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Peterborough’s Great Butter Tart Taste-off!
I’d been looking forward to this day for weeks. Gathering in one place at Peterborough’s Flavour Festival would be 10 professional bakers of butter tarts competing in the First Annual Kawarthas Northumberland Butter Tart Taste-Off! Many of these bakers have … Continue reading
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This is *not* a butter tart, dammit! (The worst, so far, in the GTA)
I never thought it would be possible to be annoyed by a butter tart. But so help me, it’s happened. I don’t know what kind of tart the hipster Pic Nic At Home Bakery & Cafe is selling as a butter … Continue reading
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The best (so far!) butter tart in the GTA
As I stood waiting for my order in the bakery, I heard the woman behind the counter say in a low, shocked voice to another employee, “18 children.” Having just heard the bare bones of the story on my car … Continue reading
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My unicorn of the baking world (or the internal search for butter tart bliss)
I found myself dismissing this blog today to someone I’d just met. “It’s just a silly thing,” I laughed it off, “It’s just a way to start blogging.” But as I said it, I felt I’d somehow betrayed myself. Deep … Continue reading
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ButterTarty in the GTA (with no apologies to Miley Cyrus, who doesn’t deserve them)
The catalyst for my current obsession with The Search for The Perfect Butter Tart is actually a six-year-long thread on Chowhound in which the OP concluded that a decent butter tart cannot be found in Toronto. The thread, still current, is kept … Continue reading
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The holy grail (and, bears have good taste)
Whenever I think about the best butter tarts I’ve ever eaten, I think about bears. Well, one particular little bear, in fact. Because just before I tasted the legendary butter tarts made by the Little Tub Bakery in Tobermory, a … Continue reading
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Stumbling toward ecstasy
Sometimes, the best butter tarts are stumbled upon. Perhaps you’ve been there. You take one look at the butter tart in the display case and you just know, it’s going to be a good one, perhaps even a great one. … Continue reading
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Following the bliss
The proper butter tart is a quintessential Canadian dessert. Humble, but not cloyingly sweet about it. Deceptively simple in appearance, the butter tart is actually tricky to master. Rich, earthy, comforting, and oozing goodness. I once spent several weeks teaching myself … Continue reading
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Butter Tart Bliss 