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Baked Goods

Le Marché St. George

To those who find this neighbourhood gem squeezed between family homes, owners Pascal Roy and Janaki Larsen describe their European-inspired market café, Le Marché St. George, as a cross between a "general store and a Vermeer painting." As you saunter through the shop, stroking the Oaxaca blankets and Lithuanian linens, and nibbling the handmade Farmhouse cheeses from Agassiz, Roy will hand you a hot caffè Canadiano made from Oughtred coffee beans and a pain au chocolat.

Cupcakes

All the neat little cupcakes standing to attention are parties in themselves. Pick up half a dozen ($16) or a dozen minis ($13) in flavours like Obsession, 24 Carrot, and Blue Hawaii and see how many actually make it home. Nothing organic here—they’re just like Mom used to make.

Wild Fire Bakery

Artisanal is serious business here. Organic levain breads and pastries are baked in wood-fired brick ovens. Varieties include apricot-anise, spelt, raisin-walnut, and sprouted wheat breads; for a sweet treat, try the vegan chocolate cake—Wild Fire’s decadent top seller.   

 

True Grain

Bruce and Leslie Stewart and resident dough guru Jenn Dixon create an array of delicious breads, with over 20 styles to choose from every day. Find stone-ground, naturally leavened, full-on organic breads, pastries, and baguettes. Customers love the kamut pumpkin seed loaf and the salt-sprinkled German-style pretzels. Soft, sweet French rolls burst with organic chocolate chunks. True Grain gets bonus points, too: they’re working on sourcing their Red Fife Wheat flour from a farm just three miles down the road.

Rendezvous French Patisserie

Pure butter and organic ingredients drive Brigitte Gonzalez’s pastry wonders, inspired by recipes from her French hometown of Pyla Sur Mer. Perfect canneles de Bordeaux are lighter than air, chocolate and almond incroyables, and lemon macaroons compete for first place, along with seasonal fruit tarts, perfect companions with a mug of fair trade coffee. Savouries are equally parfait with quiche Lorraine or luscious tomato tarts. Voilà!

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