taste of portugal at color de vino tonight
Taste six wines from Bairrada’s Adega de Cantanhede. This historic region dates to Roman times and the wines are delicious. Special guests are export director Maria Manao and importer Nelson Gomes and snacks by Bill Medak. Tix: $35/p+.
love shoes? love ice cream? sundae on a wednesday
Kunitz Shoes is hosting the Midweek Collection launch event, Sundae on a Wednesday at Westmount’s fabulous Twice Cream (10983 127 Street). There are four seatings, from 5pm to 7:15 pm. Each ticket gets you 20 per cent off the collection and a scoop of the ice cream collab. Check it out!
master of the foodiverse semi-final at workshop eatery
Don’t miss the semi-final of this fun cooking competition. Doors open at 5:30, Monday, June 12. The ticket includes appetizers and samples of each competitor’s dish, plus a few surprizes. Tix: $95/p+.
is your dad a barbecue fan?
Learn professional skills and tricks to up your barbecue game during the Hayloft Steak + Fish and Pitt County BBQ Barbecue Cooking Class and Dinner, 6pm, Thursday, June 15. Five wines with four courses, including smoked brisket and three ways with prawns. Tix: $130/p++.
get your rosé sorted at keg n cork
Taste some delicious rosé, at the Springtime Sippers—All day Rosé Tasting, 7pm, Friday, June 16, with manager Tanis Palmer at Keg n Cork (3845 99 Street). Tix: $25/p++.
get cooking offers teen cooking camps this summer
Kathryn Joel of Get Cooking offers three different experiences for your kids this summer—Flavours of Europe Teen Culinary Odyssey (July 3-7 or July 31-August 4) and Global Gastronomy Teen Cooking Bootcamps (July 10-14 or August 7-11). For the pre-teens, aged 8-13, consider Family Fun in the Kitchen, a bootcamp for adults with kids, July 24 to 28. Get all the info and book here.
tomato top100: café bicyclette’s arctic char
We want to have this delicious fish preparation on Café Bicyclette’s flower-bedecked patio. Nominators are also crazy about Café B’s burger and of course, the poutine!
recipe of the week: chef kaelin whittaker’s rhubarb muffins
The rhubarb is a little early and tender sweet this year, all the better for this easy peasy and delicious muffin recipe.