garden party at workshop eatery
Chef Paul Shufelt’s Workshop Eatery (780-705-2205, 2003 91 Street, https://theworkshopeatery.com) is hosting a Garden Party on Thursday, August 16. Enjoy four courses of uber-fresh produce from Workshop’s own garden and August Organics, along with Jeff Nonay’s (Lakeside Dairy) Holstein/Wagyu beef. Proceeds to the Canadian Culinary Fund. Tix $100/p, https://www.eventbrite.ca
wild mushroom exposition in the city of champignons
Love mushrooms? Don’t miss the Wild Mushroom Exposition hosted by the Alberta Mycological Society and the University of Alberta Botanical Gardens, Sunday, August 19. Learn how to forage, identify the edible (vs the poisonous) mushrooms and how to cook them. Visit https://botanicgarden.ualberta.ca/bg-events for more info and directions.
viva italia viva edmonton!
Get ready for the ninth Viva Italia Viva Edmonton Festival The action starts at noon on Sunday, August 26. The event, put on by the Italian Youth Association of Edmonton, is always lively and delicious. Enjoy the cooking demos and food samples at Cucina Vive with exec chef Dione Harwood of Vaticano Cucina; soccer and bocce tournaments; live music and dance performances and a pasta eating contest. In Giovani Caboto Park, across from the Italian Centre Shop. For more info, visit: http://www.agie.ca/vive.
chef daniel costa’s spaghetti with raw tomatoes, basil and pecorino
With tomatoes looking so good right now we could eat them three times a day. And what better way to have them for dinner than in a fresh tomato pasta? It’s so good and so easy. https://thetomato.ca/tomatoquarantwo/2017-july-august/tomato-recipes
