Windsor Ontario News / Food
Feds turn A'burg down for farmers market fundingWindsorOntarioNews.com July 11 2010Amherstburg has been turned down for federal funds for its new farmers market. The town had sought more than $500,000 for a building that would provide a canopy and restrooms. The market opened for the first time this summer at the “Little White Church” – the Malden Community and Cultural Centre - at the end of Walker Rd. at County Rd. 20 in former Malden Township. The town located the market there because the site was not well used and because of its central location to various communities. The town had hoped to pay $60,000 towards the cost.
Great food, delightful personalities at LaSalle stand
WindsorOntarioNews.com June 22 2010
Bakhos & Son Produce has been in operation six years on County Rd. 20 in LaSalle just south of Martin Lane. The roadside stand is one of the most bountiful around, with an enthusiastic husband and wife team – with help from family - who offer cheap prices, a wide selection of vegetables and fruits, and engaging personalities. The stand is so teeming with food you might think Paco and wife Mona Bakhos have been in the produce business all their lives.
Smoked sausage is the key to love of Cottam butcher shop
WindsorOntarioNews.com June 14 2010
They come from miles around for Cottam Cold Storage & Meat Market’s meats. And pretty much have been coming since the store opened in 1954. Cottam Cold Storage is an old time butcher’s shop, among the last of a breed, driven out by chain stores and increasingly by tighter government regulations. The shop – located in the centre of the county in Cottam - has always been family operated. Now, with Steve and John Ivanisko running it, CCS is in the third and fourth generation of hands-on behind-the-counter meat slicing and dicing and handing to the customer.
Food blog: it's all about the local
WindsorOntarioNews.com April 28 2010
Vicky Rose grew up in Belle River and like most county residents made a point of stopping at road side stands to buy fresh produce. “We were used to going to Point Pelee for the day and we’d have time to stop at the markets and the fruit stands,” she says. But one day she heard an interview with American author Barbara Kingsolver who wrote a book about devoting a year to eating local foods. At the same time Rose was starting to have a family.
D. T. farmers' market will have longer season, reduced hours
The Downtown Windsor Farmers’ Market will be cutting hours this year but opening for more weeks.
It is also cutting vendor fees by about half.
Vendor coordinator Tristan Fehrenbach says the shorter hours should actually help increase the number of vendors – especially those selling fresh produce.
“It’s really hard for the farmers to get away from their farms,” he said. ”Anytime they spend in the city it’s time they’re not in their fields.”
Not the same old wedding cake
Naomi Thomson’s wedding cakes aren’t like your traditional wedding cakes.
Gone, for the most part, are stacks of cake layers on pillars, or the abundance of flowery and frilly looks typical of traditional wedding cakes.
No, these cakes combine a contemporary look with elegance.
“It’s very much a modern style,” Thomson says.
“I go for elegance, classic design. I like things to be really beautiful, not so much crazy or tacky or whatever. I go for clean lines and elegance, basically.”
Lamb the specialty at Ewe Dell Farms
Carol Fuerth, co-owner with husband Rick of Ewe Dell Family Farms in Woodslee, says running a lamb and sheep farm has educated her about the growing diversity of Windsor and Essex County’s population.
“I’ve learned a lot more about our culture,” she says.
The farm sells as many as 4500 lambs a year, either raised and slaughtered on the farm or produced at nearby farms and sold to Ewe Dell.
Grandmother's recipes inspire Kingsville's Mettawas restaurant's products
Many people have heard of Mettawas Station Mediterranean Restaurant in Kingsville, which opened in the fall of 2008.
What might be less known is that owners Anthony and Janet Del Brocco also make a line of sauces, dressings and jellies for sale at the restaurant as well as at a couple of other locations in Windsor and Essex County.
They go under the Majanna’s name.
Gluten-free bakeries cater to those with allergies, alternative diets
Two gluten-free bakeries opened in Windsor and Essex County almost at the same time this year.
Healthy Creations at Dougall near Cabana in Windsor and No More Belly Aching located on Main St. in Kingsville opened in September.
Both owners started their bakeries because of personal or family issues related to gluten allergies.
Chris Brecka of Healthy Creations has two children with Celiac disease, an intestinal disorder that prevents proper digestion. In her son’s case a gluten-free diet saved his life.
At Hylander Farms it's mainly about the veal
For Brian Hyland it's not so much "where's the beef" as "where's the veal."
The Essex farmer and his wife Rina take pride in selling corn-fed veal, which Brian says is a tastier and tenderer meat compared to the generally more popular beef.
The couple also sell beef at their farm on County Rd 8 near Manning Rd in Essex. But it's veal that has captured their hearts and which Brian spares no words praising as a wonderful food product.
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