langmeil winery at the glass monkey
Enjoy five courses with five wines at the next Monkey Business Dinner at the Glass Monkey (5842 111 Street, 780-760-2228), 6pm Tuesday, September 13, featuring Australia’s Langmeil Winery. Meet owner James Lindner at the dinner to learn about why these wines are special. The Lindner’s are stewards of spectacular old vine Shiraz, some of the oldest in the Barossa, as well as cooler climate sites in Eden Valley. This promises to be great evening. Tix: $109/++.
oktoberfest in turner valley at fahr brewery
Don’t miss the second annual celebration of all things German and beer at Fahr Brewery (123 Kennedy Drive SE, Turner Valley). Enjoy great beer, live tunes and traditional German food by Bragg’s Korner Kitchen and Black Diamond’s Kaiser’s Cakery. And, there is a shuttle from Calgary! Proceeds to the Canadian Mental Health Association. Tix: $27.35.
taste the veneto in st albert at 19’s taste of italy dinner
Enjoy four courses with five wines from the Tommasi Family, 6pm, Tuesday, September 27 at XIX Nineteen St Albert, (104 150 Bellerose Drive, 780-569-1819). Tix: $169++
tomato top100: woodshed’s woodshed burger
Now, that’s a burger— Nonay beef, Irving’s bacon and their own tomato jam. Woo hoo! Available on a gluten-free bun too.
recipe of the week: awn kitchen’s squash tart
This delicious tart by Kaelin Whittaker is easy and versatile. Make with squash or zucchini, or tomatoes, whatever you have from your garden or the farmers’ market.
