rge rd has turkeys and hams and delish scalloped potatoes!
There is still time to order a local turkey or ham for Easter, along with tasty ready-made dishes such as scalloped potatoes or the hot cross buns baked daily this week. Call 780-443-0000 or email info@thebutcheryyeg.ca to reserve. Pick up at the Butchery today from 10am-7:30pm; Friday, 10am-5:30pm and Saturday, 10am-4:30pm. The Butchery will be closed Tuesday, April 11.
heart of the home’s annual easter egg hunt is this saturday
Heart of the Home (12539 102 Avenue) has some Easter fun planned. Bring your kids (two and up) and be on the lookout for eggs—coloured eggs mean discounts of five-20 per cent; metallic eggs mean you can enter a draw for a $25 gift card and plastic eggs mean treats for the kids! Follow, tag and share heartofthehomeyeg on Facebook and Instagram for additional gift card entries.
easter buffet at filistix this sunday
Don’t miss this—Easter Sunday buffet with lot of delicious Filipino Easter dishes and the toothsome beef short rib kare kare, halo halo, leche flan and fruit for dessert. Yum. At Filistix (10621 100 Avenue), with three seatings on Sunday, April 9. Tix: $49.99/p+.
easter workshops for kids at prairie gardens
Here is a terrific Easter activity—gather pussy willows, blossoms and eggs during a farm scavenger hunt at Prairie Gardens. Then, corral it all together to make a beautiful Easter table centrepiece under the guidance of junior designer Maya (aged 12). Bring your own basket or container. Tix: $25/p+.
don’t miss the sugar shack at café bicyclette
Experience a taste of old-school Quebec at Café Bicyclette. The cabanes à sucre (sugar shacks) are rustic cabins in the hardwood forests of rural Quebec where the sap, collected in buckets, was boiled down into maple syrup. Over time these became elaborate (or not so elaborate) places to gather with friends and have a party. The tradition of the cabane à sucre lives on at Café Bicyclette where you can enjoy a five-course, maple-infused culinary extravaganza on April 8, 14 and 15. Tix: $85/p all in.
chartier has terrific baked goods for easter
Chartier’s baking, always delicious, gets even better for the holidays. For Easter they offer hot cross buns, carrot cake, a peach, coconut and mango streusel pie and bake-at-home cinnamon buns. Pickup Friday April 7, Saturday April 8, Sunday April 9. Sorry, the lemon and poppyseed challah is sold out! Order here.
make a delicious product? community natural foods wants to know!
Community Natural Foods is looking for the best local, organic and sustainable products for the new Strathcona location. They carry over 1000 Alberta-made products and looking for more. Submit your brand and product details here by April 11.
tomato top100: bar bricco’s focaccia
This is the one and only—the spectacular Bar Bricco focaccia. Our friend Amanda calls it birthday cake. The stuff of dreams for sure. And a must order with all the other delectable spuntini on the menu.
recipe of the week: three vikings citron fromage
Light and heavenly, just the thing after all those chocolate eggs and hot cross buns.
