For those of you who read "Reader's Digest"

and may have noticed the following article in the June, 2007 edition:


I now present to you the (infamous) Buddha Dog (far right of the photograph below).
The really great thing about this restaurant is that it is a model for the new generation of slow food/100 mile diet. For those of you who have never heard of the 100 mile diet, a quick summary is that we as consumers will eat most healthily if we eat only those things grown within 100 miles of where we live and work. Everything that is served at this restaurant is 100% made/grown in Prince Edward County. Behind the counter, the entire wall has been painted with chalkboard paint, and there is a huge map of the County drawn on it, with all the contributors to the restaurant marked.

You can look at the map and know which abbatoir prepared the dogs, which farm prepared each of the gourmet sauces, (and where the ingredients were grown!), where the lemonade or cider was produced, and where the salad produce was grown.

They are also a very community-minded company, raising many charity dollars each year by sponsoring a hot-dog eating contest on Canada Day. They have been huge supporters to the work our youth pastor has been doing in bringing a skate park to Picton.

Way to go, Buddha Dog :).