seafood-focused menu from Earls’ chefs David Wong and Hamid Salimian pairs beautifully with a specially curated wine list that clocks in with 101 offerings. beachhouserestaurant.ca
Published 3593 Main St., Vancouver Who Chef Gus Stieffenhofer-Brandson staged at Noma and worked under local stars David Hawksworth and Scott Jaeger; owner Cody Allmin also runs Port Moody brewery Twin Sails. Why we’re excited See above. Put a hungry young chef with a knack for contemporary West Coast dishes in a 100-seater Mount Pleasant space designed by Evoke, and you’ve got a recipe for something special. publishedonmain.com
Old Bird 3950 Main St., Vancouver Who Chef Deseree Lo (who honed her chops at CinCin) and GM Shawn Jones (a Chambar alum) team up with newcomer owner Sophia Lin. Why we’re excited The former Nomad location is set to transform into a showcase of Taiwanese and Shanghai street food (official motto: “Chinese food with attitude”), with small plates that reflect Lo and Lin’s childhood favourites: try pork stew with sous-vide egg, or hot and sour bamboo shoots. oldbird.ca
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750 Hornby St., Vancouver Who The Vancouver Art Gallery (maybe you’ve heard of it?). Why we’re excited The patio overlooking Robson Square is one of the city’s best; the modern exposed-concrete interior design is the work of Calgary’s Frank Architecture. With a rotating menu of locally inspired offerings— braised B.C. short ribs, roasted fennel quiche and an extensive cocktail list among them— we’ll be well fueled for our next visit to the Cindy Sherman exhibit. vanartgallery.bc.ca
Pubblico 2018 33 Ave SW, Calgary Who A room designed by Paul Lavoie plus chefs from Tavernetta equals some serious potential. Why we’re excited Share plates of stuffed zucchini flowers, sunchoke and sea urchin malfatti or Roman-style oxtail ragu await in a delightfully maximalist space. pubblicoitaliankitchen.com
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We’re not here to tell you to avoid eating your greens—our moms would be livid—but everything in moderation, including moderation, right? A healthy diet is important, sure, but so is having a little fun. So our resolution for 2020 is to make more time for delicious indulgences alongside the superfoods and salad lunches, and the new cookbook from beloved Edmonton bakery Duchess (Duchess at Home) will help make those decadent, treat-yo’self dreams come true: think homemade bread pudding, comforting quiches and gorgeous galettes to feed the soul. recipes by Giselle Courteau // photographs by Sarah Hervieux
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White Wine Pain Perdu SERVES 8.
Pain perdu, literally “lost bread,” usually refers to French toast, bread pudding or any dish where stale bread is used to soak up liquid and cooked, thus giving it new life (the bread is no longer lost!). In this recipe, the combination of almonds, citrus, and white wine really elevates it and makes it more sophisticated than your standard bread pudding. Don’t worry—the alcohol evaporates during baking, which makes this a suitable dish for adults and children alike. 1 cup sugar ½ tsp ground cinnamon ¼ tsp ground ginger ¼ tsp ground nutmeg 3 large eggs Zest of one orange 1 cup white wine (Note: For the wine, I like to use a sauvignon blanc for its acidity, but feel free to use any leftover white wine you might have. For a nicer flavour, steer clear of “cooking wine” and stick with something that you would normally drink.) ⅓ cup unsalted butter, melted and cooled 5 cups (about half a loaf) stale French bread, cut into 1- to 2-inch cubes ½ cup sliced almonds ⅓ cup dried currants, raisins or cranberries ¼ cup crystallized ginger
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Apple Leek Camembert Quiche, see recipe on page 70
Equipment: You will need a 9-inch baking dish. Preheat your oven to 350°F. Butter the baking dish. In a large bowl, whisk together the sugar, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, eggs and orange zest. Add the wine and slowly whisk in the butter until well combined. Add the bread cubes, sliced almonds, currants and crystallized ginger and, using your hands, toss to make sure that all the pieces of bread are well coated. Let soak for 10 minutes. Pour the mixture into the baking dish and bake for 45 to 50 minutes, until the top is golden brown and crispy. This bread pudding is best eaten the day it’s made. It will keep at room temperature for up to three days and should be reheated prior to serving.
