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“If you want to experience croissant heaven right here in Dartmouth, make the trip down to the Dartmouth Market on Saturday mornings. I’ve eaten croissant in Paris and Montreal, and right here in Hfx, but none of them come close to what Twoifbysea Bakery has to offer. The plain croissant are anything but plain and the chocolate ones are a superb treat literally oozing with decadence. My wife and I have now become regulars at the D-side Market largely because of Tara’s croissants. We look forward to them every weekend and tend to go into withdrawal when they’re not available. If we’re not careful, we could find ourselves hopelessly addicted (perhaps we already are); It’s well known fact that croissants are a gateway drug……..”
Finn O’Brien + Sachiko Nakajima - Dartmouth
Dartmouth Farmer’s Market now has a croissant maker. Tara Macdonald’s buttery treats sell out fast.
POSTED BY ANDY MURDOCH ON MON, MAR 2, 2009 AT 12:10 PM - THE COAST.
In its hopeful quest to become Brooklyn to Halifax’s Manhattan, Dartmouth likes to sneak up and surprise you. Now, another milestone has been reached: There are now freshly made croissants at the underrated Dartmouth Farmer’s Market. Tara Macdonald’s Two If By Sea bakery has been selling croissants there since last November.
In the true DIY spirit of this city, Macdonald is an amateur baker turning pro. She taught herself to bake buttery viennoiseries since she moved to Dartmouth last year. She still makes them in her home and continues to steadily hone her craft. “They’re temperamental little buggers,” Macdonald says, but she obsesses over every challenge, from mastering rolling techniques to sourcing butter and flour. Every Saturday, she gets up at three in the morning and rolls out 100 plain, chocolate and ham and swiss croissants. They invariably sell out by 10:30 am. Business is growing at a similar rate to her partner’s belly she said (apparently he ate quite a few in the early days): she now has a snazzy website and is saving up for a professional workspace in downtown Dartmouth.
http://www.thecoast.ca/Shoptalk/archives/2009/03/02/if-two-by-sea-bakery
Best Croissants in Halifax/Dartmouth: Two If By Sea - www.chowhound.com
If you live in the Halifax / Dartmouth area, or are just visiting (like me), I encourage you to go by the Dartmouth Farmer’s Market on a Saturday. There is a young woman there who sells the most amazing croissants I’ve ever tasted. They’re big, moist and come in a few varieties. I was talking to Tara, the baker, and she is opening up her own bakery / café in September under the same name, Two If By Sea. I’ll have to come back and visit!
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