Wine paired dinners, kitchen equipment and free tix!

free tix for saturday afternoon!

The Rocky Mountain Wine & Food Festival celebrates 20 years next weekend and we have free tix to give away. Use code TOMATO here. Door prizes, a photo booth, Divinity DJs spinning hits from the last two decades and lots of terrific wines, spirits and craft beers to sample. Check it out!

Rocky Mountain Wine & Food Festival

five more days of great knives on sale

Pick up one-of-a-kinds, prototypes and other unique knives handmade in Japan at Knifewear’s (10820 82 Avenue, 587-521-2034) week-long garage sale, November 6-12. Also online: https://knifewear.com.

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russell open house

Need some new kitchen equipment? Visit the Russell Hendrix (10808 120 Street, 780-423-4221, https://www.russellhendrix.com) Open House, Tuesday, November 14, from 9-4:30pm. Enjoy product demos, door prizes, food and a sale.

Russel Hendrix open house

sorrentino’s annual truffle and winemaker dinner, thursday, november 23

There are a few tix left for Sorrentino’s annual dinner featuring chef Alberto Alboreggia and Joe Giusti of Guisti Wine in Verona. This luxurious dinner always sells out so don’t delay! Tix, $125++, 780 424-7500.

sorrentino’s annual truffle and winemaker dinner

beer of the week

Alley Kat’s Sapphire Dragon Double IPA, made with Idaho 7 hops, is a lovely deep gold, with citrus and stone fruit aromas, earthy pine and black tea bottom notes and a crisp texture. Available in limited quantities now. Did you know you can tour the Kat? On Thursday and Friday at 12:30, 2:30 and 4:30pm at 9929 60 Avenue.

Alley Kat’s Sapphire Dragon Double IPA

pickled chard stems

I love that thrifty feeling you get when making food from something that often goes straight to the compost bin. So, I love this recipe for quick pickled chard stems from our American in Paris food hero David Lebovitz. File under why didn’t I think of that?

Pickled Swiss Chard Stems
Photo David Lebovitz