Wanderlust and Words

Local News   Jenn Sharp’s book, Flat Out Delicious: Your Definitive Guide to Saskatchewan’s Food Artisans , is now available from Touchwood Editions , McNally Robinson Booksellers , and Amazon . Jenn discusses the book and her interest in food in an interview with Touchwood Editions . Steep Hill Food Co-op has posted photos of all their shelves on Facebook , making it so much easier to order by phone or email. Be sure to include your phone and member numbers. Orders can be picked up at the store. Sparrow Coffee has started offering a pickup service with everything from coffee beans and lattes to soups, salads, and cinnamon buns from 10 am-3 pm , Wednesday to Friday . City Perks Coffeehouse hopes to initiate curbside pickup as well in the next couple of weeks. I picked up pies from Trent at Scratch Provisions this week and was delighted to have so many vegetarian options, among them Mushroom with Wild Rice & Toasted Walnut, Egyptian Lentil with Roasted Brussel ...

If you’re interested in local food and urban food production, you’ll want to visit The Glen at Crossmount , an agro-tourism event centre that is still under construction 5 kilometers south of Saskatoon. The McKercher family has owned land on Highway 219 close to Cranberry Flats for generations. They spent some time pondering what to do with the land and came up with a bold, ambitious plan that includes a seniors’ village and an event centre. I spent two hours touring the newly-opened Glen at Crossmount events centre. Here’s what I found. Event  Centre & Gardens Glenlyon Hall is a light-filled space with large windows overlooking the pond and gardens. Word is already out about this new facility, and they have been fully booked with weddings every weekend since opening in August 2015 and they’re already fully booked for 2016. The Hall seats up to 200 people. Food is provided by Picknic’s Catering. Weather permitting, weddings are held in the gardens, which have a ...

  Primal Pasta   Primal Pasta restaurant, serving handmade pasta made with local grains, will be opening soon at 423 – 20th Street West. Their Facebook page says, “We are influenced by traditions throughout Italy, with inspiration from our gardens, farmers and the variety of heritage grain growing in Saskatchewan.” Uptown City Perks Uptown City Perks in the Ens Toyota dealership is now open on Saturdays from 10 am to 4 pm . Prairie Pie Company  Prairie Pie Company at the Saskatoon Farmers’ Market is now serving 49th Parallel Small Lots Coffee . Seabuckthorn Tea I picked up a large bag of seabuckthorn berries from Northern Vigor Berries on Saturday and sampled their tea made from seabuckthorn leaves. Betty Forbes says it’s full of goodness and the perfect thing to drink if you’re coming down with a cold. The Indian army serves seabuckthorn products to its soldiers to keep them healthy. BC Tree Fruits  February is Apple Month and I was lucky e...