Hello from Toronto - A Culinary Tour of the St. Lawrence Market& An Exploration of Historic Tour

Life works in strange and wonderful reality. A thebeginning This week I spoke with my brother in thephone Austria, and said she had been reading this German travel magazineand been a great way for an office in Toronto guidewho culinary tour includes visits to St. Lawrence market, a brother of my sites he discovered in his favorite recenttrip to Toronto. I asked my brother who was and seemed Itupeva name and said: "Bruce Bell". I did an Internet search and within seconds I found AFEW Bruce Bell Tours, and I knew I had tomeet this person. Bruce Bell, the history of popular journalist Forthe San Lorenzo Neighborhood Community Bulletin, is also gaining anaward playwright, actor, standup comedian and curator of the construction of the most photographed thehonourary the cityof Toronto, the historic building known as Gooderham theFlatiron. Bruce has just published a book on Toronto called "Toronto - A pictorial celebration. Immediately after hanging up with my brother Bruce was phonewith, briefly introduced himself and said, humiliation, on Thursday to join me for my culinary tour of San Lorenzo Market. Indeed, this morning, punctually at 10 hooks come in a gift shop at the main entrance of themarket and met with Bruce and the other participants in our tour, Ayoung architectural students. As the official historian of St. Lawrence to Bruce hasspecial market access to all types of construction areas, which has never come to see otherpeople. We immediately took a little 'of the stairs, took a special key and led us in mayor'soffice former, since the market building was the original City of Toronto. The building has undergone several transitions and the two side wings were removed to make way ASTEEL beam warehouse built in 1904, which was patterned theVictoria train station in London.> From the office of former mayor had a perfect view of themarket and downtownskyscrapers we also had a wonderful view and the famous Flatiron building in the west andSt. Lawrence Hall to the north. Bruce took us downstairs room inthe market yourself and share sweets several historywith us. The shore of Lake Ontario used to Frontstreet the right, and after the landfill was added, the Esplanade became thewaterfront, and today several hundred meters additionallandfill have expanded the territory of the city for the new pier. Under the direction of Bruce began the journey whichinclude stores bakeries, butcher shops, fishmongers, fruit stands, delis, dessert places and specialist suppliers of all kinds. Thefirst place we were taken to a bakery that also serves lunch, and we have a delicious taste treat of smoked salmon andbackbacon, each in a small piece of bread. Abig not usually eat fish, but this was delicious salted Morceli. Shop Atanother we sampled "Indian candy" - smoked maple salmoncured Syrop. How delicious! We walked through some of the executioners, many of whom have beenin same family for generations. I admired creativelypresented pieces of pork tenderloin stuffed with spinach, cheese andbacon, a perfect solution for a non cook like me - just stick ITIN the oven and pull out a delicious gourmet meal.After a short walk outside the building when the construction of history explainedthe of Bruce and early Toronto society to us, wentinto the lower level, where all the candy stores, specialty retailers stallsand fruit. We had some samples of more: a wide variety of delicious honeys from New Zealand, a samplingof specialty jellies and jams, tender white chocolate trufflesthat just melt in your mouth and for dessert - after all thesesweat - Nutella-filled crepes. All samples were wereceived absolutely delicious.Bruce has led us into the bowels of the building, now mostly usedfor storage and refrigeration, but sometimes areaswere these men and women in prisons. Bruce explained that women had no rights in the1850s and many men simply stuck their wivesin prison, especially after childbirth or during menopause, when you have a little "eccentric." Iron hooks are still visible prisonerswere chained in the basement walls . The is decorated with a series of murals in the history of Toronto thatexplain. As the official historian of St. Lawrence Market is a popular columnist for the San LawrenceCommunity Bulletin, Bruce is actually depicted in mural.About 15 place for a variety of historic buildings in the downtown inthe provide guidance in the past, are noteworthy eventsand entitled "Draft Bruce