You say tomato
Catherine Macpherson
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La Tomate, home to things red and round
photo: Joseph Yarmush
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You can't have too much of a good thing at Boutique La Tomate
Fruit and veg always taste better when eaten in season, but the seasonal tomato inspires fanatical devotion. Rightly so. What passes for a fresh tomato in winter bears zero resemblance to the real deal. But if the prospect of steaming up the kitchen in a fit of canning madness seems too daunting, might I suggest a visit to La Tomate?It's hard to miss La Tomate. A bright red 12-foot tomato graces the side of the building. A tomato boutique? Who could resist? The store is stylishly awash in shades of red. Now in its sixth year, this temple to the "love apple" boasts a dizzying array of products, all made in St-Hyacinthe by the Fournier family.
La Tomate takes tomatoes seriously yet playfully. Sauces run the gamut from classics like tomato-thyme and piquant arrabiata to tomato-mango (pair with fish), tomato-curry (good with rice and chicken) or the lush, blush-coloured tomato-pastis, whose anise flavour marries perfectly with shrimp. The staff, and website, offer endless suggestions.
Why stop at sauce? La Tomate makes an entire range of tomato spreads, jellies, juices, ketchups and even chocolates. The sun-dried tomato and port jelly is exquisite when squeezed on a wedge of aged sheep's milk cheese. Start the morning right with tomato-blueberry jam on your
toast. Start the morning better with a Bloody Mary made with spicy, fresh-pressed tomato juice.The Fourniers' vision is to "award the tomato its rightful nobility." How do you like them love apples?
Boutique La Tomate
4347 De la Roche; 514-523-0222
www.tomateonline.com
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We are in the process of opening a gourmet food boutique under the name " Copper Kettle Gourmet Coffee & Tea Boutique" in the Toronto area.
We would like to know if you will be interested in rpoviding your products wholesale to us. We have potential arrangements with other gourmet condiment suppliers and would be interested in offering your product brand in our store.
Mail can be directed to:
Carl Hunte
Sales Manager
Avocado Enterprises Inc.
2343 Brimley Road
Suite 884
Scarborough
Ontario
M1S 3L6
Tel: 647-393-2275
Fax: 416-293-1921
Thank you.
Carl Hunte
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Carl Hunte
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What an inspiration! Here is the place I can persue to find that missing sauce mix, not that I go often. It awakened an interest in curry sauces. Don't be fooled just by the appearance of the bold tomato graphic on the front brick face and the upside down red woks hanging in the windows! There are quite a few pasta choices to go along with the tomato pastes and sauces if that is what you are after!
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Martin Dansky
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