Apron Strings Guest Bloggers

 

We are always thrilled to have guests blog on the site; they bring fresh ideas and per­spec­tives, they help to keep us all up to date on the many excit­ing activ­i­ties rel­e­vant to our com­mu­nity, and intro­duce us to the peo­ple that keep our city con­nected and mov­ing for­ward in a pos­i­tive way. Through story-telling, news shar­ing and the exchange of infor­ma­tion, our guests offer us a chance to learn, explore, and meet new friends.

As we have just cel­e­brated Father’s Day, this month we are focus­ing on Dads and how they’ve enriched our lives. Our guest con­trib­u­tors this week/month are a typ­i­cal cross-section of our com­mu­nity, and share the expe­ri­ences they have had with their Dads that have nour­ished both body and soul:

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Win Big with Apron Strings Until June 24th

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There’s a whole lot of cel­e­brat­ing father’s day going on our Apron Strings site.  But we’re not fin­ished cel­e­brat­ing fathers and food.

We’re giv­ing away three great prizes:

  • One $100 Fiesta Farms Gift Certificate
  • One $50 Fiesta Farms Gift Certificate
  • One fan­tas­tic grilling prize pack cour­tesy of Good Egg: a Lodge grilling pan and a grilling cookbook.

To enter into the draw, just watch the three Apron Strings videos  and share your favourite one. It could be the one that touched you the most, fea­tured a rela­tion­ship most like your own fam­ily or an entirely dif­fer­ent reason!

The three videos are:

To enter on Twitter, fol­low us on Twitter , tweet a link to your favourite of the 3 videos and include the hash­tag #apron­strings to be entered into the draw.

To enter on Facebook, share one of the videos on your Timeline and tag Fiesta Farm’s Facebook page to be entered into the draw.

You can dou­ble your chances of win­ning by shar­ing on both Facebook and Twitter! The con­test ends Monday, June 24 at 11:59 am ET.

Thanks to our friends at Good Egg for sup­ply­ing an awe­some prize. Check them out in Kensington Market! http://www.goodegg.ca/



Apron Strings 2013

Just in time for Father’s Day we are ready to unveil this year’s col­lec­tion of Apron Strings videos. This project is Hypenotic’s baby and each year she infuses it with the fun, energy and excite­ment she feels about cook­ing and shar­ing recipes with fam­ily mem­bers through the generations.

This year instead of focus­ing on the recipes we’re focus­ing on fam­ily rela­tion­ships and the way food plays a role in con­nect­ing peo­ple. These are three beau­ti­ful and totally unique sto­ries about fathers and their fam­i­lies and the role food plays in their his­to­ries and lives.” — Jodi Lastman

Here they are! Enjoy and make sure you get into the kitchen with your dad soon.

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In-Store Demos, June 14-16th, 2013

  • Boulart Bread »

    Friday, 11-6. Saturday & Sunday 10-4

    Artisan bread means an inimitable product. A product of the utmost quality in distinctive shapes and a wide variety of tastes and aromas. These are the singular character traits we achieve in all our Boulart breads

    Artisan bread means an inimitable product. A product of the utmost quality in distinctive shapes and a wide variety of tastes and aromas. These are the singular character traits we achieve in all our Boulart breads
  • Sha Sha Bread Co. »

    Saturday and Sunday, 10-4

    gluten-free snacks

    gluten-free snacks


The Great Canadian Wine Match

Waht wine will you have with dinner tonight?

What wine will you have with din­ner tonight? photo — Quail’s Gate Vineyard

 

Have you ever found your­self wan­der­ing and won­der­ing up and down the aisles of the LCBO in search of a bot­tle of wine for din­ner, picked up a few bot­tles, read the descrip­tions, sighed, and then just grabbed what­ever one had the nicest label? Or maybe just decided to wing it with a mod­er­ately priced bot­tle from France or Italy or California, or maybe some­thing with a kan­ga­roo or a cat on the label and hoped for the best? Continue »