Eatdrink #39 January/February 2013

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№ 39 | January/February 2013
The BUZZ ... new and notable
Artisanal food is locally-sourced, hand-crafted
and produced in small batches and, more than
likely, in a traditional manner. It’s anything
from cheeses, preserves, honey, olive oil, maple
syrup, cider, charcuterie and more. There continues to been
a lot of talk about the artisanal food renaissance — think
small-batch baking, home-made condiments or bean-to-bar
chocolate. In the same manner, now hand-crafted bread is
getting its well-deserved renaissance.
There’s a new game in town. Well, sort of... Theo
and Gerda Korthof have opened a second bakery on
Dundas Street at Ontario across from their location at the
Western Fair Farmers’ and Artisans’ Market. The
Artisan Bakery (formerly Flair Bakery) features a full
complement of European-style pastries and artisanal breads
like: caramelized sour-walnut and raisin and roasted grain
sourdough, Klondyke sour potato bread and San Francisco
black olive and herb. The bakery will also offer a selection of
homemade pates and duck and pork tourtieres. 864 Dundas
St; 519-204-9144; artisanbakery@rogers.com
From Lindsay Todd Reid’s bake kitchen in the cellar
of his Sebringville home, Lindsay handcrafts small-batch
scrumptiousness. Lindsay’s Bakery sets up shop on
Saturdays at the Western Fair Farmers’ and Artisans’ Market
and Sundays at the Slow Food Market in Stratford.
Alan Mailloux has over 25 years of bread-making
experience. Mailloux features from-scratch, hand-shaped,
artisanal and specialty breads made with time and care. Visit
the Downie Street Bakehouse in Stratford, Western Fair
and Farmers’ and Artisans’ Market on Saturdays, or the Slow
Food Market in Stratford on Sundays. And for the true bread
lover, there’s a Bread Club Membership — $200 buys a five
dollar loaf of bread per week for fifty straight weeks. 388
Downie Street, Stratford.
Baking is a calling for Christain Burdan, who is a
seventh-generation baker, tracing his family’s craftsmanship
back to 1762. Burdan has tantalized tastebuds in both his
native Germany and in France before immigrating to Canada.
Burdan’s breads, rolls and speciality baked items such as
pretzels from the Red Cat Farm are available from their
mobile stall at the Masonville Farmers’ Market in season
and outdoors at the Western Fair Farmers’ and Artisans’
Market for the rest of the year.
Organic Works Bakery is a stylish bakery and cafe located
in the heart of SoHo at 222 Wellington Street, south of Horton.
Owner Peter Cuddy looked far and wide and discovered he