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i 1 1 1 f m saturday aug 23 2003 w sheryl greenspan notes on a napkin tell story at desserts plus desserts plus location 3833 hwy 7 west unit 6 woodbridge phone9058565194 type italian entree selection extensive price range 850 arid up hours open daily reservations accepted and recommended for weekends i desserts plus plus what you may ask actually a better name for this authentic familystyle italian restaurant would be great italian food plus a few desserts owrier rocky actually inher ited the name when he purchased the restaurant which at the time featured more of a dessertcqffeehquse menu although it did have brick oven pizza available the current restaurant has an unusu al although interesting setup rememberthe days of smoking arid nonsmoking sections well desserts plus has a drinking and nodrinking sec tion although childferi and families are welcome in either area the norcrinking section does tend to have niore younger children the food at desserts plus can best be described as what you would expect to find if you were strolling down a cobble- stone streetin some quaint italian sea- side town it is fresh flavourful plentiful arid quite reasonable the selection offers favourites but also a selection of more authentic regional italian dishes includ- see kitchen page 20i r economist sun suntribune fair tare befeer fair pigging out at the fair may not be healthy but its a great onceayear treat t by roy green staff writer cotton candy corn on the cob candy apples corn dogs hotdogs caramel corn funnel cakes elephant ears cheese curds ice cream and ham burgers smothered in fried onions alls fare at the fair since 1807 when the first agricultural fair was held in pittsfield massachusetts weve been attending fairs to see the latest tech nologies best livestock 90pound pumpkins blueribbon baking horse shows tractor pulls and ferriswheel rides and of course to make complete pigs of ourselves with dripping sticky gooey confec tions after all the word fair is derived from the latin feriae meaning feast which also means even back m medieval tirries people thought of food when they thought of fairs true much of this fare is not good for you but hey you only go to the fair once a year right there are more than 230 annual fairs in ontario arid in this area were singularly blessed to have one of the worlds largest iri the canadian national exhibition arid what is surely and proudly the worlds smallest me kettleby fair the ex as it is kriownto ohtarians began as alpcal agricultural exhibition in 1878 even staff photosusie kockerscheidt jessica and gody abreau of keswick enjoy the traditional hambu atthej sutton fair to help fanners hit by the mad cow scare georgina mayor jeff holec and his councillors cooked up ontario burgers in its modernday version with air shows and monster midway a visit to the cne is still a ritual a reminder of smalltown fairs a fond memory for me has always been the hamburgers awash m greasy fried oriioris purchased on the midway and watching therii produce those teeny tiny doughnuts in the food building never gets old p eanwhile at the opposite end of the specrxurn iri beautiful down town kettleby theyve started a new tradition in fair food omelettes they cook omelettes for breakfast its a furidraising event for the school said elaine kitteridge one of the organizers ofthe kettleby fair kriowrias the biggest smallest oldfashioned country fair they also serve a veryganadiah treat jbacqn on a bun the fair takes place in the if most picturesque village wkmgtqwnship aridusually attracts about3000 people which doesnt sound like much until you see justhbw tiny kettleby is people like it because it is small ms kitteridge said its a balaricingact in how to promote it without making it too big v the sutton fair which wrapped up a week selected its own food theme in 2003 r grade a ontario beef after watching canadas premiers prqmot ing alberta beef on television georgina mayor jeff holec said id like to do that too and immediately made arrangeirierits to use only ontario hamburgers for the annual councillors barbecue at the fair but for anyone straying too far from the wellworn food path mere is the cautionary tale of gail borden jr who lost his fortune when he introduced his own invention a irieat biscuit of dehydrated meat and flour at the first texas state fair in 1852 it didnt catch on and he werit bankrupt see fairs page 20