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Pear Blueberry Cheesecake Galette SERVES 8.
A galette is a wonderfully rustic dessert that can be put together with very little effort. I like to make this large version at home, which I then slice into pieces, but individual ones are also easy to make. No need to fuss over perfect edges—even if folded haphazardly the galette will turn out nicely and delight everyone who gets to enjoy it. Almost any pie filling can be turned into a galette, and galettes are also great with savoury fillings. I love cream cheese and blueberries, so for me this is a winning combination. I often switch the pears for nectarines, firm peaches or apples, depending on what fruit I have that day.
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1 batch Easy Mixer Pie Dough, cold (see westernliving.ca for recipe) ¾ cup cream cheese, at room temperature ⅓ cup unsalted butter, at room temperature ¼ cup icing sugar 1 tsp freshly grated lemon zest ½ tsp vanilla extract or paste Bartlett or Anjou pears, cored, sliced about ½ cm thick 1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries (Note: If you use frozen blueberries, do not thaw them first.) 3 tbsp sugar, plus extra for sprinkling 1 tbsp cornstarch 2 tsp lemon juice 1 large egg white 1 tsp cream or milk
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Equipment: You will need a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment and a baking sheet. Place the cream cheese and butter in a stand mixer bowl and whip on medium speed for 2 minutes. Turn the mixer off and add the icing sugar. Mix on low until well combined. Add the lemon zest and vanilla, turn the mixer up to medium-high speed and whip for another 30 seconds, or until light and fluffy. Scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed. Set aside. Preheat your oven to 375°F. Line the baking sheet with parchment paper right up to the edges, to contain any filling that may bubble over during baking. Lightly flour your work surface and place the cold dough in the middle. Lightly flour the top of the dough and, using a rolling pin, roll it from the centre outward, aiming to get it round. Keep rotating the dough as you roll it, lightly flouring the surface underneath as well as the top as needed to prevent it from sticking. Roll the dough out to about ½ cm thick. Use a knife or a pizza wheel to round out the edges. Place the circle on the lined baking sheet. The edges might hang over the sides a bit.
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You can also make individual galettes by using a small bowl or saucer as a guide (about 6 inches in diameter) to cut 6 circles out of the pie dough with a sharp knife. You may need to re-roll the scraps to get all 6 circles. Continue as directed, dividing the fillings evenly.
Starting on one side of the galette, fold the pastry edge over toward the middle. Do this around the galette, overlapping each edge and leaving a circle open in the centre. Press down on the edges firmly to seal up the sides, to prevent too much liquid from escaping during baking.
Spread the cream cheese filling over the pie dough, leaving about 2 inches around the edge. Fan the pears evenly over the filling. If your pears are large, you may not need all of the slices.
Whisk together the egg white and cream to make an egg wash and generously brush it over the pie dough. Sprinkle the entire galette with sugar.
Mix the blueberries, sugar, cornstarch and lemon juice together in a bowl. If your blueberries are frozen, wait a minute or two to allow some of the sugar and cornstarch to dissolve. Scatter them over the pears. If there are dry ingredients left in the bottom of the bowl, make sure to sprinkle them on top as well.
Bake for 1 hour to 1 hour and 10 minutes, until the pastry is a golden brown and the filling in the centre is cooked and bubbling. Let the galette rest for at least 15 minutes before cutting. Serve warm or at room temperature. This galette will keep at room temperature for up to a day or in the refrigerator for up to three days. It can be reheated in the oven before serving, but it’s best eaten freshly baked.
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Raisins ¾ cup raisins 2 tbsp kirsch liqueur 2 tbsp water
Pre-ferment ⅔ cup whole milk ½ cup all-purpose flour 3 tsp active dry yeast 15 whole peeled almonds
Dough 2 cups all-purpose flour ⅓ cup icing sugar 2 tsp salt 2 large eggs 2 tsp orange-blossom water Zest of 1 orange ½ cup + 2 tbsp unsalted butter, cubed, at room temperature Additional butter, softened, for the kugelhopf mould Additional icing sugar, for dusting the kugelhopf
Simple syrup (optional) ¼ cup sugar ¼ cup water ¼ tsp orange-blossom water
Equipment: You will need a stand mixer fitted with a dough-hook attachment and a kugelhopf mould or a 10-cup bundt pan. Place the raisins in a small bowl or container with the kirsch and water. Cover and set aside overnight. The raisins should plump up and absorb most of the liquid.
