meals on wheels 50/50 by october 30
Edmonton Strathcona Rotary Club is hosting an online 50/50 cash raffle for Edmonton Meals on Wheels. Tickets support the subsidized meal programs that so many low-income, senior, homebound, disabled and isolated Edmontonians rely on. Buy your ticket by October 31, draw date is November 6. Tix: rafflebox.ca.
swine and dine at workshop
Chef Paul Shufelt and chef Andrew Cowan make a contest out of bacon desserts every year at the Bacon Day Dinner fundraiser. This year it’s a bit different, the two will be going head to head in a special dessert off. Guests invited to try each chef’s respective desserts at either Woodshed or Northern Chicken from October 26-October 31. As well, Woodshed is offering a special Swine and Dine menu featuring Alberta pork at both locations, October 26 -31. Try pulled pork poutine ($11) with barbecued pork, smoked cheese curds, fresh-cut fries and gravy, or the squealer burger ($14) with Irvings bacon, bourbon-braised onions, lettuce, bread and butter on a Bon Ton Bakery bun.
monkey business food & wine virtual winemaker’s dinner
The Glass Monkey (5842 111 Street, http://www.theglassmonkey.ca/) is having a Spanish-themed winemaker’s dinner featuring the Rioja wines of Compañia Vinicola del Norte de España (CVNE). Enjoy six wines paired with five courses for tables of up to six guests on Tuesday, November 3, starting at 6:30pm. CVNE’s export director, Toni Batet, will be joining electronically to walk dinner guests through these delicious wines. Tix: $89++, call 780-760-2228.
fresh Italian cheeses are back, yaay!
Fresh burrata, bufala ricotta, and mozzarella di bufala from Campania are back in stock at the Italian Centre Shops. With production disrupted and flights cancelled due to Covid, it’s been several months since we have seen these specialty fresh cheeses in the dairy cooler. Nothing tastes quite like them—this is the next best thing to being there.
it takes a cookie
Sweetness Bakery co-founders Kristy and Chris Goodrow saw that Covid was taking a toll on the mental health of their three kids. They also discovered that demand for services at Kids Help Phone was up an astronomical 350 per cent since the pandemic first hit. They decided they could help. They created a cookie colouring kit: sugar cookies featuring kid-friendly designs and motivational sayings by local artist Justine Ma. The idea is for kids to colour the cookies during playtime, when they might open up about how they are feeling, then devour the cookies right after. Here’s how you can help. The cost for 10 cookies and markers is $39.95, with $15 directly going to Kids Help Phone. Already have the edible ink markers? Purchase just the cookie set for $27 (and $15 still goes to Kids Help Phone). Available until Remembrance Day. Visit by bysweetness.com for more info and to buy cookie kits.
