posted 10-12-2012 05:27 PM               

Visited there a few days ago, very nice blueberry variety!

posted 10-12-2012 05:35 PM               

On his father's side of the family, he is also related to the owners of the famous Fairmount bagel establishment in Montreal, from which Chamitoff brought bagels into space on his first mission into orbit. When training in Montreal for the Canadarm, the robotic arm used to maneuver large objects in space, he is sometimes more well known for being related to the people who run Fairmount bagel, than for being an astronaut.

When NASA officials asked Chamitoff for a favourite food to take aboard space shuttle Discovery, he picked the humble bagel as his preferred snack for the flight.

And not just any Montreal-style bagel, but 18 sesame bagels from his relatives' Montreal Fairmount Bagel, which usually competes with St. Viateur bagels a block away for the crown as the city's best.

"We're just thrilled," said Mona Shlafman, his aunt, who reopened the bagel factory in 1979 and with her late husband got the old wood oven burning again.