TORONTO LIFE
2001 FOOD GUIDE

Daniel et Daniel

Behind the kitchen door, you may glimpse the hive of industry that is one of the city's most successful catering companies. The petite retail emporium draws on the same resources, at its best for such classic French goodies as individual creme caramels, buche de Noel, croqembouche, famous quiches, scrumptious croissants. Salads and complete lunches are packaged and refrigerated; crisp spring rolls and irresistible chicken chimichangas are perennials.

Everything on the shelves is the best: French candies from Barnier, Maxim's de Paris prettily packaged chocolates, jars of cherries preserved as a semi-confit in wooden gift boxes. You gotta love a store that leaves gourmet dog biscuits in a jar on the floor.

248 Carlton St. (at Parliament St.), 416-968-9275