Three Kitchens Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Happy Friday Speakeasy Listeners! This week we've got a bright and delicious drink that will complement your next brunch date! This Mocktail made Cocktail (if you prefer) has simple ingredients that will wake you up and get your appetite going! Mix together: 1/2 oz lemon juice 2/3 oz maple syrup 1/2 tsp grated ginger 1/8 tsp turmeric powder 1/2 cup grapefruit juice 1 oz gin o...

Send us Fan Mail At Three Kitchens Podcast, we're slowly creeping into Spring here in the Northern Hemisphere, and that makes us dream of getting our hands in the dirt and growing something! That's right, we're talking about gardening. There's nothing quite so satisfying as growing your own food, even if it's a pot of herbs on your kitchen windowsill. To teach us a thing o...

Send us Fan Mail This week on the Speakeasy bonus episode, Sarah tells us about the book, Entertaining is Fun: How to Be A Popular Hostess by Dorothy Draper, and mixes us a fruity cocktail perfect for a party. Mango Martini 1 oz frozen mango purée 1 oz fresh squeezed lime juice 1.5 oz grand marnier liqueur 1.5 oz dry gin Next time you host a gathering, mix up a few of these and your party will be...

Send us Fan Mail Hot Cross Buns are a classic treat, traditionally baked at Easter. You can find lots of variations out there (chocolate hot cross buns, anyone?), but for this episode, Heather is baking a classic hot cross bun with mixed peel and raisins.  A hot cross bun is a spiced sweet bun usually made with fruit, marked with a cross on the top, and has been traditionally eaten during Easter c...

Send us Fan Mail It's St. Patrick's day, folks! To celebrate, we've got a green milk punch for you to try.  Milk punch is a milk-based brandy or bourbon beverage. It is made with milk, the spirit, sugar and vanilla extract, served cold. Erin mixed ours with coconut milk (because of dairy sensitivities) and added a little green food colouring for our March 17 celebration. In a jar or...

Send us Fan Mail This week we dive into the adventure of baking sourdough, from creating our own starter to baking a loaf of bread. To help guide us, we've invited Larry Harris to the show. Larry is a self-taught baker who has mastered the art of sourdough through careful study and much trial and error - arguably the only way to learn to bake sourdough!  Larry was also on the CBC show, The Gr...

Send us Fan Mail Heather's stumbled onto a delicious combination of pineapple juice, amaretto and bourbon.  This cocktail transports you to the tropical setting of your dreams. Just mix it up and close your eyes and you can be on that white sandy beach! Shake with ice: 2 oz bourbon 1/2 oz amaretto liqueur 1/2 oz fresh lemon juice 3 oz pineapple juice Cheers!  Episode Links ~~~~ ~ Pineapple Ex...

Send us Fan Mail This week on the podcast, Erin caves to curiosity and buys kumquats - a fruit she had never eaten before. She decided to bake a cake with them, and it ended up being one of our favourite cakes ever. Kumquats for the win!  Kumquats are about the size of a grape, but pack an amazing sweet-tart citrus flavour punch. You eat them whole (but watch for seeds), and in this cake recipe, t...

Send us Fan Mail This week we try a refreshing and sophisticated iced tea, spirited for adults with the addition of gin. Erin calls it a Lavender Tea Cocktail.  Here's how you make it:  4 oz cold brewed  tea  1 oz gin 1 oz lavender honey syrup 1/4 oz lemon juice Mix together ingredients and serve over ice. Garnish with a fresh lemon. Episode Links ~~~~ ~ Lavender Tea Cocktail ~~~~   Three Kit...

Send us Fan Mail When you think food in Alberta, Canada, beef usually comes to mind. In fact, you don't need to drive far in this province to spot a bumper sticker, proudly proclaiming I ❤️ Alberta Beef.  This week, we welcome a special guest, Charlotte Wasylik from Chatsworth Farm, located outside of Vermilion, Alberta, to chat all about beef.  Charlotte teaches us about her experience of li...

Send us Fan Mail This week on Speakeasy, we're taking jell-o shots to the next level! You can impress your party guests - or be the most popular guest yourself when you walk through the door with a tray of these beauties!  Begin by hollowing out half a naval orange. Mix your drink with gelatin and pop it in the fridge to set. Then slice your beautiful up-scale jell-o shots!  For these shots,...

Send us Fan Mail Heather welcomes her sisters, Diane Roberts and Gina Thomsen, as her co-hosts on this episode! Heather's plan for an "easy" cabbage roll recipe took a couple of wrong turns and then a nose dive - first with Gina's admission that she can't easily digest cabbage (uh-oh, queue a substitution and hope for the best), and then when the recipe itself actually was...

