After a few soggy days….in a row, we are about to be blessed with a few good days….also in a row! What we’ve got going on is a further shipment of Kimberley Queen Sunshine ferns, more Boston shade ferns too, and ……Maiden Hair ferns. The latter are fairly delicate and wispy, and for the shade
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Ready or not, we have the BEST fresh pasta in town from our new friends at Baldassarre. Born in Montreal and raised in Vaughan, Leandro Baldassarre’s first pasta-making experience was helping his nonna roll gnocchi and pinch ravioli. At 18, he started cooking professionally at Splendido, where he learned to make dough for egg yolk
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On Easter Saturday, Elaine Walsh and her crew will be here looking after the sale of pansies, and all proceeds will go to Pancreatic Cancer Canada. This is something that Elaine has undertaken for the last several years and I urge you to support this very worthy cause; not that you need a lot of
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At risk of offending the nomenclature police, this is now known as Sweet Pickled Boneless Pork Loin, or something close, but if you labelled it as such, you would confuse everyone and when you travel in the southern States, this is considered “Canadian Bacon”. We just think of it as normal country breakfast, or lunch
Read MoreA big thank you to everyone who joined us at our Christmas Open House! We had a raffle, and the names have been drawn for the assorted prizes as follows: Anne Chiang Laura Calvo Toni Cheung Melody Smith Sharon Davidson Jean Tumorrong and Mrs. J. MacDonnell Congratulations to all our winners. Please contact us to
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CONGRATULATIONS to Lydia Teixeira for winning a Ricardo Slow Cooker! Lydia, give us a call to claim your prize!
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Join us on Thursday November 22nd for our Christmas Open House! ‘Tis the season to gather and make merry. With Christmas just around the corner, we invite you to join us for an evening of tastes, scents, sounds, and sights of this magical holiday season on Thursday November 22nd from 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
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We are very excited about this…we will have Emmy award-winning television host, best-selling cookbook author, and restaurateur – celebrity Chef Lidia Bastianich! Drop by on November 3rd from 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm right here at the Grocer to buy her latest cookbook, then a meet-and-greet book signing. A few things to keep in mind:
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…here is a little note from our friend Allan Bell… “We have over 12,000 reasons to give thanks- due to the generosity of your amazing customers this past weekend at the Village Grocer we raised over $12,000 in raffle ticket sales to support cancer care at the Markham Stouffville Hospital. On behalf of the physicians,
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Here is a list of the few essential must have items for this Thanksgiving! Our Homemade Sage and Onion Sauteed Onion Stuffing by the 2 lb. bag. Gluten free available as well! Doreen’s Brandied Cranberry Sauce. We use our local berries, some orange zest, a dollop of brandy (maybe more), and it’s available in 1 lb
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