Saddle up; Hero for a Month is back!

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Dufflet Pastries is proud to participate again in Second Harvest's workplace fundraising initiative Second Harvest Hero to help feed Toronto's hungry.

For a 3rd year Dufflet Pastries will donate $1.00 from every 4” Cowboy Cookie sold (price $2.00 each) February 1-28, 2015 at all 3 Dufflet cafe locations.

What's in a Cowboy Cookie? Chunks of dark chocolate and marshmallows, raisins, coconut, peanuts and oats. What's in a Hero? Umm, I guess a cowboy cookie, yes?

There are loads of ways that you can get your workplace to participate too, so check out secondharvesthero.ca for cool ideas on how to help.
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hero for a day, hero for a month!

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Dufflet Pastries is proud to participate again in Second Harvest's workplace fundraising initiative to help feed Toronto's hungry.

This year's event (formerly called Lunch Money Day) takes place on February 13 and has evolved into Second Harvest Hero Day.

from their website http://secondharvesthero.ca/
"...Every day we’re faced with the injustice of good food going to waste while people go hungry. By being a Second Harvest Hero you can help us rescue excess food, that would otherwise go to waste, and deliver it to hungry people in need across Toronto.

Get involved by signing up your workplace to raise funds, volunteering, making a donation or joining us on February 13 as we spread the word about food rescue in TTC stations and PATH locations across the city."

All 3 Dufflet cafes will be involved, and from February 1-28 (yes, a whole month!) we will donate $1 from the sale of our amazing Cowboy Cookies (price $1.80 each)

So go ahead, be a hero - it looks good on you!
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lunch money week, lunch money month!

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Lunch Money Days is a city-wide campaign that asks Torontonians to run fundraisers in support of Second Harvest and donating the equivalent of your lunch money.

From their site: "Every $10 raised allows Second Harvest to rescue and deliver enough food to provide 20 healthy meals for those in need, so lettuce give! This year, Lunch Money Days will be celebrated the week of February 25, 2013."

For a 2nd year, Dufflet Pastries will donate $1.00 from every 4” Cowboy Cookie sold (price $1.80 each) for the entire month of February at all 3 Dufflet locations.

What's in a Cowboy Cookie? Chunks of dark chocolate and marshmallows, raisins, coconut, peanuts and oats.

Last year, over 250 Toronto companies ran Lunch Money Day fundraisers and raised dollars to provide for 675,000 meals.

Please visit lunchmoneydays.com to find out more and how you can participate and volunteer and follow them on Twitter @2ndHarvestTO
 

lunch money day, lunch money month!

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Lunch Money Day is a campaign that asks Torontonians to run fundraisers in support of Second Harvest on February 16th.

Dufflet Pastries will donate $1.00 from every 4” Cowboy Cookie sold (price $1.80 each) for the entire month of February at all 3 Dufflet locations!

What's in a Cowboy cookie? Chunks of dark chocolate and marshmallows, raisins, coconut, peanuts and oats. 

Last year, over 250 Toronto companies ran Lunch Money Day fundraisers and raised funds to provide for almost 500,000 meals! Visit lunchmoneyday.com to find out more and how you can participate.
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TorontoTaste: Pairing Cuisine and Compassion

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from Second Harvest press release: http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/June2011/13/c5137.html

Foodies come together in support of a common goal - to fight hunger in Toronto
TORONTO, June 13, 2011 /CNW/ - Yesterday evening, food and beverage enthusiasts and professionals from across the city came together to support Second Harvest at their largest annual fundraiser - Toronto Taste! 

Held both indoors and outdoors at the Royal Ontario Museum, 1,500 guests were welcomed to indulge their senses through sampling an array of gourmet food and beverage prepared by 60 of the city's top chefs and 30 beverage purveyors. The event was hosted by Bob Blumer, creator and host of Food Network Canada's Glutton for Punishment and Surreal Gourmet and was presented by The Daniels Corporation for the 16th consecutive year.

