family day bagels!
Pre-order delicious Beb’s Bagels for pick-up Monday at Meuwly’s (10706 124 Street).
the marc’s sunday supper club revisits italy
Enjoy exceptional Piemontese, Tuscan and Emilio-Romagna wines with chef Cara’s four courses, plus aperitivi and dessert, 6pm, Sunday, February 26. Tix $155/P all in, call 780-429-2828 to reserve.
the ribeye butcher shops are now open
Check out the new Ribeye Butcher Shops (936 St Albert Trail and Manning Town Centre). Super bright and spacious, with on-site butchers ready to carve a steak to your liking. The offerings are extensive—dry-aged beef Japanese and Canadian Wagyu, pork, game, lamb, sausages and burgers, along with charcuterie, prepared foods, seasonal items and deli (the shaved ham is exceptional). And, you can pick up Bon Jour Bakery bread at the St Albert location! Wow. Enjoy a large cup of their savoury house-made bone broth and a deliciously grilled smash burger and fries. Licenced too, so you can enjoy a beer or glass of wine with your burger. The shop in Erin Ridge opened just before the holidays and Manning Centre opened February 10. Open 10am-7pm daily and check out the curated box program available online. Planned are locations in Terra Losa and Windermere.
an east coast experience at the butternut tree
Enjoy the wines of Nova Scotia’s Lightfoot & Wolfville with chef Scott Downey’s delicious menu—five wines with four courses, 6pm, Thursday, March 23 at the Butternut Tree (9707 110 Street, 780-760-2271). Tix: $125/p++.
natural wine 101 with gabriella bergsten at sherbrooke
Gabriella Bergsten started the wine import agency Garneau Block to source wine from sustainable growers and winemakers. It has become the source of some of the most interesting wines on the market today. Join Gabriella at the Sherbooke Tasting Room, 7pm, Thursday February 23. Tix: $45+.
tomato top100: farrow’s chief beef
Walk by any Farrow location around noon and we will bet you that half the line-up is there to order a Chief Beef. Quite the sandwich that!
recipe of the week: chef kathryn joel’s winter squash risotto
It’s all the about the meditative stirring, just the thing for the blustery holiday weekend coming up.