get cheesy at the italian centre shops
Emmentaler (the best known of the holey Swiss cheeses) is a deliciously versatile cheese any time of the year. Watch the expert cheesemongers from Switzerland Cheese Marketing break a 90-kilogram wheel of Emmentaler today and tomorrow (1pm-4pm) at all four locations of the Italian Centre Shop. The first five customers will receive a special Swiss cheese gift pack.
pays to be early at good goods co this saturday
Coffee! Ice cream! Shop creative woman-owned YEG brands and 20 new-to-the-market sustainable brands from across Canada at the Good Goods Co (10250 106 Street), Hello Summer Event, 9am-3pm, Saturday, June 1. June is Pride Month and Good Goods Co collaborates with Kind Ice Cream to sell individual ice cups of GayOK! with proceeds to the Skipping Stone organization. Delicious Roasti coffee and complementary flowers for the first 50 guests. Enter the Gift Basket Giveaway featuring socially responsible brands worth $300. It will be a fun event celebrating community; don’t miss it!
take a ride to flavour town with dolly’s and bent stick
Celebrate the launch of Love Potion 109, a prickly pear and grapefruit ale collab between Dolly’s Cocktails and Bent Stick Brewing. It’s a limited launch with a cask beer and a specialty cocktail. Hop on the streetcar at the north stop near The Common at 8pm, Wednesday June 5, to start the adventure, then join the after party on Dolly’s back patio. Deets and tix here.
rare whites with joe gurba
Imagine—Austrian Gruner, Chenin and Savagnin from France, Central Coast Chardonnay from the exceptional Sandhi Wines, and two other delicious white wines, full of complexity and wonder. Tix: $54.58/p all in, 6:30pm, Friday, June 7, at the Sherbrooke Tasting Room (11819 St. Albert Trail).
chocolate? and beer? yes please!
Delavoye Chocolate Maker (10639 124 Street) and Irrational Brewing come together for a unique tasting of beer and chocolate—think chocolate chunk cookies with a double-dry-hopped oat cream IPA, or cacao fruit juice in a beer slushy. Delavoye’s founder and chocolate maker, Antoine Lavoie, talks chocolate making and Irrational Brewing staff discuss the brews. Bonus—a taste of the summer cocoa-beer collaboration. Tix: $75/p+.
meuwly’s summer kitchen party
Don’t miss Meuwly’s Summer Kitchen Party, Tuesday, June 27 in support of In the Weeds YEG. Enjoy the second annual celebration of our local scene with food stations, including a six foot-long Meuwly’s charcuterie table and walk-in fridge oyster bar, wine, beer and spirits from Meuely’s favourite local producers plus beats from Girls Club DJs. Tix, $99, includes all food, three drink tickets and a $20 donation to In The Weeds YEG to help support mental health care for Edmonton and area hospitality folks.
tomato top100: ace coffee roasters’ bomboloni
A hole-in-one for flavour, even if these donuts don’t have one.
recipe of the week: asparagus with freekeh and harissa
Highlight the gentle earthiness of fresh local asparagus with the chewy heartiness of freekeh. You can vary the amount of harissa according to your taste and heat tolerance. Tip: toast the spears in a pan on the stove-top, or, use your air fryer, if you don’t want to turn on the oven.
