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Monthly Archives: September 2010
Fiesta Farms is one super supermarket
For an intrepid, always-curious food sleuth, finding Fiesta Farms is a real coup.
It’s strange that it took many years of living in Toronto (the store opened 20 years ago) for me to make this discovery but I have and, naturally, I must share.
Billed on its web site as “Toronto’s largest independently owned grocery store,” this wonderful food emporium is just that — and much more.
Posted in Supermarket
Tagged cashiers, food emporium, formal complaint, fruit and veg, grape tomatoes, hazardous materials, lettuce, ligament, living in toronto, metro location, nasty accident, novel concept, ontario fruit, organic section, parsley, peaches, scallion, slippery surface, supermarket chains, veritable cornucopia
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I go ape over Monkey Bread
I thought one addiction to a Wanda’s Pie in the Sky confection was quite enough. I speak here of the Dulce de Leche Macaroons jokingly dubbed “crack cookies” by the baker-in-chief herself Wanda Beaver. These yummy little creations (dusted with a white powder that is, in fact, icing sugar) consist of a rich brown, delectably chewy exterior that encases an oozy filling of luscious caramel.
Posted in Bakery
Tagged baked bread, bundt pan, caesar salad, croissants, crowning glory, crunchy, dulce de leche, happy accident, heavenly dessert, kensington market, lemon icing, little creations, monkey bread, pastry chef, pecans, pie in the sky, poutine, s pie, savvy entrepreneur, wanda beaver
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Apple Crumble — crisp, crunchy and delish!
Just a reminder that apple season is upon us and that my recipe for crumble made with this sensational, now-in-season fruit is on this site’s recipe page.
Posted in apple, apple crumble, Recipe
Tagged apple, apple crumble, apple crumble recipe, apple season, apple slices, baking dish, clumps, cold butter, crispy, crispy crumble, crumble, crunchy cookie, earthenware, ground cinnamon, lemon juice, northern spy, pastry blender, pastry chef, purpose flour, quick cooking, regan daley, rolled oats, soft juicy texture, sugar cup, tart apples
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Sweet, simple, seasonal and just plum peachy
I have to share this easy-as-pie and truly delectable recipe for baked peaches and plums. I came up with it recently after buying yet another basket of exceptionally juicy and tasty peaches (it’s been a good year) at the supermarket for a mere $2.99. The medium-sized purple plums (don’t use the too-tart-for-this smaller prune plums) were also in season and on sale so this combo is a natural.
Posted in Peaches, Plums, Recipe
Tagged batches, cane sugar, dark winter, easy as pie, flavour, fraiche, freezer, good year, health food stores, juices, lemon juice, lime juice, little lemon, ovenproof dish, peaches, plum, prune plums, purple plums, tender fruit, winter days
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Noshing in my old nabe
It’s been two months and I’m gradually settling into my new home located in my old neighbourhood: downtown Toronto’s best village-within-a-city, Kensington Market. (By the way, this downsized version of my former Kensington house looks, said a friend recently on staring speechless at my chandelier/mirror/and cherub-bedecked living room, “a lot like New Orleans.”)
Posted in Story
Tagged addictions, akram, baldwin st, birthday celebration, chandelier, cherub, colourful, cut of beef, downtown toronto, dull market, eccentric people, ethnic food, falafel, husband and wife, incarnation, kensington market, motley crew, rural life, warm welcome, wife team
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