Lunch in Toronto, Cheese from Quebec

At lunch with an old friend last Friday in Toronto at Mercatto, I ordered the $15 antipasti misti. This is exactly the way I like to eat: a choice of 2 verdure, 2 fromaggi and 2 salumi.

I choose artichokes and winter squash for my 2 vegetables, cacciatorini (a hunter style salami) and an Abruzzese salami (rustic pork) for my 2 salumi and, being in Canada, I picked 2 cheeses from Quebec: Baluchon (cow's milk) and Bleu Benedictin (cow's milk).

http://www.mercatto.ca/

http://www.mercatto.ca/_menus/Mercatto-Menu.pdf

Here's an idea

Here's a little snapshot of the impromptu cheeseplate I shared with my dad last week in Toronto. We found a Brie de Meaux and another triple cream in the fridge, along with some prosciutto and grapes. We both had martinis -- mine was vodka with a lot of olive juice and as many olives as my heart desired. Daddy's was more classic -- gin with vermouth, of course.