The Locavore

Locavore officially launched on Saturday at the Green Barns market in Toronto. It was a lovely affair-with delicious food made by Dawn Woodward and Ed Rek of Evelyn’s Crackers and featuring Ruth Klahsen’s (Monforte Dairy) spectacular cheese. The launch was one of many, many Locavore-related engagements. There have been already 18 interviews on radio and [...]

A few months ago, a fantastic artisan bakery opened in my neighbourhood specializing in breads made from organically grown local flour. It’s called The Brick Street Bakery (on Logan, north of Queen for Torontoites) and it is a marvellous place with marvellous products that I can’t get enough of. Their malted dried fruit loaf is dense, sweet and a [...]