Kugelhopf SERVES 12.
This sweet breakfast bread from the Alsace region of France is one of my all-time favourite foods. I love a thick slice, still warm out of the oven, with my favourite jam or a big smear of butter. Similar to Italian panettone, kugelhopf is made with the distinct Alsatian flavours of kirsch and orange and is gently sweet and soft in texture. Christine Ferber, a pastry chef and jam-maker extraordinaire I greatly admire, makes an incredibly flavourful and delicious classic version of this bread. Her advice is to bake it in a traditional earthenware mould that you never wash. The idea is that each family’s mould develops its own “seasoning” over time for its own unique flavour. The earthenware mould I bought in her shop in Alsace years ago is one of my most treasured possessions. I gently wipe it after each use and proudly display it in my kitchen.
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To make the pre-ferment, warm the milk to 26 to 32°C to activate the yeast. Place it in a stand mixer bowl and mix in the flour and yeast. Cover with a cloth or plastic wrap and set aside for about 20 minutes. While the pre-ferment is sitting, place the almonds in a small bowl and cover with boiling water. Set aside to soak. Once the pre-ferment is ready, fit the bowl on a stand mixer fitted with a dough-hook attachment. Add the flour, icing sugar, salt, eggs, orange-blossom water and orange zest and mix on low speed until all the ingredients are well incorporated. Still on low speed, gradually add the butter, a few cubes at a time. Once all the butter has been added, turn the mixer up to medium and
continue mixing until the dough is smooth, shiny, elastic and soft, and has pulled away from the sides of the bowl. This should take 5 to 10 minutes. Drain off any excess liquid from the raisins. Remove the bowl from the stand mixer and fold the raisins into the dough by hand. Cover and set aside to proof in a warm area for 1 to 1½ hours, until doubled in size. While the dough is proofing, prepare your kugelhopf mould. Brush the mould generously with softened butter, making sure to get it in all the grooves. Drain the almonds, dry them off with a paper towel, and place one in the bottom of each groove. Once proofed, transfer the dough to a clean surface and knead briefly to remove any air bubbles. Using the end of a rolling pin, make a hole in the centre of the dough. Place the dough ring into the mould, gently pressing it down into all the grooves.
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Fill a shallow pan or 9-by-13-inch baking dish with the hottest water you can get out of your tap (not boiling) and place it on the bottom surface of your oven. Place the kugelhopf on an oven rack and close the oven door. Let the kugelhopf proof in the oven for 1½ to 2 hours, until doubled in size. Try not to open the oven door for the first 45 minutes, as you want the steam to create a humid environment inside the oven. Once proofed, remove the pan of water and the kugelhopf from the oven. Arrange your oven racks so that the kugelhopf will sit in the centre of the oven with no rack above it (as it may puff up). Preheat your oven to 390°F, then put in the kugelhopf and immediately reduce the temperature to 350°F. Bake for 45 to 55 minutes (35 to 40 minutes if using a bundt pan), until the top is a dark golden brown. Let the kugelhopf rest for 15 minutes and unmould onto a cooling rack. If any of the almonds have detached, place them back in the grooves on top of the kugelhopf. Dust the top with icing sugar. Kugelhopf is best eaten the day it’s baked. It will keep for up to four days and makes excellent toast after the first day. Note: To add a bit more sweetness to your kugelhopf, you can brush it with simple syrup prior to dusting it with icing sugar (optional). While the kugelhopf is baking, make the syrup by placing the sugar and water in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil to dissolve the sugar. Remove from heat and add the orange-blossom water. Brush the still-warm kugelhopf with the syrup as soon as it is unmoulded.
