Nothin' But A Butter Tart Podcast

(0:00) Our host has an extensive chat with "Ontario's Best Butter Tart Festival" best in show winner from 2023, David Baxter of Circles & Squares Bakery Café in Toronto.

(0:00) Tom Baker returns to talk about his mom's well-guarded recipe, how it's really difficult to have a bad butter tart (2:58), his case for the butter tart as the most Canadian food (4:22) and what got him his big chance to become a butter tart judge (6:04). Then Blair and I meet up in the tasting room (12:24) to "weigh in" on a few butter tarts we tried, the differences of si...

(0:00) We are talking today about that most contentious of butter tart debates: do raisins belong in butter tarts? My all-star line-up of guests includes Tom Baker, who has the enviable task of judging butter tarts at the big festival. After Tom breaks down some of the criteria of what makes a tart great and the uniqueness of ones he's tasted (0:45), we hear again from Barb Rowlandson with a g...

(00:00) In this episode, we visit with some people who piece together some of the origin story of the humble butter tart: Laura Bassken of The King's Daughters (02:08), Barb Rowlandson (04:55), and Jenn Huddleston of Simcoe County (10:47). Plus, a fortunate find in an apartment complex in Regina, Saskatchewan, and a conversation with a friend on Six Degrees of Tom Baker. Find more content rela...

(0:00) Host Sandy Clipsham pays a visit to Ontario's Best Butter Tart Festival, to get a finger in every tart. He talks to folks like Maid's Cottage (5:34), Grandma's Beach Treats (7:49), and festival founder and best in show judge Barbara Rowlandson (10:47), before going the extra kilometre down a dusty country road in pursuit of some tarts that were sold out at the festival. Back hom...

(00:00) In this first episode, host Sandy Clipsham gets to know what Canadian butter tarts are and what would compel one man to make a whole batch of episodes of a podcast on...well....nothin' but a butter tart. Then Sandy pays a visit to Heather at The Flour Barrel (03:09) before trying his hand baking his first batch of tarts with a special guest at home (11:45). Find more content related to...