sunday supper club chardy party at the marc
Chardonnay-drinking buddies and friends of the Marc Michelle Baldock and Tara Smith (Hicks Fine Wines) offer a terrific five-course menu with five lovely wines, including a fine Chablis and Champagne. Join them at the next Sunday Supper Club, 6pm, August 21. Tix: $155 all in, call 780-429-2827, or email info@themarc.ca.
like beer? like the zoo? check out zoobrew
Visit the Valley Zoo on a summer evening and enjoy a local beverage. Plus: food trucks, live music, 20 local breweries including Odd Company, Alley Kat and Blindman, and nine distillers, wineries and cideries. Global Edmonton’s 5th annual Zoobrew starts at 5pm, Friday August 19 at the Valley Zoo (13315 Buena Vista Road). Funds raised go to support animal conservation and zoo programming. Tix, $27+.
beef-etta night at hayloft steak & fish
Enjoy a night devoted to the excellent Nonay beef with sides and desserts, 6pm, Tuesday, August 23, at Hayloft (639 Cameron Heights Drive, robertspencerhosp.com/hayloft). Tix: $90+.
taste cheese with fleur jaune at breadlove
BreadLove (46C St Michael Street, St Albert) hosts local cheesemaker Aditya Raghaven (Fleur Jaune) 7pm, Friday, August 26. Tix, $70+, includes over 15 cheeses and wine.
recipe of the week: grilled peaches with burrata
The peaches at the farmers markets right now are fantastic—ripe and juicy, ideal for grilling and serving in a savoury way. This recipe is infinitely customizable, use nectaries and a blue cheese such as Bleu l’Ermite or Gorgonzola instead, for example. Click here for the recipe.
tomato top100: lone pine’s earl grey gin
Make the most delicious G&T with this inspired spirit — the bergamot makes for a really fine cocktail.
