Good Food Revelation's Ivy Knight brought photographer David Persaud for a tour of Toronto's Royal Agricultural Winter Fair on its opening day, after the Canadian Cookbook Awards last week. - Ed.

Nicole Heath holds Water Lily, a Nigerian dwarf goat that she breeds in Conn, Ontario at Veliraf Farms.

We saw these kids chasing pigs around with sticks. It looked kind of fun.

When the artist slipped away for a break, we found this beautiful horse sculpted out of butter, with a Minute Maid juice box for scale.

This young farmhand grabbed a nap during the cattle auction.

Brilliant author, Margaret Webb (buy her epic Canadian food book and CCA Silver winner, Apples to Oysters here) and friend, Keith Everts of Diamond Willow Range, a group of seven organic ranching families in Alberta. Keith is in town to introduce his beef to Toronto chefs. If you’d like to try it, it’s already on David Chrystian’s menu at Chez Victor.

This cow's name is Vanilla.

Stunned silence. Even, for a split second, from Jurgen Goethe. Alberta author Laurie Stempfle wins the Cuisine Canada Canadian Cookbook Award for English language cookbook of the year, despite competition from well-known author Elizabeth Baird and James Beard Award and IACP winner Jennifer McLagan.

The cow boys were visiting from Chicago: (l-r) Kade Earley, Flynn Hastings, Tyler MacPherson, Kole Keating, Cole MacPherson.

Ah... serene white goats.

Less serene alpacas in an homage to 80s hair. If those goats are Sade, these alpacas are Twisted Sister.

Ivy Knight is a freelance food writer and cook in Toronto. Experience more of her tactless ranting at www.ivyknight.com.