chocofest is this weekend!
ChocoFest happens this weekend at Millennium Place in Sherwood Park. Enjoy live entertainment, chocolate demonstrations and endless indulgence as you immerse yourself and your family in everything chocolate. Tomato readers enjoy a 15 per cent discount on tickets, use code tomato. Tix: $15/p. See you there!
brunch by chef shane chartand at the osfm
Enjoy a delicious brunch menu curated by chef Shane Chartrand using Old Strathcona Farmer Markets vendor products every Saturday at Paper Birch inside the market.
it’s indie bookstore day on saturday
Love moseying through a stack of books? You will love Independent Bookstore Day, Saturday, April 26, from noon-4pm at the Piazza (10825 95 Street). Enjoy a staffed bike lock up while you partake in snacks from the Ube Pizza truck, Shooby’s Gelato and Last Call Vintage.
buy a pie, support kids
Join the Italian Centre, Gene Principe and Sport Central to help kids play sports. For every take-and-bake Pepperoni Princi-Pie sold during the playoffs, $2 goes to support Sport Central, the local charity that provides free sports equipment to kids in need. All the deets.
hot chef cool beats happens April 30
There are still a few tix for the delicious Hot Chefs Cool Beats event at the Royal Glenora Club. The lively, action-packed fundraiser combines great food with great music and features chefs from Butchery by RGE RD, The Butternut Tree, Edmonton Expo Centre, Filistix, Fu’s Repair Shop, MEAT, Royal Glenora Club and Pitt County BBQ. Tix: $100/p++.
see you at the movies
Metro Cinema is raising funds to install LED strips we’re along the main floor aisles and balcony stairs make the cinema safer during shows. Any amount helps (tax receipts for donations over $25. And, you will be entered into draws for Silver Screen passes, Popcorn Passes, and merch. Donate here until May 1.
riesling and cambodian food? yes!
On Sunday, May 11 at Color de Vino (https://colordevino.ca) join Cheata Nao for a delicious tasting of six Rieslings and Cambodian snacks. Tix: $60/+
mother’s day cheese school with garneau block wines
Partake in Mother’s Day Cheese School at the Cavern (10169 104 Street) with Garneau Block, Sunday, May 11 from 11am-2pm. Explore five different pairings of natural wine with cheese. There are 22 seats only, with a maximum party size of 6. Tix: $100+.
tomato top100: darling’s sablefish
The subtle treatment pays homage to the flavour and texture of the sablefish. One of the best fish dishes in the city, bar none.
recipe of the week: chef daniel costa: grattini in brodo
Soul satisfying soup, perfect for a breezy spring day.
