last day for sabor’s fish & chips!
Visit Sabor for tasty fish & chips al fresco and help them support Ronald McDonald House and Santa’s Anonymous. This Friday, 11am-1pm or until they run out, $15 per order.
darling wine club: textural white wines
Texture plays a huge role in how you experience a wine, particularly in white wines. Explore four white wines with varying amounts of weight and complexity at the next Darling Wine Club, Sunday, August 30, with Sydney Coady. Tix: $50/p+.
the prairie skies & perogies festival at prairie gardens
Family, food, heritage and the prairie spirit has defined Prairie Gardens for 70 years. Help celebrate at the Prairie Skies & Perogies Festival, September 5-7 from 10am-5pm. All-day access includes family-friendly farm activities, a homesteading demonstration, traditional Ukrainian dance and folk music, garlic heritage experience, and a delicious Ukrainian picnic lunch (pyrohy with sour cream and bacon, cabbage rolls, garlic sausage, nalysnyky and Ukrainian salad). You can also book two traditional Ukrainian activities: pyrohy-making, and wheat weaving with Irene Topolnitsky. Celebrate 70 years of Prairie Gardens, Book here.
clementine’s vagabond weekend
Help celebrate Bar Clementine’s 10th birthday with a Vagabond Weekend, September 5-7 from 5pm to midnight. It’s a coming home of sorts, co-chef Roger Letourneau was the opening chef at this cool downtown spot. Check it out!
viva méxico parking lot fiesta at el mero mero taqueria
It’s Mexican Independence Day at El Mero Mero (12223 156 Street) with great food, local vendors and, yes, there will be donkeys. Wear red, white and green, 3pm-7pm, Sunday, September 13.
emow open house
Visit Edmonton Meals on Wheels during their annual open house, 11-2pm, Saturday, September 11. Tour the production facility and learn more about their mission that drives their essential meal delivery programs. Visit https://emow.ca/ or email for more info. RSVP here.
the next monsoon wine dinner
Don’t miss the next Monsoon wine dinner, an exploration of the flavours of Kerala. Six delicious wines, including a rare Andreas Bender Riesling Beerenauslese, paired with five courses, 6pm, Wednesday, September 16. Tix: $145/p.
recipe of the week: chef paul shufelt’s beet salad
The tomatoes may be a bit disappointing, but this year’s beet crop? Outstanding! Enjoy them in this easy salad. Tip: steam the beets in the am, they will be ready to slice or quarter when you are with no singed fingertips.
