Food Notes for March 5, 2018

• Historian Laureate Chris Chang-Yen Phillips’ next Let’s Find Out podcast will be a live panel discussion exploring the history of green onion cakes. Tickets to the March 10, 2018 event are $20 and include 2 green onion cakes!
• Food4Good’s next Fruit & Veggie Sale is on March 13, 2018.
• Parkallen is hosting an all-you-can-eat pizza buffet on March 18, 2018! Tickets are $20.
• This year’s Seedy Sunday is taking place on March 18, 2018.
• Preserve Food Truck has teamed up with High Level Diner for their first ever pop-up dinners, March 23-25, 2018.
• Masterchef Canada competitor Mai Nguyen is hosting another dumpling pop-up at Prairie Noodle on March 25, 2018.
• The second location of Splash Poke (on the south side) is set to open on March 14, 2018.
• Effing Seafoods will be opening a storefront location in St. Albert.
• Iconoclast Coffee now offers a subscription service for their coffees.
• Avenue Edmonton released their 2018 Best Restaurants list – among those recognized, RGE RD was again named “best overall”, while Biera snagged the award for “best new” restaurant.
• The Tomato has also published their 6th annual Top 100 Things to Eat or Drink in Edmonton.
• Ms. Hangry Foodie shared her brunch experience at the Rooster Cafe.
• The Globe is the latest to review The Butternut Tree.
• Graham was disappointed with his visit to Wishbone.
• Vue Weekly checked out Hui’s Wontons.
• The Journal shares one of their recommendations for cheap eats – Sunbake Pita Bakery.
• Leigh has a recap of how some local bloggers spent their Valentine’s Day.
• Vue also highlighted the story behind South Island Pies.
• Lillian has issued a challenge to bake macarons at home, to try to encourage more bakers to take on the tricky treat.
• Congrats to Jacob Pelletier of Duchess who will be competing in the Savour Patissier of the Year in Sydney, Australia in May.
• The sixth season of Top Chef Canada debuts on April 8, 2018. The list of competitors has been released – no Edmonton content, unfortunately.
• Health Canada is seeking consumer input on mandatory front-of-package nutrition symbols for foods high in saturated fats, sugars, and sodium. The survey closes April 26, 2018.
• Before baby Mack and I rarely had food delivered – we would prefer to dine in, or at the very least, pick up food to take home ourselves. I can see that changing now that we have Emily! Tonight, encouraged by Love Pizza’s great 2 for $20 deal, we tried out their new in-house delivery system (they’ve since moved away from using Skip the Dishes). They were super efficient!

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