la petite iza opens tonight
The eagerly awaited third floor at Eleanor et Laurent, an intimate bistro called La Petite Iza, opens tonight. The kitchen, helmed by chefs Shaun Hicks, Fillipe Lament and James Gauthier, is turning out delicious bistro classics—onion soup, mussels in a tarragon cream sauce, steak frites, duck confit, along with beautiful desserts by Ilynna Lam and pastry exec chef James Holehouse. The room is exquisite, with an Art Nouveau look and tables placed far apart, best to make a reso. Come for an aperitif, a glass of Champagne and some really delicious food, Wednesday-Sunday, 5pm-10pm for now. The entrance to La Petite Iza is around the back and up the stairs, 10926 88 Avenue, 780-988-0897, eleanorandlaurent.com.
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the butchery opens november 18
The Butchery opens today! Rustic and modern, airy and welcoming, RGE RD’s sister business is looking good. “Think of it as a retail butcher shop,” says Blair Lebsack, exec chef and co-owner along with his partner Caitlin. “We work with a lot of great local suppliers—Jeff Nonay, Nature’s Green Acres, Adrian Hykaway of Tandria Dexter, Red Tail Farm. Four Whistle Farm will supply the turkeys and ducks, all the fowl. We’ll have roasts, ground meats and weekday steak (not necessarily rib eyes only), turkeys, duck, ground pork. And we age our meat.” It’s not just a butcher shop. There will be RGE RD’s loaves direct from the wood oven, pâtés and terrines, frozen meat pies and empanadas and local gourmet dry goods. “We started in 2013 with 1700 square feet. Now we’re over 8000 square feet,” says Caitlin. “We’re invested.” Visit The Butchery, next door to RGE RD, 10643 123 Street, closed Sunday and Monday.
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need a new knife?
Now is the time to get it, during Knifewear’s garage sale. Check it out online or in store at 10820 82 Avenue, 587-521-2034, Monday-Sunday, 10am-6pm.
biera pop up holiday market opens November 19
Check out the Biera pop-up holiday shop starting tomorrow. Find holiday kits to make delicious things at home (fondue, mulled wine tartiflette, apple cider); Biera condiments (apple serrano hot sauce, rosehip sambal, fermented beer honey); Blind Enthusiasm Brewery Company’s beers (bottle-conditioned lagers to barrel-fermented ales); a cheese bar and brewery merch. The Holiday Market also features terrific goods from local businesses—Meuwly’s charcuterie, wines from the Garneau Block agency, JACEK Chocolate, apparel from Flannel Foxes and cards by Homework Letterpress Studio. Find Biera’s pop-up shop in the Ritchie Market’s Bottle Room, near Transcend Coffee, 9570 76 Avenue, Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, 11am-7pm; Saturday 10am-7pm. Closed Monday and Tuesday.
come nosh this saturday
Over 50 local food artisans gather at the Nosh Food Fest in Sherwood Park. Find cookies and candy, jams and jellies, kombucha makers, distilleries, fruit wineries and coffee, bread and pastry, ice cream, savoury foods, comestibles, you name it, all made locally. All safety protocols in place, from 10am-5pm, Saturday, November 21, the Agora, 401 Festival Lane, Sherwood Park.
monkey businesss with yalumba winery at the glass monkey
The next Monkey Business: Food & Wine Dinner is on Tuesday, November 24, at 6:30pm, featuring Australia’s Barossa Valley icon, Yalumba Winery. Enjoy six wines with five courses with Louisa Rose, head of winemaking and Jessica Hill-Smith, sixth-generation Yalumbian, joining in on screen from Australia. There are tables for four or six guests available, following all current Covid-19 protocol from Alberta Health Services. Tix: $89++, call Janine 780-760-2228.
take part in the meals on wheels gift service
The holidays can be lonely. Meals on Wheels wants everyone to feel special this Christmas, with no senior forgotten. You can help by dropping off new gifts or gift cards for seniors and isolated Edmontonians by December 11. Visit here for all the info.
bison by liana
Our chef pal Liana Robberecht is creating some really delicious bison recipes with Noble Premium Bison. Here she uses parsnip to bring Prairie flavour to Middle Eastern koftas. Find the recipe for bison parsnip koftas here.
