Andy Elder’s Grilltime has new local condiments

Among the food vendors at Wednesday night’s Winter Wonders fundraiser at All-Canada Self Storage was Andy Elder, owner-operator of the Grilltime specialty meat shop. With him at his sales table was a supplier to his shop, Christine Manning. Ms. Manning is an enterprising businesswoman and cook from Scarborough. A few years ago she decided to apply her knowledge and cooking skills to creating a line of jams, condiments and pickled preserves  She called her company — wait for it — Manning Canning. We like it too. While Christine offered samples (and sold jars) of her delectables, Andy served up thinly sliced tenderloin on crostinis. Manning Canning has one of the finest zucchini relishes we’ve tasted. Christine’s preserves are available at only about a dozen or so shops in Toronto so far.