Dreaming of cooking over a campfire – Winnipeg Free Press
Tasty bites
• Riding Mountain National Park is opening a new wine, deli and grocery store in June. Located at Danceland in Wasagaming, Camp Canteen will offer take-out/picnic food during the day and transform into a wine bar with small plates at night.
• Last week, Travel Manitoba launched a new dumpling-themed travel contest. THE Manitoba Perogy Trail celebrates the province’s prolific perogy scene, while encouraging residents to explore their own backyard. Participants who check in at 25 of the 50 participating restaurants will receive a limited-edition perogy pin. Visit Travel Manitoba for contest rules.
• The Third Annual Winnipeg Taco Week and Margarita Madness the events will begin next Saturday (June 2). Dozens of local restaurants participated in the food and drink festival last year, which has raised nearly $20,000 for Harvest Manitoba and CanU since its inception.
• See you at Club 200 this Sunday to eating garden, a vegan buffet brunch from Roughage Eatery and a drag extravaganza. Tickets for the Pride adjacent event are $65, plus fees, on Eventbrite.
• The former Scout Coffee + Tea location at 859 Portage Avenue now offers the perfect pairing for cat lovers. Cafe Cleocatre is a meet-and-greet place offering drinks, desserts, and one-on-ones with all kinds of kitties. The cafe has partnered with the Winnipeg Humane Society and the Freedom Rescue Group to help find some felines a new forever home. Cleocatra is open from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily; see their Instagram page for more details.
• While I will come prepares to move from The Forks Market to Corydon Avenue this summer, another restaurant has set up shop elsewhere in the market. The artisanal crust will be bringing their brand of sandwiches and more to The Forks starting in June. For updates, check out their Instagram page.
Recommended rate
Well: Just read Winnipeg vet Philipp Schott’s new mystery six ostricheswhich it launches Wednesday, May 31 at the Grant Park location of McNally Robinson Booksellers.
Published by ECW Press, this is his second book to feature rural Manitoba veterinarian Dr. Peter Bannerman, who this time tries to help solve the mystery of a northern trinket found on the grounds of an ostrich farm. , and creatures (and people) being brutally attacked in the area.
Oh, and we took my mom to Black-smith for Mother’s Day dinner, and I was reminded how good their buttermilk mashed cheese fried chicken is.
Eva: My first terrace experience of the season led me to Barn Hammer Brewing Last weekend. The Wall Street Brewery has a relatively quaint patio and some fun seasonal offerings right now.
I enjoyed the Still Life, a peach lager, and took home a few cans of their new Michelada, a rice lager with Clamato juice. I also tried The Wurst, a weird sauerkraut and mustard lager that surprisingly wasn’t as offensive as it looked. If you are in the area, I recommend stopping by Slice of Wall Street for a bite – their garlic knots are excellent.
Home made
Homemade is a Free Press project celebrating home cooking in Manitoba. Want to share a recipe with readers? Visit Homemade to complete the submission form.
Enjoy this week’s recipe for Grilled Trout from Gale Petreny.
