{"id":11982,"date":"2020-07-21T07:18:56","date_gmt":"2020-07-21T11:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=11982"},"modified":"2021-07-11T21:32:59","modified_gmt":"2021-07-12T01:32:59","slug":"the-infamous-butter-tart-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=11982","title":{"rendered":"The (Infamous) Butter Tart Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11985\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/butter-tarts-42-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/butter-tarts-42-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/butter-tarts-42-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/butter-tarts-42-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/butter-tarts-42-624x624.png 624w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/butter-tarts-42.png 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Yes, you can find everything sweet and delicious on Ontario&#8217;s infamous<em> Butter Tart Tour<\/em>. For example, go ahead and order a decadent slice of butter tart pie from The Spot in Mount Forest.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11986\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Butter-Tarts-41-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Butter-Tarts-41-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Butter-Tarts-41-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Butter-Tarts-41-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Butter-Tarts-41-624x416.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Butter-Tarts-41.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Spread across the Kawartha Lakes &#8212; a scenic region of forests, hills and shining waterways about two hours northeast of Toronto &#8212; this tour spans the heart of the province\u2019s cottage country. The Butter Tart Tour has grown to over 50 locations across Northumberland County, Peterborough County, the City of Peterborough, and Kawartha Lakes.<\/p>\n<p>You can walk, bike and drive along four suggested routes &#8212; and you can even boat to 19 spots located along the Trent-Severn Waterway!<\/p>\n<p>There is a resourceful website for your family and friends to plan your tour(s): <a href=\"https:\/\/buttertarttour.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Butter Tart Tour<\/a>. You can find this tour on social media, including a Facebook Page: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ButterTartTour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kawarthas Butter Tart Tour<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The most recent 1<sup>st<\/sup> place winner of the tour\u2019s annual taste off is <em>The Pastry Peddler<\/em> in Millbrook. Learn more about this delectable spot here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pastrypeddler.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Pastry Peddler<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also, if you are planning to head out on a trek along one of the routes, you will be interested to read an entertaining article written for the WestJet tourism magazine. Check out the photos in this piece: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westjetmagazine.com\/story\/article\/butter-tarts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kawarthas Northumberland Butter Tart Tour<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11853\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Butter-Tarts-14.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Butter-Tarts-14.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Butter-Tarts-14-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>By George<\/em>\u00a0has declared July as \u201cButter Tart Month.\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=12127\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Here is a menu of our delectable articles<\/a>\u00a0on Canada\u2019s iconic dessert.<\/p>\n<p><em>Chris George, providing reliable PR counsel and effective advocacy. Need a go-to writer or experienced communicator? 613-983-0801 @\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/cgacommunications.com\/m\/\">CG&amp;A COMMUNICATIONS<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, you can find everything sweet and delicious on Ontario&#8217;s infamous Butter Tart Tour. For example, go ahead and order a decadent slice of butter tart pie from The Spot in Mount Forest. Spread across the Kawartha Lakes &#8212; a scenic region of forests, hills and shining waterways about two hours northeast of Toronto &#8212;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[35],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11982"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11982"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11982\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13958,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11982\/revisions\/13958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}