Posts by: Maureen Argon

It’s the day after Monforte’s rock-the-house Hootenanny. On Sunday, we got to thank all the people who’ve supported us by buying into our CSA subscription program with a big party. There’s more than cheese goin’ on, we like to say.

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Fresh, homemade, buttermilk scones served alongside crisp natural, wood-smoked bacon. Ever since we’ve discovered David E.M. Martin’s bacon, this has become our Sunday morning breakfast.
Even raw, it’s a beautiful thing: lingering scent of wood-smoke, chemical-free, thickly sliced, simple and handmade.

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For one whole year, Danielle Brodhagen and I spent every other Saturday morning, from 8:30 am to 11:30 am at the Stratford YMCA introducing about 40 kids aged 3 to 12 to food that was good, clean, fair, seasonal and local.

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Working at Monforte

On April 7, 2010 By

Unbelievable that more than a year has passed since I started working with Monforte. In January 2009 Ruth decided to leave the dairy where she’d been making her fabulous cheese and strike out on her own.

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Intro!

On April 7, 2010 By

I’m thrilled to be part of Spotlight Toronto. It’s quite a privilege. I live and work in Stratford Ontario, a gem of a little city. I came here by way of Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver. I used to say I moved to Stratford because I chose love over location (I met my husband, [...]

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