Last weekend, Wendy and I attended the Good Food Festival, an annual showcase of food vendors and cooking instructors sponsored by Food Network Canada. It features samples galore, either for free or a very low price, which means that you can get a complete lunch simply by “grazing”. Here are some photos I took at the festival.
I can’t resist a photo op with a mascot:
![Joey deVilla and Mr. Peanut](https://www.joeydevilla.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/joey_devilla_and_mr_peanut.jpg)
My Favourites
My favourite stall at the festival was Kozlik’s Mustard, who provided peameal bacon (that’s “Canadian bacon” to my American readers) sandwiches made with very nice ciabatta bread and a spread made with one of their spicy mustards.
![Chef frying peameal bacon in a giant iron skillet.](https://www.joeydevilla.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/cooking_peameal_bacon_at_kozliks_1.jpg)
Anton Kozlik makes a mean mustard — in fact, he make several varieties, both hot and sweet. They’re available at several locations across Canada — if you’re in Accordion City, you can get them at many gourmet food shops including Alex Farms, St. Lawrence Market, and one of my favourite places, The Cheese Boutique.
![Chef frying peameal bacon in a giant iron skillet.](https://www.joeydevilla.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/cooking_peameal_bacon_at_kozliks_2.jpg)
Another favourite of ours were the sauces by the relatively new Redhead Pantry:
![Redhead Pantry logo](https://www.joeydevilla.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/redhead_pantry.jpg)
They make some tasty sauces! We got their barbecue sauce and their honey peach jalapeno sipping sauce, which I used to baste some chicken thighs for Sunday dinner. It’s really good stuff, and I hope this stuff finds its way to a store near us soon.
Under the “ready-made” category, my hand-down favourites: Key Lime Tofutti Cuties. Damn, they’re good!
An Engrish Encounter
Check out this banner we saw beside the barley tea stand:
![Barley tea poster with Engrish](https://www.joeydevilla.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/barley_tea_engrish_1.jpg)
Here’s a closer look at the text:
![Barley tea poster with Engrish](https://www.joeydevilla.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/barley_tea_engrish_2.jpg)
“Drinkable Magazine?” I have no idea what they’re trying to say.