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Merveilleux
Apple Leek Camembert Quiche
SERVES 10 TO 12. (SEE PHOTO ON PAGE 63)
The merveilleux, essentially two meringues sandwiched and encased with cream, has been around since the 18th century. It lends itself to a myriad flavour variations, and entire pastry shops in France are devoted to it. These little desserts are messy to eat, and although you can eat them with your hands—as I often do in Paris when I don’t want to wait until I get back to the hotel—I do recommend a plate and fork. The merveilleux is rolled around in a dry topping that sticks to the whipped cream. Any crushed nuts, chopped chocolate, shredded coconut, sprinkles, or even cake crumbs are great for this. (Note: Using good-quality chocolate for rolling your merveilleux makes all the difference. I use Valrhona chocolate that I finely chop myself. If you want an easier, more aesthetically pleasing option, you can always buy chocolate shavings from a grocery store, but you will be compromising on quality. You can also make your own chocolate shavings by using a vegetable peeler on a large block of chocolate, but again, it’s difficult to find good-quality chocolate in larger blocks.)
Meringues ⅓ cup dark chocolate chunks 90 g egg whites (about 3 large eggs) ⅔ cup sugar Pinch of salt 1 tsp vanilla extract or paste
Whipped cream 2 cups whipping cream ¼ cup icing sugar ½ tsp vanilla extract or paste
Assembly 1 cup good-quality dark chocolate, finely chopped
Turn the mixer up to medium-high and continue to whip until stiff, glossy peaks form. Add the vanilla and whip until just incorporated. By hand, gently fold in the melted chocolate, barely mixing it in. At this stage, it’s important to work quickly. Fill the prepared piping bag with the meringue. Pipe 12 3-inch circles onto a lined baking sheet, making sure to leave space between each one. Alternatively, use a spoon to drop dollops of meringue on the baking sheet, flattening them a bit with the back of a spoon. The final shape of your merveilleux will be less consistent, but they will be just as delicious. On the second lined baking sheet, pipe 12 taller meringue mounds, about the same width. The circles will be the bases and the mounds will be the tops. Bake for 1½ hours, or until firm and dry. Do not open the oven door in the first hour of baking. When done, turn off the oven and let the meringues cool completely inside. Place the whipping cream, icing sugar and vanilla in a stand mixer bowl. Using the whisk attachment, whip on medium-low speed until soft peaks begin to form. Turn the speed up to medium-high and whip until stiff peaks form. This process, which can take 5 to 10 minutes, builds small air bubbles in the whipped cream to give it good stability. Keeping a close eye on the cream, turn the speed up to high. Mix until the cream looks very thick and almost over-whipped, as if it’s on the verge of separating. It needs to be very stiff in order to hold its shape around the meringues. Be careful not to go too far or it will completely separate and turn to butter.
Equipment: You will need a stand mixer fitted with a whisk attachment, a paddle attachment, an instant-read digital thermometer, two baking sheets and a piping bag fitted with a large round tip (optional).
Place a large dollop of whipped cream on each meringue base. Top with the taller meringues and push down gently but firmly so a bit of cream comes out the sides.
Line the two baking sheets with parchment paper and set up your piping bag so it’s ready to be filled (if using). Preheat your oven to 200°F.
Hold each meringue by the base. Using an offset spatula or a butter knife, generously ice the meringues with the remaining whipped cream, working from bottom to top and making sure that each meringue is entirely covered.
Slowly melt the chocolate over a double boiler or in a microwave on half power. Set aside. In a stand mixer bowl fitted over a double boiler, heat the egg whites, sugar and salt over medium heat, whisking often, until the mixture reaches 128°F. Remove from heat, fit the bowl to your stand mixer and, using the whisk attachment, whip on medium-low speed until soft peaks start to form.
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Roll each covered meringue around in the finely chopped chocolate to coat well. Transfer the merveilleux to individual serving plates or small bowls and serve immediately. Before they are iced, meringues will keep well sealed at room temperature for up to a week. Once assembled, merveilleux are best served immediately, but they can be kept in the refrigerator for up to four hours.