Send us Fan Mail This week, we're trying the drink that Tom Hanks stumbled upon quite accidentally and named Diet Cokagne. As the story goes, Tom Hanks agreed to have a bit of Champagne in his Diet Coke glass  and was pleasantly surprised with the concoction. Diet Coke and Champagne sounds like an unlikely combination, but we happen to agree with Tom. It's surprisingly good. We hope you...

Send us Fan Mail This week on Three Kitchens Podcast, Heather tries out a couple of different desserts in the Instant Pot pressure cooker: a Chinese New Year Cake, and a French Clafoutis custard tart. Let's start with the Chinese New Years Cake, or Nian Gao. It is a sweet glutinous sticky rice cake that is enjoyed year round, but often is a must-have during Chinese New Year, as the name means...

Send us Fan Mail If you listened to our last regular episode (Valentine's cocktails with guest, Natalie Migliarini from Beautiful Booze), you'll have heard about this drink. It's the Old Fashioned Valentine. It's rich and boozy and pairs perfectly with a salted chocolate truffle. We enjoyed it so much, we wanted to mix one up for Sarah.  You cannot go wrong serving up one of th...

Send us Fan Mail With Valentine's Day around the corner, Erin and Heather are talking with guest Natalie Migliarini about cocktails you can make at home for your special someone - or just for yourself! Natalie is the creator of Beautiful Booze, an Instagram account all about creating beautiful and delicious cocktails at home. She's been teaching people fun cocktail recipes since before I...

Send us Fan Mail This week on Three Kitchens Podcast's bonus Speakeasy episode, Sarah's on a joyful journey of trying new things. The Ouzo in this drink is not her favourite (or Heather's either) but they're both willing to give it a try.  Its bright and refreshing and if you've got a love for fennel, anise and everything licorice, this drink is a must to add to your summe...

Send us Fan Mail On Three Kitchens Podcast this week, Erin goes down memory lane to when she and her family spent time in Argentina. While there, they discovered a delightful little sandwich cookie called alfajor. Alfajores are melt-in-your-mouth shortbread-like cookies typically made with dulche de leche filling. They're sometimes rolled in coconut or covered in a dry meringue. Erin also fil...

Send us Fan Mail This week's Speakeasy episode was the last recording session on a fun New Year's Eve and, well, it shows. We drink an Irish Redhead cocktail made with bourbon, grenadine, lemon and lime juices, and soda. It's a brightly-coloured, sweeter bourbon drink and we quite enjoyed it. Conversation goes far off topic, as usual. For example, did you know Mark Twain was quoted...

Send us Fan Mail In this Three Kitchens Podcast episode, we chat with Katharine MacPhail, architect and host of the podcast, Talking Home Renovations with the House Maven. We chat about our home kitchens - what we like and what we don't like, and what we'd choose if we had all the space and money in the world to build a dream kitchen. We picked Katharine's brain about kitchen trends...

Send us Fan Mail It's our 100th Episode! To celebrate, Erin has served up a cocktail she's calling a Whiskey One Hundred. It's made with whiskey or bourbon, ginger beer and a special honey lime ice cube. If you don't care for ginger beer, you could use ginger ale (it is much sweeter and less spicy). We really loved this drink!  And we want to thank you so very much for tuning i...

Send us Fan Mail This week on Three Kitchens Podcast, Heather introduces Erin to one of her favourite recipes, Chinese Lion's Head Pork Meatballs. And as a bonus, she makes her own version of a sausage roll with the pork and a little mustard sauce on the side.  This episode happens to be timely with Chinese New Year just around the corner, we asked a friend, Jennie Chan, to share her family&a...

Send us Fan Mail This week, Sarah is taking us on a trip to France with a French Drink and a French accent. And joining her are her two co-hosts who add in their own terrible pronunciations of French words which gets all three of us laughing. But this drink is easy and simple to sip along with. A Kir Royale is a berry liqueur with a sparkling white wine. And you can easily substitute the liqueur w...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of Three Kitchens Podcast, Erin and Heather welcome their very first guest host! Our friend, Erin Patching, takes the third mic to weigh in on two recipes - Falafel and Kohlrabi Salad. Erin P's family's dietary requirements inspired Erin W. to try recipes that are gluten and egg-free (if you're already confused by the two Erins, well, welcome to Heat...

Send us Fan Mail This Speakeasy episode brings you a Paloma - a grapefruit and tequila cocktail that we just love. Erin's version has lime juice and tarragon simple syrup as well.  It's delicious and refreshing, and went down just a little too easy. It would also be a delightful mocktail if you want to leave out the alcohol. Cheers, friends!  Episode Links ~~~~ ~ Paloma Recipe ~~~~ BONUS...