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Three Things from Edmonton podcast - episode 107: print, dolphins, crunch

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  We managed to get out downtown last week, and stayed in, too. Here are three things that left behind tracks of gratitude and happiness. Three Things, episode 107:                              1. Print   The big five Asian cuisines are Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai and Vietnamese, which means Filipino is not quite in the gang, yet. Our friend Ariel knows that’s not fair. Ariel runs Filistix, the wonderful Filipino restaurant on 100 Avenue downtown, which is where we were last week for a unique sit-down dining event called Rice and Mysticism. Six courses of pre-colonial and early contact Filipino food researched and prepared by Chef Earl Briones, who narrated the evening, telling stories from island history and culture as he introduced each dish of plated art. Shelagh was where she’s meant to be: at a table with food and words. That night was Edmonton’s version of the evening she spent at The Cloister...