Last night, I over-indulged in some of Toronto’s yummiest food and beverages, thanks to a last-minute invitation from KJ Mullins, publisher of www.newz4u.net. The event was Evening at the Market (hosted at the St. Lawrence Market) to benefit Food Share (foodshare.net) a non-profit organization that works with communities and schools here in Toronto to deliver healthy food and food education.
All the market vendors shared samples of their products with the crowds of eager foodies and I was thrilled to sample my favourite peameal bacon sandwiches from Paddington’s and Portuguese custard tarts from another fave store (lower 2 pics)
I always visit Peter’s Natural Health Foods (below) to buy my raw redskin peanuts – the only place in town I can find them.
I enjoyed meeting the folks at Urban Fresh Produce, a brand new store in the Market. OMG, their samples were soooo deelish.
And the salmon hors d’oeuvres across the aisle were tasty, too.
So many fabulous treats, thank goodness I wore my stretchy pants…LOL!
KJ and I found the ladies from Baci chocolates and spent a very long time taste-testing!!
…followed by a nice shot of espresso, which meant I was up watching TV infomercials late into the wee small hours…yaaaawn!
KJ just had to have one more dessert so we visited the lovely lady downstairs with the yummy macaroons. 
Stonemill Bakehouse (below) offered so many different pastry and bread samples, it was hard to choose…
Earlier in the evening, it was easy to belly up to the oyster bar at Seafront Fish Market (below), but by the time we left (around 9:30pm), the aisles were jam packed and I couldn’t even back up enough to take a picture. Glad I snapped this one before the hordes of foodies arrived!
Thanks to the folks at the St. Lawrence Market for a fantastic event, and to all the friendly volunteers from Food Share who managed the soiree with elegant aplomb!