If your vacation plans permit and you're looking for a way to overdose on foods of the world, check out Edmonton's Heritage Festival, held each year during the first weekend in August. This year, local residents from over 50 countries (all continents) offered an average of three ethnic dishes as well as demonstrations of music and dance from their homelands. If you like it hot, you can get hot. If you like it bland, you can get bland. Whatever your tastes, you'll find somtehing that satisfies you. While standing in line for French crepes in Grand Marnier sauce, we listened to mouth music from Pakistan. Admission is free, but donations to the local food bank are welcome. Food costs are a lot lower than in Niagara Falls, ranging from $1 to $4 per sample.

Geez, I just reread this post and it sounds likes a commercial. Ah well, so be it!

Bob