Tastes of Years Past
Denied my Proustian moment by the vagaries of the marketing machine that displaces product lines…
Memories of
I'm lucky to have a nephew who can approximate his grandmother's sugar pie. He has the touch.
- Twinings Prince of Wales tea — no longer available in Canada
- Zoubrovka (buffalo grass scented black tea) from Kousmichoff (now Kusmi Tea)
- Black Cat Bubble Gum
- Toronto's Clafouti produced an excellent buttery croissant — the shop has closed its Queen Street location — coffee and croissant at Clafouti before proceeding to Type to browse and buy books had become a ritual …
I can still tuck into fish tacos at Tacos El Asador or halloumi döner at Otto Berliner and I do have the grand city of Toronto to pursue other culinary adventures: markets, grocers, butchers, restaurants, bars and cafes, food trucks. Some adventures are unique and others repeatable pleasures. And the great conversations centred on pure hedonism whether recalled or anticipated.
And so for day 1864
20.01.2012
