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Alberto
Mar 17, 20161 min read
Happy First Post Fire Birthday to Us
Happy 1st year after fire opening. It was a year ago today that our doors opened again after 14 months of being closed. Last year in...
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Alberto Pozzolo
Mar 15, 20161 min read
Easter Hours
Buona Pasqua, We wanted to communicate that the Bakery will be Open on Good Friday, 8:00-4:00 and regular hours on Saturday March 26,...
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Alberto
Mar 13, 20161 min read
March Update
In a blink of an eye Easter is right around the corner. The past few months have flashed by and I was unable to blog as I had hoped to. ...
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Alberto Pozzolo
Jan 4, 20161 min read
Welcome to 2016
I really can't believe we are starting all over again this week. In reality we have not yet completed a full year since reopening after...
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Alberto Pozzolo
Dec 22, 20151 min read
The home run
I spent my Sunday and Monday this week making the last batch of panettone for the year. We are literally wrapping it today. It does not...
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Alberto Pozzolo
Dec 19, 20151 min read
Christmas Week Hours
I wanted to remind everyone that we will be open on MONDAY December 21st at 7am and throught to Thursday the 24th, closing on this latter...
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Alberto Pozzolo
Dec 18, 20151 min read
Happy 37th Birthday Italian Bakery
Thirty seven years ago our courageous parents crossed the world and brought with them almost 100 years of northern Italian baking ...
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Alberto Pozzolo
Dec 9, 20151 min read
Christmas Time at the Bakery
I cannot believe that December is upon us already. I've been busy making many products like Torrone, English Christmas cake, and...
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L.A. Tomin
Nov 8, 20151 min read
Cheese: Serving Suggestions from a professional cheese maker
Like wine, the serving of cheese can be a mystifying event. While I could write rivers of ink to write on this topic, there are a few...
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Alberto
Nov 1, 20151 min read
Pollo alla Cacciatora
Available now from our take home meals section of the Bakery. Perfect to add to your polenta or rice dish. An easy gourmet meal to...
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Alberto
Oct 29, 20151 min read
Local Chestnuts and Hazelnuts
Local chestnuts have just arrived from our friend's farm in Saanich. Come and taste the local difference. We sell out every year and...
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Alberto
Oct 23, 20150 min read
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Alberto Pozzolo
Oct 15, 20151 min read
Taste of Italy - Fall features
October’s Mid Week Taste of Italy celebrates and highlights sweets of the season as well as introduces some savoury delicacies available...
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Alberto
Oct 4, 20151 min read
Holiday Calendar of Dates to remember:
Please note some of the upcoming changes and important dates for the rest of 2015 *Wed. Oct 21, Taste of Italy Event, Open until 7:00 pm...
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Alberto
Aug 30, 20151 min read
Forest to Plate
The rains finally quenched Vancouver Island and brings forth the autumnal edible treasures. It's porcini time and we incorporate this...
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Alberto
Aug 23, 20151 min read
Weekly Features at the Italian Bakery
It's getting cooler at night and the leaves are turning their noble rich colours. And yet the day's warmth tells us it it still summer....
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Animotal
Aug 23, 20151 min read
Pasta
The iconic Italian screen siren, Sophia Loren, once said that "everything you see I owe to spaghetti". The maxim is something we take...
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Animotal
Jul 4, 20151 min read
Sage in a pasta frenzy.
It's a fun job, but somebody's got to do it. We use Canadian unbleached flour and fresh farm eggs with a sprinkle of raw sea salt. Taste...
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Animotal
Jul 4, 20151 min read
Eat Magazine July 2015
Read about us in the latest edition of EAT: Smart, Local, Delicious July / August 2015. Page 14. #fruits
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Animotal
May 1, 20141 min read
Go Island! Italian Bakery official opening
The official 2015 reopening of the Italian Bakery was a great gathering of Italian Bakery fans, new and old! Go Island was there too and...
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