the butchery father’s day feast
RGE RD and The Butchery have put together a spectacular Father’s Day BBQ Kit, complete with a portable Casus Biodegradable Grill (so you can have this feast anywhere) aged beef burger patties, hot dogs, smokies, buns, apple whisky barbecue sauce, plus chorizo verde sausages, a toothsome potato salad and all the fixings—house-made ketchup, Brassica mustard, burger sauce, sautéed onion, pickles, American cheddar, roasted tomato and bacon jam and a four pack of beer. Wow! Order now, $199/kit+and pick up at the Butchery (12229 107 Avenue) Saturday, June 15.
check out the monthly special at heart of the home
Just in time for Father’s Day, 15 per cent off in-stock barbecue tools and accessories.
celebrate father’s day your way at chartier
Pre-order delicious donut boxes, whiskey chocolate cream pie, chicken pot pie and family poutine or BBQ kits. Or, make a reso for Father’s Day Dinner, Sunday, June 16, to enjoy the special Dad’s Nonay Wagyu Beef Roll.
father’s day is the time for a filistix kamayan feast
Imagine a bountiful spread of a mixed grill and seafood displayed on banana leaves. That is the Filipino Kamayan Feast and nobody does it better than Filitsix (10621 100 Avenue), especially on Father’s Day! Share a Kamayan Feast with your dad, family and friends. Tix: $55/p+.
have a pride pint from the monolith
June is Pride Month and here is a refreshing way to celebrate it: with a tart blueberry beer called Mega Purple from The Monolith. Find Mega Purple on tap at Bibo, Biera, Little Wolf, Mill Creek Café, The Monolith, The Next Act Pub, Slow Pour Beer Bar, the Sugarbowl and the University Club as well as on rotation at Three Vikings, The Common, Beer Revolution and DOSC. For every pint of Mega Purple poured during June, $1 is donated to the University of Alberta’s Fyrefly Institute for Gender and Sexual Diversity. That’s something to celebrate!
summer wines with garneau block at color de vino
Taste refreshing wines ideal for warm weather drinking at the Summer Wine tasting with Gabriella of Glenora Block, 3pm-4pm, Saturday, June 22 at Color de Vino (9606 82 Avenue). Tix: $38.61.
get your tix for zin on the river!
Taste delicious wines and whiskies on the Mac’s gorgeous patio (10065 100 Street) 7pm, Wednesday, June 26 and raise money for mental health. Proceeds support child, youth and family mental health in Alberta. Tix: $100.
tomato top100: edgar farm’s aspargus
Just a few more weeks for delicious local asparagus, available at the Bountiful, Callingwood, Old Strathcona and St Albert Farmer’s Market and the Edgar’s farm shop near Innisfail. Interesting facts about Edgar’s asparagus: the cool weather produces really sweet tasting asparagus. There is no need to snap off the end, they come pre-snapped. You can pick up bags of bags of broken bits (which they call odds and unevens) at a discount, perfect for soup. Edgar’s asparagus pickles and other condiments are produced from asparagus that still tastes great but maybe doesn’t look so good after being beaten by wind or hail. Alberta asparagus is an unlikely seasonal delicacy that couldn’t be any fresher. Dig in!.
recipe of the week: rhubarb pavlova
The cool and rainy weather we’ve been having is wonderful for the rhubarb patch. Make this easy recipe, cardamom and star anise zhush up the homey flavour of spring’s favourite stalk.
