About Discover Saskatoon

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1. Skyxe Saskatoon Airport 2. SaskTel Centre 3. Lucky Bastard Distillery 4. Discover Saskatoon 5. TCU Place 6. Midtown Mall 7. The Bessborough Hotel 8. Persephone Theatre 9. Remai Modern Art Gallery 10. Black Fox Farm and Distillery 11. The Berry Barn 12. Pike Lake Provincial Park 13. Moon Lake Golf & Country Club 14. Gordie Howe Sports Complex 15. Prairieland Park 16. Optimist Hill 17. Western Development Museum 18. Wanuskewin Hertitage Park 19. Forestry Farm Park & Zoo 20. Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan 21. The Prairie Lily 22. Nutrien Wonderhub 23. Nutrien Playland 24. CLS Canadian Light Source 25. University of Saskatchewan 26. Merlis Belsher Place 27. Dakota Dunes Casino 28. Beaver Creek Conservation Area 29. Crossmount Cider Company

Page 9 | Eat & Drink

Eat & Drink

Jenn Sharp

Jenn Sharp is the author of Flat Out Delicious, a guide to Saskatchewan’s food artisans, as well as the host of Flat Out Food, a six-episode documentary series that traces unique Saskatchewan ingredients from field to plate. Sharp has dedicated her life’s work to help small-scale farmers increase their revenue by effectively marketing their story through her Happy Farmer 7-week Program. jennsharp.ca

Written by: Jenn Sharp

Eating Farm-to-Table

Enjoy culinary experiences that delight the senses and ignite imagination? You’re in the right place. Saskatoon has countless stories to share about the origins of our food and drink. What makes Saskatoon unique is its close connections to rural life. Many of us—myself included—grew up on a family farm. Saskatoon’s culture combines many residents’ ties to agriculture with global tastes found at the city’s growing list of independent restaurants.

Researching my book, Flat Out Delicious: Your Definitive Guide to Saskatchewan’s Food Artisans, ignited my own passion for local food and a drive to share what our chefs and farmers quite literally bring to the table.

Discover the true tastes of Saskatoon

Saskatoon’s farm-totable food scene

Many Saskatoon chefs have relationships with farmers producing delicious ingredients, from heritage Red Fife wheat to pastured pork and organic vegetables. These relationships make it easy to taste prairie terroir, which changes with the seasons. Temperatures here range from hot, dry summers to drops of -30°C or below in the winter. The animals and plants that thrive here are hardy, which means our ingredients burst with flavour.

Winter in Saskatoon means comfort food. Think slow-roasted meats and root vegetables washed down with craft brews and artisan cocktails. It’s also a time to savour tastes from summer in preserved fruit jellies and jams, and fermented products like pickles and sauerkraut.

Spirits and brews, Saskatoon style

An international award-winning micro-distillery, Black Fox Farm and Distillery offers year-round tastings. Their SE Eleven whisky begins with Saskatchewan-grown triticale, and they’re one of only a few distilleries in the world to age their whisky outdoors. Saskatoon’s drastic temperature changes helps impart a one-of-a-kind taste of place. For rustic Italian with seasonal ingredients and nose-to-tail butchery, try Primal. Calories Restaurant is another favourite for showcasing heirloom ingredients in inventive dishes. Co-owned by Farm One Forty, Odla is the city’s truest expression of a farm-totable restaurant. Last, but certainly not least, head to Hearth for their humble yet creative interpretations of prairie cuisine.

Make sure you give Shelter Brewing’s beer/mead combo a try, along with a brew featuring ingredients like juniper that gives each sip a signature prairie grasslands taste. Prefer cider? Take a short drive out to Crossmount Cider Company for a tour and tasting of their Flatlander Ciders. Don’t forget to bring your skates! They turn their pond into a skating rink to celebrate winter.

Highlights

1. If you’re a fan of Indian cuisine (and who isn’t, really?) head to Kashmere where delectable curries and other Kashmir-inspired dishes are made from scratch using locally-sourced ingredients.

2. After a classic steakhouse experience at Cut Casual

Steak & Tap, keep the night going with a craft cocktail tour. Favourites in and around downtown include Ayden

Kitchen & Bar, Odd Couple,

Saint Tropez Bistro, and Parlor. 3. For me, Sundays mean brunch! Living Sky Café is one of my go-to’s, as is the sunlit, tropical-plant-filled Drift Sidewalk Café and Lounge.

The Capitol Music Club also delivers a hearty, classic breakfast. Make a second trip in the evening for live bands and local music.

Page 13 | Indigenous and Métis Culture

Indigenous and Métis Culture

Celebrate Saskatoon’s Indigenous and Métis Peoples and Culture

Tânisi, a ̅ni ̅n, háu! Long before any bridge or building, the land now called “Saskatoon” was a gathering place for the original peoples of this land. Today, Saskatoon is located on Treaty 6 Territory and continues to be the proud gathering place of the Plains Cree, Dakota, Salteaux, Nakoda, and Métis nations. The heart of Saskatoon’s story comes from these peoples—musicians, entertainers, entrepreneurs, artisans, and neighbours. Here are a few of our favourite ways to immerse yourself in Indigenous history and culture.

Dakota Dunes Resort

Located on Dakota Whitecap Unceded Territory, Dakota Dunes Resort is one of the province’s premier resort experiences. A short 20-minute drive from downtown Saskatoon, the nationally-acclaimed resort welcomes you with traditional décor, sweeping views, and year-round cultural programming.

Discover Indigenous and Métis culture

Photo credit: Discover Saskatoon/Chris Hendrickson Photography