it’s chicken week at kitchen by brad
Tonight it’s Chicken Paprikash with cherry cake (with $5 of every meal going to the VAD program at the Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute) and the perfect Friday lunch is chicken noodle soup with a bagel. À la carte bagels too, 6/$15. Order tonight’s dinner here. Friday soup and bagels are first come first served at Kitchen by Brad, 10130–105th Street, from 11:30-1pm.
mai nguyen makes really good dumplings
Find her savoury recipe for lamb dumplings here. Or take a class with Mai at Get Cooking. Tonight, Mai is teaching how to make the toothsome Georgian dumpling called khinkali. Sign up here.
time for delish ukrainian food
Don’t miss the wonderful Christmas Market at the Alberta Council for the Ukrainian Arts (9534 87 Street, 780-488-8558, acuarts.ca), 10am-4pm, Saturday, December 4. In addition to the gallery and boutique offerings, there will be arts, crafts and food vendors. But, if you want some delish Ukrainian food for the freezer, you have to pre-order. Order honey, hams, sausages, ground poppyseed and wheat, or kolach, cabbage rolls, nalysnky, perichy or pyrohy, and all sorts of spreads, sauces and preserves by From Scratch, A Mountain Kitchen, by November 27, here. Pick up at the Market on December 4. If you want to learn more about the foods of the Ukrainian Christmas, book the Twelve Dishes of Ukrainian Christmas lecture with Joyce Sirski-Howell, 7pm, November 25. Tix here.
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recipe of the week: sweet and sour meatballs
Everything ‘90s is back, including sweet and sour meatballs. There is a good reason your parents made them for every Grey Cup—they are tasty!
color de vino advent boxes available now
Color de Vino (9602 82 Avenue, 780-439-9069), has fab Advent Calendar Gift Boxes, so fine, we chose them for the Tomato Gift Guide again this year. The Advent Calendar Festive 12 pre-order box, available until this Friday, is $340. The Premium 12 boxes start at $480, allow the Color de Vino somms to choose for you. Or, give them some notes—reds, whites, full-bodied, bubbles, grape variety, country—and they will create a box to suit. Each wine comes with tasting notes and suggested food pairings. More info here or email info@colordevino.ca.
mojo jojo pickles black friday sale on now
Special prices this week for edible gifts—including gift boxes! We love the Caesar box—everything you need to make a delish cocktail—and the Hygge—pear shrub, mountain ash butter (like apple butter, but better) and a big jar of vanilla syrup. Order here.
how to survive the afternoon slump: have a dance party!
Jessie at Bonafide Media asked us ‘what music do we like with our tea? Could we make a playlist for Jolene’s Tea in Banff’? Well, we like to have a cup of Creamy Earl Grey and a dance party around 3pm. Check out the Tomato Afternoon Dance Party Playlist on Spotify.
tomato top100: culina’s compost cookie
Culina’s Compost Cookie has plenty of fans. While you are there, pick up delish grab and go favourites.
love salsa? check this out!
The El Gringo Christmas Sample Pack has six different salsas (all tangy and delicious) Original, Verde, Spicy Mango, Spicy Pineapple, Fiery Peach, Inferno) and one big bag of their signature chips, $47. That includes delivery to your door anywhere in the Edmonton region. Get it while it’s hot.
tomato top100: culina’s compost cookie
Culina’s Compost Cookie has plenty of fans. While you are there, pick up delish grab and go favourites.