Toronto Taste attracted culinary personalities from across the country, including, Food Network Canada personalities Celebrity Chef Roger Mooking (Everyday Exotic), Michael Smith (Chef at Home, Chef at Large, Chef Abroad) and Mark McEwan (Top Chef Canada, The Heat). Dishes were also prepared by acclaimed chefs such as J.P. Challet (Ici Bistro), Scott Conant (24 Hour Restaurant Battle, Scarpetta), Donna Dooher (Mildred's Temple Kitchen), Dufflet Rosenberg (Dufflet Pastries), Chris McDonald (Cava), Rob Gentile (Buca), David Lee (Nota Bene) and many more talented chefs and beverage purveyors.

In addition to ticket sales, funds were raised through a variety of auctions [silent, fine wine and live] and a raffle draw that yielded the opportunity to win a Fiat 500 Sport, donated by Chrysler Canada. In total, approximately $300,000 was raised, which will enable Second Harvest to provide 600,000 healthy meals for Torontonians in need.

The Toronto Taste online auction runs until June 22nd. Browse and bid on exciting items by visiting www.torontotaste.ca.

photos from last night

Top: grazing at the Dufflet table, trying to choose between Coconut Dacquoise, Vanilla Verrine and Small Indulgences Chocolate Nutt-E.

Bottom: Dufflet Rosenberg is a master taster, seen sampling the doughnut with a ricotta filling and candied orange from Panagea Restaurant. Delish!

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toronto taste, hug a chef

Toronto Taste takes place this Sunday, June 12th at 6:30pm, indoors and outdoors at the Royal Ontario Museum. (Bloor St W and Queen's Park).

The hottest culinary event of the year, Toronto Taste takes you gastronomic tour of 60 of Toronto’s top chefs (including Dufflet Rosenberg) as well as 30 premium beverage purveyors. All these fabulous creative folks come together to celebrate their love of food and support Second Harvest (and to hear you speak with your mouth full).
 

Be sure to visit the Dufflet Pastries table where we will be serving ... 
 
Super Vanilla Verrines (white chocolate, mascarpone and vanilla bean) 

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Coconut Lemon Dacquoises (coconut meringue and lemon buttercream)

Yes, I said coconut.

For ticket information, please visit http://www.torontotaste.ca/

For more info on the good work done by Second Harvest, visit http://www.secondharvest.ca/
and follow @2ndHarvestTO on Twitter!
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talking about taste ...

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Sunday's 20th annual Toronto Taste 2010 benefit blended delicious foods + bevvies with new + old friends in a drive to raise funds to support Second Harvest.

Dufflet Pastries has been one of the event's food sponsors right from the start and this year's dessert offering was a (very popular!) mini Strawberry Dacquoise with Cocoa Hazelnut Meringue. The Dufflet table was manned by Dufflet Rosenberg and Heather Chu (Dufflet Small Indulgences brand manager).

Part of the fun (asides from the constant noshing) is meeting other chefs ... and fun photo ops! Here's The Queen of Cake standing next to (or should I say, kinda under?) Michael Smith (Canadian chef and writer, host of a number of shows that have appeared on the Food Network Canada).

For more information on donating to Second Harvest, please visit www.torontotaste.ca

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Toronto Taste 2009

Here's your chance to hang out for an evening in the Village of Yorkville Park (Bellair + Cumberland), experience Toronto's finest foodie experience AND help feed over 500,000 people in need.

On Sunday, June 14th, 2009 join over 30 of Toronto's most inventive chefs (including Dufflet Rosenberg of Dufflet Pastries) and 15 top beverage providers at Toronto Taste 2009, an unforgettable evening of cuisine - presented by The Daniels Corporation and hosted by Carlo Rota, of CBC's Little Mosque on the Prairie.

Now in its 19th year, Toronto Taste is not only the premier culinary event of the year but also one of the largest fundraisers for Second Harvest. This one day event nets over $250,000 which Second Harvest uses to deliver over 500,000 meals for those who are hungry right here in Toronto.

Every day, Second Harvest picks up donated, high quality fresh food, which would otherwise have gone to waste, and delivers that food to approximately 250 social service programs across the GTA. Second Harvest currently provides enough food for over 15,000 meals a day to children in after-school programs, seniors on fixed incomes, women fleeing domestic abuse, psychiatric patients, homeless people, and many others who have fallen on hard times.

TICKETS $225 - Limited tickets available. For more info please visit http://www.torontotaste.ca/ or http://secondharvest.ca/ ... donations are also welcome.