Last weekend I went out to discover the produce and fruit stands from Vineland to Welland in Ontario, Canada. When buying fresh I like to see the sizes of containers being offered are smaller since most of the products are ready to use and not as green as you might see in the local grocers. I was told peaches were a bit late this year in Ontario but they were certainly good and rich in flavour along with the apricots, cherries and plums I found.  Oh an the tomatoes that I could smell all the way across the fruit stand!  Don’t squeeze it, just smell it, you know that smell… yes that’s the epitome of fresh.

Through eight or nine weeks in summer going to farmers markets for an outing and to stock up on the weekly is a fresh experience indeed!

Of course meals are never complete without fresh bread and so I called around to a few bakeries to enjoy taste testing offers and add a baguette and multi-grain along with a few guilty pleasures for a dessert.

Bon appetite!