MAKES ONE 9-INCH DEEP-DISH QUICHE. (SEE PHOTO ON PAGE 64)
Be sure to use French cider in this recipe for the best results; it is common in North American liquor stores and quite affordable. It tends to be a bit on the drier side and has a particular taste profile different from North American ciders. 1 blind-baked pie shell (deep-dish) 1 leek, cleaned, white part only, thinly sliced 1 tbsp unsalted butter ½ cup French cider 1 apple, peeled, cored and sliced about ½-cm thick 2 tbsp all-purpose flour 1 tsp salt ½ tsp ground black pepper 3 large eggs 2¼ cups whipping cream ½ cup whole milk 1 cup diced camembert or pont-l’évêque cheese, diced in 2-cm cubes Equipment: This recipe is designed for a 9-inch deep-dish pie plate. If you’re using a regular pie plate, you may have some extra filling. Preheat your oven to 375°F. In a saucepan over medium-low heat, gently cook the leek in the butter until dark brown and well caramelized, stirring occasionally. This may take up to 10 minutes. Once the leek is caramelized, add the cider, making sure to scrape the bottom of the saucepan well. Continue to cook until the majority of the cider has evaporated. Remove from heat, stir in the sliced apples and set aside. In a bowl, combine the flour, salt and pepper. Add the eggs and whisk well, until most of the lumps have disappeared. Add the whipping cream and milk and whisk until well combined. Pour the custard into the blind-baked pie shell, filling to three-quarters full. Sprinkle the leeks, apples and cheese cubes over the custard. Bake for 45 to 55 minutes, until the centre is just set (add 10 minutes if you’re using a ceramic pie plate). If the outside of the crust starts to look dark during baking, cover the quiche with foil. This quiche is best served warm out of the oven. It will keep in the refrigerator for up to three days. Briefly reheat it in the oven before serving. Makes one 9-inch deep-dish quiche. Excerpted from Duchess at Home by Giselle Courteau. Text copyright © 2019 Giselle Courteau. Design and Photography © 2019 Sarah Hervieux. Published by Appetite by Random House®, a division of Penguin Random House Canada Limited. Reproduced by arrangement with the Publisher. All rights reserved.
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Designophiles may want to spend more time cozying up in this Kadenwood “cabin” in Whistler than on the slopes. Designed by Openspace Architecture, the home is kitted out with a Poliform kitchen, a Minotti sofa, a womb chair in the study, an iconic B&B Italia “Serie 2000” chair in the media room— and 270-degree floor-to-ceiling views from the master bed. Skiing? Who’s got time for that? airbnb.ca/luxury/listing/28639235
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Vail Resorts moved one step closer to helping Skynet take over with Emma, the new artificial intelligence app that has the ability to answer guests’ questions in real time through SMS text. In addition to lift line info, she can help with real-time grooming reports or even a good place to chow down at lunch. A massive time-saver for those wanting to maximize the schuss.
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Looking through Breckenridge Resort’s website, it takes a while to figure out what its new Gravity Haus is. Is it a WeWork space? A backcountry tour specialist? A yoga studio? It turns out it’s all of the above, but mostly it’s a slickly designed eco-conscious hotel at the base of the Peak 9 Chair. But on days when the lifts are down, it’s those other things, too. gravityhaus.com
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The View of Angels
The vista from Heavenly Mountain Resort may be the best in the business. And the skiing? It's even better.
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Writer Neal McLennan heads to Lake Tahoe, where he first learned to ski, to see what the famed area has been up to all these years.
