biera is open for lunch now
Enjoy lunch at Biera (9570 76 Avenue, 587-525-8589, biera.ca) from Wednesday to Sunday. New hours for the restaurant in the Ritchie Market, helmed by chef Christine Sandford, are Tuesday, open for dinner only, Wednesday to Saturday 11:30am–11pm and Sundays from 11:30am–4pm. We can’t wait to try these Fogo Island crab rolls.
courtesy Biera
wednesday dinners at kitchen by brad
Kitchen by Brad’s (#101, 10130–105 Street, 780.757-7704, kitchenbybrad.ca) Baba’s Cooking Classes are sold-out, but you can look forward to Kitchen Dinners on Wednesdays, starting tonight! Expect three delicious courses for $35++. Book here.
winter/spring sced is up at the ruby apron
Alas, many classes are sold out. But, if you want to learn how to make sourdough these dates are still open: Intro to Sourdough on May 28, June 9, 11 and 18. As well, there is a Lamb Class with Haywire Farms on April 3; Easter Brunch on April 5; French Bread Workshop on April 15 and the Italian Bread Workshop on April 16. Visit therubyapron.ca to register.
heart of the home at the warehouse sale this weekend
The Now or Never Pop up Sale at the MGC Boutique warehouse (9908 71 Avenue) is on this weekend. Find lots of deals on kitchen and housewares and on kids, golf and ladies wear. The vendors are collecting coats for the homeless, please bring your laundered, gently worn jackets for donation.
warm up at the deep freeze with music and food
Taste lots of delish traditional Ukrainian (borscht, nalysynky, pampushky) and French Canadian foods (pea soup, fèves au lard, tarte au sucre) and lots of music and performances at several sites at the Deep Freeze: a Byzantine Winter Festival, this weekend along 118 Avenue. And yes, there will be tourtière, and, slow-roasted pork on a bun at Tom Fool’s Ice Kingdom. Also, jam can curling, luge, tobogganing and belly dance. Can’t beat that! Visit deepfreezefest.ca for menus, parking, and the schedule.
dinners with peter jackson
Peter Jackson, the original owner of Jack’s Grill, now grows Pinot Noir and Chardonnay in the Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia. Peter will be the special guest at a Monkey Business Dinner at The Glass Monkey (5842 111 Street, 780-760-2228, theglassmonkey.ca) on Wednesday, January 15 (possibly January 16 too). Owner Rob Filipchuk is hoping to pull together members of the Jack’s Grill kitchen at those dinners. To book: call 780-760-2228 or email Janine@theglassmonkey.ca.
Peter will be pouring the Lightfoot & Wolfville biodynamic wines at The Marc’s Sunday Supper Club (9940 106 Street, 780-429-2828, themarc.ca) on Sunday, January 19. As many outstanding chefs on the Edmonton scene spent their formative years in the Jack’s Grill kitchen; “our kitchen is surely looking forward to hosting someone who continues to be an inspiration to their professional lives,” says the Marc’s owner Patrick Saurette. Call 429-2828 to book.
