get downtown for downtown spark
Explore whimsical art installations and enjoy dance parties, concerts and family activities from May 25 to June 4 at Downtown Spark, the downtown-wide celebration of art and community. It looks colourful and joyous, interactive, fun. Every day is something different—May 25 has a guided scooter tour of the art installations and tacos by El Mero in Alex Decoteau Park. Check it out!
it’s not too late for a sundog farm box
James and Jenny Berkenbosch of Sundog Farm have opened up a few more spots in their Farm Box program (three sizes ranging from $29-$52 per week). And, there is a $25 voucher for anyone signing up by May 31. What we love about the Sundog box is the bountiful variety of veg, ability to customize each week or reschedule if required. Getting your veg every week is easy, with eight pick-up spots in the Edmonton area. They make it easy to support a farmer and have great vegetables all-season long. Plus, get a terrific newsletter and chances to tour the farm—it’s great! For all the deets and to sign up visit here
it’s a chardy party at hayloft
Love lobster? Love Chardonnay? This dinner at Hayloft on Wednesday, May 24 is for you. Enjoy courses inspired by lobster and paired with a different Chardonnay to showcase the richness and versatility of both lobster and the grape variety. Tix: $125/p++.
chefs go wild dinner at rge rd
Chef Paul Rogalski of Calgary’s Rouge Restaurant joins RGE RD’s Blair Lebsack for an iconic dinner on Thursday, May 25 at RGE RD. Both chefs are no stranger to whole animal butchery and locally foraged and sourced ingredients; their culinary identities are built on this foundation. The multi-course dinner celebrates both chef’s awareness and knowledge of the natural world and their global experience, paired with exceptional wines from the Okanagan’s Lake Breeze and Vancouver Island’s Averill Creek Vineyards. It promises to be an exceptional night. Tix: $185/p all in.
the marc wants you to eat dirt at the next sunday supper club
Somm Stacey-Jo Strombecky shows us why terroir matters with wines from France, Greece, Austria, Sicily and Piedmont. Four courses, plus oysters and Champagne to start and something sweet for dessert, 6pm, Sunday, May 28. Tix: $155/p all in. Call 780-429-2828 to reserve, menu here
attn food producers! this is for you
Are you a regional food producer? Interested in making or marketing a food product? Learn more at the Agri-Food Innovation Expo at Westerner Park, Red Deer, June 6–8. The Expo is about the challenges and opportunities of western Canadian food production: food safety and sustainability, consumer trends, marketing, innovative technology and production systems and financing and investment. Learn from the best—there is a terrific round-up of speakers and one-on one mentoring sessions. Find out more and book your tix here
sunday fuzz for mental health
Wild Rose Brewery has teamed up with the Edmonton-based, not-for-profit Chimo Animal Assisted Wellness and Learning Society (CAAWLS) to reintroduce Sunday Fuzz this summer. The fresh-tasting peach heheweizen (wheat beer), made with peach and apricot puree, is a lovely summer drink. And a portion of the proceeds from every can sold supports CAAWLS animal-assisted therapy and learning programs. CAAWLS dogs visit seniors, K-12 schools, post-secondary institutions, unhoused people, shelters and businesses to improve mental health through the human-animal bond. Learn more about CAAWLS here.
tomato top100: dalla’s chocolate mousse
We love lots of things on the Dalla menu—the muffalleta (pictured) and the patè di noci for example, but it’s the chocolate mousse made with aquafaba that nominators picked this year. Need a chocolate fix? This will do it.
recipe of the week: fu’s cherry blossom cocktail
Camping and barbecuing might be off the table this May Long, but you can still make a delicious cocktail. Find the recipe for Niki Willis’ beautiful Cherry Blossom here, or pop into Fu’s for a libation.
