cbc’s make the season kind campaign
The CBC Make the Season Kind Campaign for Edmonton’s Food Bank is almost over! The goal? A cool $500,000 and if you haven’t donated yet, here’s your chance.
sign up for heart of the home’s 12 days of Christmas
Get in on the pop-up sales of Heart of the Home’s 12 days of Christmas. Sign up for the newsletter here, (don’t worry, it’s monthly usually) and find out about the daily deals.
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recipe of the week: roasted grapes
From our 2021 Holiday Collection, the easiest appetizer ever—make a crostini with ricotta or blue cheese, or put on your charcuterie board. Serve any leftovers with yogurt for breakfast.
try something new today —mini kitchen taster pack
Order the Mini Kitchen Taster Pack of three sauces and a chutney: Butter Chicken, Thai Coconut Curry, Sesame Ginger and Cranberry Chutney, $45. Order here.
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new book by the cookie maven, julie van rosendaal
Cookies I Have Loved is a compilation of Julie Van Rosendaal’s best cookies. It’s her 12th cook book and this time, she’s doing something different. The book is only available from local indie books stores (Audrey’s and Knifewear in Edmonton) or from dinnerwithjulie.com. Julie is bypassing large retailers like Amazon and using the money saved to donate $1/book to local food community initiatives. The other reason? She hopes to encourage all of us to go to our local bookstores more often. If your copy of One Smart Cookie (her first book) is as bedraggled and flour-dusted as mine, you’ll want this book.
tomato top100: rosso pizza
Scores of new pizza places opened in the past year or so. And they are good. But let’s not forget the highly original Rosso Pizza in the Bridge District. Wood-fired and so delicious.
holiday sale at the aga
Join the Art Galley of Alberta in Churchill Square December 18, 1pm-3pm for the Holiday Light Up! Learn how to weave a snowflake with yarn, or enjoy holiday brunch at May. As well, visit ShopAGA’s garage sale in the atrium, 12pm-6pm for many local, handcrafted items and savings up to 75 per cent.
last minute holiday wines
For last minute gifts, impromptu get togethers, to have something in the fridge just in case. May we recommend: Carpene Malvolti Rose Prosecco DOC, because there are never enough bubbles during the hols. Or, two fun wines from the Zisola estate in Sicily—Noto Rosso (Nero d’Avola) and Azisa (Grillo and Catarratto). The estate is owned by Tuscan producer Mazzei and the wines are fresh and delicious. And, Vivanterre Gamay MBV. Startlingly delicious, vibrant and harmonious, from mostly Moulin a Vent and Brouilly plantings, aged in clay and amphora. This absolutely low intervention wine is imported by Garneau Block, an agency devoted to pure wines. For your coffee, Poli Ciok. We had the Ciok for dessert at Uccellino a few weeks ago—super fresh tasting, super creamy, really delicious. Move over Bailey’s…
