Essential Calgary Magazine 2018 | Page 55

Have you ever eaten a perfect steak? A steak that lingers in your memory for years after it’s gone, popping into your head with a sense of bittersweet longing whenever your stomach rumbles? Whether you’ve yet to enjoy that extraordinary dining experience or have had the pleasure and are now chasing the dragon, you’ve come to the right place. Cattle thrive on Alberta’s wind- swept plains, growing fat on the grains and grasses that blanket the land in abundance. It’s not just the environment that creates the famed Alberta beef, though—small ranches take great pride in their work, humanely raising their calves on their mother’s milk and without growth hormones to create the best possible taste and quality of meat. The Perfect Steak A true taste of Alberta’s terroir comes not from vineyards, but from cattle ranches by rachael frey “There’s certain things tha