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It’s the sort of name a ski resort wouldn’t use nowadays, fearful that it would promote violence among children or express tacit support for the NRA. But it was on this run, a crazed vertical scar right down the face of Lake Tahoe’s Heavenly Valley, that I learned to ski many winters ago. This wasn’t one of those sweet “the kid could ski before he could walk” scenarios. I was, embarrassingly, already in Grade 5 and my father, far from being there by my side, was in the main lodge, revelling in a new discovery of his—a local cocktail called the Hot Apple Pie. The task of teaching me the ropes fell to my two mucholder brothers, both expert skiers, whose Dead Poets Society moment was skiing wherever they wanted as fast as they wanted and telling me to catch up. “O Captain! My Captain!” this was not. This was Gunbarrel. On my return I start up the Stagecoach lift up the backside of Heavenly far from Gunbarrel, but even as a full-grown man, I am full of trepidation. Not that Gunbarrel will continue to bedevil me, but that I might discover my memory is overly tinged with the fog of nostalgia, and that Gunbarrel, far from being the Great White Whale of skiing, is simply another ho-hum mogul run. But as I amble up to the run’s
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start, my fear dissipates at the sight of a huge red-sign caution: EXPERTS ONLY. Then I look down the run—1,700 vertical feet of what appears to be snow-covered Volkswagens, the lift and the tram flanking either side for maximum viewing capacity—and a more practical fear starts to creep back in as it dawns on me that my knees ain’t in Grade 5 anymore. Truthfully, my entire return to Tahoe is inflected with worries that the modern-day reality can’t possibly live up to the memory of the greatest ski trip my family ever took. To be fair, it was the only ski trip my family ever took, in large part because my dad didn’t love skiing. In fact, after polishing off a number of the aforementioned Hot Apple Pies, he hopped on the chairlift and took it down the mountain, never making a single turn. A downloader. But we were all in a big house on the water; nights involved
seeing Boz Scaggs in concert, feeding the ducks on the lake and the adults heading to the casinos of South Lake Tahoe. It’s these magical memories that I’m holding onto halfway down Gunbarrel with my legs barking and my lungs desperately sucking air. To extend one break, I regale my skiing pals with stories of the view. Normally, we’d be enjoying the full expanse of the lake in what has to be the most beautiful vista in all of skiing, but today there’s a big storm blowing in, so we can’t see much of anything. “But,” I say between hard breaths, “it’s amazing.” Once at the bottom, we have the option of skiing it nine more times and thus qualifying for the Bumpy Ridge Badge, awarded to those who conquer Gunbarrel 10 times in one day. (I consider asking what you get for conquering it twice in 30 years, but think better of it.) But the storm keeps moving in, so we opt to spend our last few runs in the trees,
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What a Dump
where the visibility is better and the snow wonderfully soft. By 3 p.m. the snow keeps pressing, so we heed the call of Tahoe’s legendary après ski scene and, while there’s no Boz Scaggs (the “Lido Shuffle” singer is now 75 and a winemaker in Napa), we do end up behind a false cooler door in a nondescript delicatessen, drinking with eight different nationalities in a tiny speakeasy while a boyfriend/girlfriend duet plays on an even tinier stage. Tahoe, you still got it. The next day we head to Northstar, a resort that was barely on my radar the first go-around, but that has seen some of the largest capital upgrades of any resort in the U.S. over the past decade. It’s on the north end of the lake from Heavenly, and what’s normally a picturesque hourlong drive along the shore turns into a slow-moving affair in conditions that are nearing white-out. By midday we limp in, knuckles in varying degrees of white, but there’s something about a slope-side Ritz-Carlton that causes the shoulders to relax ever so peacefully. It’s an early dinner around the roaring fireplace so we can hit first tracks in the a.m. “The hill’s closed.”
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Three terrible words that derail our early morning plans for greatness. We fire off probing questions to anyone with a name tag. Turns out, the cause for concern that has shut the mountain is not the massive amounts of snow, but a series (as in hundreds) of lightning strikes in the area. (The concern is quite legitimate, given the number of huge metal poles sticking out of the ground at the average ski resort.) So, we hurry up and wait. And wait. By 1 p.m., it’s clear that the day is a wash, so some saviour orders a bottle of Dom Pérignon, and then another, which we enjoy with an epic seafood lunch. We’re snowbound, like Jack Nicholson in The Shining except with more Champagne and fewer creepy twins. But in the midst of this well-appointed pity party comes some selfishly wonderful news. The hill will be open tomorrow and the ongoing insane snow dump has closed all roads to Northstar until at least midday tomorrow. So we’ll have the hill to ourselves. Well, cheers to that. Sometimes good things happen to good people. That’s what I’m thinking as I open the curtains to a bluebird day the next morning. A quick coffee and muffin and we’re out clicking into our bindings. There are only a few dozen
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Tahoe has long been legendary for the storms that blow off the Pacific and deposit epic amounts of the white stuff on the area's mountains. But even in that reality, last year's dump was an entirely different breed of crazy. As in crazy good.
