Do you ever buy fancy-looking breads and pies in the grocery store, only to find that they don’t taste as good as they look? That’s because it takes an artist to create a really delicious work of art.
Enter the small, artisan bakeries of Grey and Bruce counties.
What makes the difference? Artisan breads (and other treats) are baked in small batches (not mass produced on an assembly line), and created with a few high quality ingredients. (They don’t contain the long list of chemical additives found in many supermarket products).
At the BlackBird Pie Company (formerly Blue Mountain Gourmet) in Heathcote, Paul Linklater says his family-run shop tries to showcase the fact that their baked goods are “handcrafted”, and that they make their own pastry.
If you’re visiting for the first time Paul recommends their “very classic” apple pie with local apples, or a scrumptious strawberry rhubarb sour cream crumble. They also sell savouries such as their famous Mac’n Cheese and Turkey Pot Pie for take out.
The bakery is located in Heathcote, a lovely village nestled in the Beaver Valley and is a popular rest stop for canoeists and cyclists.
There are many family-operated bakeries in the Grey Bruce area, with one located near you. For more information please check out foodlinkgreybruce.com.
A sampling of Grey/Bruce bakeries
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Armstrong’s Home Bakery Lucknow
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Big Dipper Bakery Café Paisley
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Blackbird Pie Company Heathcote
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Dundalk Bakery
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Kilsyth General Store
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Grandma Lambe’s Meaford
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Dragonfly Bakery & Café Owen Sound
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Harvest Moon Organic Bakery Lions Head
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Rising Sun Bakery Wiarton
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Thornbury Bakery & Café Thornbury
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The Bakery Flesherton
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Quick K Variety & Bakery Kincardine
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Simply Deli-cious Walkerton
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Williamsford Pie Company
