Big Sample Days

Big Sample Days

Join us for one of our BIG SAMPLE DAYS Saturday, December 12, 2015. Come taste some great holiday entertaining ideas & a variety of cheeses. Scotts Lemon Curd & Campbell’s Shortbreads are a great “made in England”  taste combination. Or try...
Coffee Time!

Coffee Time!

There’s a chill wind blowing outside. Time to pull out a mug and fill it with your favourite coffee! I am a latte girl myself so dipping biscotti might be a bit of sweet over kill…but I love the scene in “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” where...
Autumnal Inspiration

Autumnal Inspiration

Fall seems like the time that everyone starts cooking and baking again. Maybe it’s the cool nights that just beg for the oven to be turned on.  Or perhaps walking through all the wonderful produce at your local farmers market, like the Welland Farmers Market...
Ripe Flavour

Ripe Flavour

Ripe, luscious fruit. Summer at its best! This morning I discovered my strawberries need to be eaten today. So I pulled out my favourite flavouring for strawberries and peaches: DeRuijter “Gestampte Muisjes”  This powdered sugar with a touch of ground...
Sheep in the Brambles

Sheep in the Brambles

Zacharie Cloutier is the ancestor of probably more Quebecois Canadians than any other man.  He and his wife Xainte immigrated from the Perche province, France in 1634.  They founded one of the foremost families in Quebec. By 1800, the Cloutier descendants numbered...
Mont Jacob weds Niagara

Mont Jacob weds Niagara

Every Saturday we offer several cheeses for our customers to taste.  This week you can sample Mont Jacob from Fromagerie Blackburn in Quebec.  The Blackburn family began farming in Jonquière in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec about 80 years and four...