1 hotel residents milling about—hundreds of skiers with weekend reservations are waiting at road-closed signs on both the Nevada and California approaches to the hill—and we’re all laughing at the difficulty of doing anything in the deep snow. Finally strapped in, we pole toward the green run that takes us down to the Comstock Express lift. But, nothing. The snow’s so deep that on this modest slope, we’re not moving. We ultimately have to lean way back on our skis to gather any momentum. We’re giddy as we ride the lift up, looking at the fields of untouched powder in every conceivable direction. We’re in heaven. We spy a pristine black diamond called Springboard as our jumping-off point into the deep stuff. Taking a groomed run down to its entrance, we pause for a moment of reverie at the massive amount of snow we’re about to jump into. We deserve this, I think to myself as I push off into absolute mayhem. You know when people come into the lodge and say they found a run with waistdeep powder? Those people are liars—and
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“ Truthfully, my entire return to Tahoe is inflected with worries that the modern-day reality can’t possibly live up to the memory of the greatest ski trip my family ever took. ” I can say this confidently, given what happens on Springboard. One turn in and the snow is so deep that any other turn becomes impossible. One of our group, an exceptionally accomplished snowboarder, makes it 10 feet down the run before putting the brakes on and climbing back to safety in snow that actually is waist deep. The rest of us are literally in too deep, and we resort to leaning back and pointing our tips dead straight in order to not sink—on a black diamond. We congregate two-thirds of the way down to nervously giggle and figure out how the hell we’re going to get off the run—it flattens out at the bottom, and there is zero chance we can get up enough speed to make it out. My pole, all 135
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Shore Enough
This aerial shot of Heavenly shows not only two states (Nevada and California) but also the variety of terrain the mountain has. And the views that are renowned throughout the ski world.
centimetres of it, is up to the handle when I test the snow. For the first time, it dawns on me that the Donner Party had been stranded not very far from here. Okay, then. Between the four of us, we collectively have more than a century of skiing under our belts, and none of us has ever seen conditions so deep. No one is quite panicking, but we are thinking very hard about what to do. And then an angel appears, in the form of a ski patroller who schusses down the outside of the run in a pair of massively fat powder skis, waving as he passes us. His ski tracks are our salvation. One by one, we pole our way to those two lines of freedom, and ride them back to the groomed run. Safe and sound, we immediately ski to the bottom and hightail it to the nearest rental shop: “We want the fattest skis you have.” Properly outfitted, the rest of the day at Northstar unfolds like a dream. I’ve been heli-skiing twice, cat skiing once and I’ve never experienced snow conditions as deep. And there are so few of us on the hill that it never gets skied out. It there ever was a day to inspire poetry—we
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few, we happy few, we band of brothers—this is it. But we don’t venture back to Springboard. We pass it each ride up the chair, tracing the minor drama that unfolded in our ski tracks (still the only ones, even by the end of the day) and counting ourselves lucky that our day didn’t consist of a three-hour on-piste hike out in waist-deep snow. The next day, the roads are open and we leave at noon, late enough for a few runs before heading to the airport in Reno. By any stretch, the conditions are still legendary, but with the crowds and no new snow they’re a good definition of sloppy seconds. So, after a few turns and a few stories told to those in the lift line about what they missed yesterday, we call it a day. Driving to the airport in Reno, I have some time to recollect on my good fortune. They say you’re never supposed to meet your childhood heroes, but my reunion with Gunbarrel had been near perfect. In fact, all my rosy memories stood up swimmingly to modern reality... and I have a new memory to add. Springboard.
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Travis Hanks and Shirley Shen, Haeccity Studio Architecture
When a pair of scholars decided it was time to leave their Richmond home of 40-plus years for a space where they could comfortably enjoy their retirement, they didn’t have to look much further than a lot down the block. “For them, the project was about finding something that would allow them to age in place and create a home base for their children and grandchildren to come back to,” says Haeccity Studio Architecture principal Travis Hanks. “It was also going to be a house that integrated ideas from classical Chinese architecture, as that was relevant to their cultural background.” The office sums the design concept up perfectly: the sleek, modern built-in cabinetry and work space provide an elegant backdrop for a collection of Chinese art and antiques.
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