Saturday, October 19, 2013

12th Annual Edmonton Rocky Mountain Wine & Food Festival & A Giveaway!


It's that time of the year again! For the 12th time in Edmonton, the Rocky Mountain Wine & Food Festival is back! As in previous years, the Shaw conference centre will be hosting Edmonton's Festival with an extensive variety of wines, scotch, premium spirits, imports and micro-brewed beers. Certainly, there will be food as well from hotels, local restaurants and local food purveyors! 

Liquor Depot will once again feature an on-site liquor store, where attendees can purchase their favourite finds from the weekend. Liquor Connect will also be available to demonstrate how LiquorConnect.com can help find sensational sips after the Festival. Additionally, Sunshine Village  will be sponsoring the Grand Prize All-Inclusive Weekend Getaway for two, including two nights accommodation at Sunshine Mountain Lodge, VIP parking, a $100 gift certificate for food and beverages, a couple’s spa treatment and next day lift tickets.

Last year when I had the opportunity to attend, I tried some delicious wines, beers, and food items. I hope you can attend! 

This year there are three times that you can attend.                          
  • Friday, October 25, 5-10 p.m. New hours!
  • Saturday, October 26, 12-4 p.m. New session!
  • Saturday, October 26, 6-10 p.m. New hours!
Now, the exciting part! You too can attend as I have been given 2 pairs of tickets to give away for the Saturday October 26 afternoon session (12-4pm)! This is a new time and will be way less crowded! The tickets will give you entrance to the festival, but you will need to purchase sampling coupons for food and wine/beverages at $0.50. 

To enter the give away, please leave me a comment below about: "Which wine, beer or spirt you are looking forward to trying." Only those with comments will be entered into the draw. The comment box is below the Rafflecopter widgit.

Optional Additional Entries:
- Follow me on Twitter @beyondumami
- Follow me Beyondumami on Facebook
- Tweet "Enter @beyondumami's giveaway to win a pair of tickets to @RockyWineFood Fest Sat Oct 26 afternoon #yegfood". 

Winner will be chosen at random and announced on October 23. Good luck!

Things to Note: 
  • Samples range from 1-20 or more coupons depending on the item. Prices per sample are set by exhibitors. Coupons must be purchased with cash only inside the hall. 
  • Tickets are not transferable to another session. 
  • This is an adult only event. All attendees must be 18 years or older.
  • Minors (including infants) are not permitted to attend. 
More information about the event can be found here:

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Monday, October 14, 2013

Step by Step Homemade Pumpkin Spice

Pumpkin spice ingredients: ginger, cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg, all spice
Ingredients for pumpkin spice: ground cloves, ginger, cinnamon, all spice, nutmeg 

Now that it's Fall, I've been playing around with making my own pumpkin spice at home. Super easy to make and was perfect for making pumpkin pie or incorporating into the buttercream for pumpkin spice macarons! 

Ingredients for Homemade Pumpkin Spice

  • 2 Tbsp. (15g) Ground Cinnamon
  • 1 Tbsp. (7g) Ground Ginger
  • 2 Tsp. (5g) Ground Nutmeg
  • 1//2 Tsp. (1g) All Spice
  • 1/2 Tsp. (1g) Ground Cloves

Directions for Homemade Pumpkin Spice 

  1. Measure out all the spices. I use a scale to measure it out to the exact g. Measuring with a tablespoon or teaspoon works nicely too.
  2. Mix all the ingredients together. 
  3. Store in an air tight container until you are ready to use.
This pumpkin spice smells really good! Look for the next post where I make macarons with this pumpkin spice mix.