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Supermarket

Fiesta Farms is one Super Supermarket

September 28, 2010

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.  Read more...

Filed Under: Fall vegetables, Farmers Market, Food Industry, Supermarket, Toronto Tagged With: apples, 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

Fave Food Finds

December 16, 2007

Just as I’m not a fan of food gadgets – being technically challenged is one reason, finding the wooden spoon, whisk, a good quality iron skillet and good knife to be key tools of the trade is another – I am not one who seeks out the latest trendy ingredient.  Read more...

Filed Under: Applesauce, Applesauce, Dessert, Foodies, Ginger, Kensington Market, Supermarket, Toronto Tagged With: crisps, espsresso, Haagen-Dazs, ice cream, kensington market, Lesley Stowe's, tamarind paste, Toba, Toronto, yogurt

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Marion Kane, Food Sleuth®

Marion Kane has been a leader in the world of food journalism for a few decades. She is an intrepid populist whose work combines social commentary with a consuming passion for all things culinary. For 18 years, she was food editor/columnist for Canada's largest newspaper: the Toronto Star. She lives in Toronto's colourful Kensington Market and is currently a free-wheeling freelance food sleuth®, podcaster, writer and cook.

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