Taste The Flavours Of Niagara
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What better way to learn about the history, culture, and the hearts of Niagarans than through their foods. Yes, you can eat your way through the Niagara Region! Niagara's gastronomy is unique because its origins are rooted deep in the rich soils deposited by its glacial history, nurtured by the regions culinary entrepreneurs.
Throughout Niagara, wine making vineyards thrive alongside fruit orchards and field vegetables. Dotted in between the vast agricultural landscape are artisan producers offering meats, poultry, dairy and a full selection of tasty food products. Rural roads are full of road-side stands offering the latest harvest ripe and flavourful, from succulent fruits and vegetables to a few home made specialties. The Niagara Herb Farm on York Rd. has what you'll need in herbs and vinegars and Wyndym Farms on Concession 2 has gourmet baby vegetables.
Orchard Glen, the country market in St. David's specializes in delicious garden fresh produce.
Highway 55 offers plenty of local restaurants offering up the culinary riches of the region including the Pie Plate and Harvest Barn, a fresh produce market with a great deli counter.
The St. Catharines and Niagara Falls famer's markets are only open on certain days and it's best to get there early for the best produce. Outside the city, drive down Pelham Road to Lake Land Game Meats where they sell wild game, exotic birds and fine meats. Pick up a little something for a great afternoon barbeque. Then continue up to White Meadows Farms on Effingham Rd. to stock up on some extra dark maple syrup for those morning pancakes.
The village of Jordan is a wealth of culinary delights with both casual and fine dining woven into garden shops and antique markets. Just around the corner is Niagara Presents, a gourmet food shop of Niagara culinary specialties prepared by local home cooks. Coming back towards the lake you'll pass Whitty Farms where you'll find the latest fruits and vegetables of the season in bushels and baskets waiting for you to take home.
Take a cooking class on a hot summer's afternoon at the Good Earth Cooking School in Beamsville.
The premise is to eat foods at their best which runs opposite to the modern day food industry which supplies all foods to all people at all times.
A leisurely drive to source out some of the freshest and tastiest foods of Niagara is sure to please the palate.
