Infinite joy
Tuesday, April 14, 2009 | 01:08 PM ET
by Kevin Yarr, CBCNews.ca
One of the great joys of food is its infinite variety, and a wonderful aspect of that is how the arrival of one new person in your neighbourhood can make a big impact on your own personal foodscape.
It happened just last summer here in Charlottetown when a young couple from Germany immigrated to the Island. They appeared one Wednesday at the farmer's market with a display of the lightest cream cakes and the heaviest rye breads it has ever been my pleasure to observe in one place. The loaves became a regular staple in our bread box and the cakes remain a special treat.
The Leonhards now operate a café by that name downtown, and in an important way eating in Charlottetown will never be the same again.
This is not something that happens only in small cities like Charlottetown. In New York last year I was directed by a friend to Rice to Riches, a small restaurant that serves nothing but what is perhaps the best rice pudding that has ever been made anywhere. I would not now even think of visiting New York without going out of my way to eat there.
For the people who live in the Lower East Side, a culinary heaven by any measure, this is yet another jewel in the crown — proof that there can be something new under the sun. It doesn't take the vast engines of corporations or big governments. It takes just one person, with one fabulous recipe, and an urgent desire to share it.
Who has changed the foodscape in your neighbourhood?
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Amber Hildebrandt writes for CBCNews.ca in Toronto. Growing up on a farm in Manitoba, she acquired an insatiable appetite, but it was during a stint in Japan that she developed her discerning tastebuds and "foodie" ways.
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Kevin Yarr, CBCNews.ca's writer in Prince Edward Island, wrote about food and beer for national and regional magazines before joining the CBC. He acquired a desire for new tastes on his first trip to Europe, and an appreciation of eating locally and in season when he finally settled down on P.E.I.
Elizabeth Bridge is a writer with the CBC Digital Archives in Toronto. She first ventured into the kitchen as a child to indulge a sweet tooth by baking cookies and making fudge. A student budget compelled her to be a vegetarian (for a while) and instilled in her an ongoing curiosity about food and cooking.
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Charles M
Montreal
Without doubt, brunch at McKiernan's in Petite Bourgogne St Henri is a real change from the greasy spoons that abound in the area despite the fab Marché Atwater nearby. It's greasy but greasy chic and modern. Love the tattooed kitchen staff! This is the perfect place to eat copious brunch to absorbe Friday night's wine fumes. They have the best marinated salmon and poached egg contraption
Posted April 15, 2009 12:39 PM
James Street
Canada
I opened a small market in december. It only has products from British Columbia. Locavores from throughout Vancouver island as well as socially concious shoppers love our little store. But often, it is not the fact that the foods are all local.
Everyone loves that we have reversed the corporate shopping experience and offered an 'old world, high street type' of market where customers can build a relationship with the butchers or ask the owners what is coming in fresh today. Our little market is fast becoming a hub in the downtown area with young families meeting there and kids running around and playing in the courtyard while Mom shops. We are very proud that we created a local choice for shoppers, but we are even more pleased with the social center we have....young families gathering, talking, playing, discussing good food. It is great to see life slow down just a little.
Posted April 16, 2009 08:40 AM