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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...
Alberto
Mar 17, 20161 min read
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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,...
Alberto Pozzolo
Mar 15, 20161 min read
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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. ...
Alberto
Mar 13, 20161 min read
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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...
Alberto Pozzolo
Jan 4, 20161 min read
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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...
Alberto Pozzolo
Dec 22, 20151 min read
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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...
Alberto Pozzolo
Dec 19, 20151 min read
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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 ...
Alberto Pozzolo
Dec 18, 20151 min read
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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...
Alberto Pozzolo
Dec 9, 20151 min read
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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...
L.A. Tomin
Nov 8, 20151 min read
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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...
Alberto
Oct 31, 20151 min read
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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...
Alberto
Oct 28, 20151 min read
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Alberto
Oct 23, 20150 min read
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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...
Alberto Pozzolo
Oct 15, 20151 min read
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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...

Alberto
Oct 4, 20151 min read
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Forest to Plate
The rains finally quenched Vancouver Island and brings forth the autumnal edible treasures. It's porcini time and we incorporate this...
Alberto
Aug 30, 20151 min read
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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....

Alberto
Aug 23, 20151 min read
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Pasta
The iconic Italian screen siren, Sophia Loren, once said that "everything you see I owe to spaghetti". The maxim is something we take...
Animotal
Aug 23, 20151 min read
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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...
Animotal
Jul 4, 20151 min read
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Eat Magazine July 2015
Read about us in the latest edition of EAT: Smart, Local, Delicious July / August 2015. Page 14. #fruits
Animotal
Jul 4, 20151 min read
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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...
Animotal
May 1, 20141 min read
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