"Real" poutine involves a roux (flour and fat - usually pork or butter), plus tons of veal, beef, or chicken stock (bones, vegetables, and herbs), and about two days of labour and steam. There are easier ways where you make the simple roux and just add cans, boxes, or cubes of … [Read more...] about Miso-Mushroom Gravy on Baked Sweet Potato Fries Poutine
Archives for March 2011
Best Poutine in Montreal: Ma’amm Bolduc
I got a lot of slack when I originally posted this Best of Montreal Poutine on Midnight Poutine. "Where's La Banquise?" people demanded. Well the first photo is of the menu at La Banquise, but I didn't think it really deserved its own category. Everyone knows you go there when … [Read more...] about Best Poutine in Montreal: Ma’amm Bolduc
200th Podcast Anniversary Celebration Poutine!!!
The Midnight Poutine podcast turns 200 this week! In honour of such an incredible anniversary I whole-heartedly encourage anyone who wants to celebrate to buy/make/eat some of our website's namesake. To help you out I'll have a series of articles this week about the best … [Read more...] about 200th Podcast Anniversary Celebration Poutine!!!
My First Sprouts!
Kind of like saying "my first tooth" (or "my first toof"), but more delicious. The tooth fairy only brings you a quarter. A quarter can't buy a good salad... But my sprouts! I really don't know what I'm doing when it comes to sprouting, but it in general, believe it or not, I … [Read more...] about My First Sprouts!
Oven-Baked Fish and Chips with Nova Scotia Haddock
So I'm a little obsessed with sustainable seafood. Maybe more than a little...I interview truckers, tour fish warehouses, record talks at seafood distributors, email Oceanwise reps, end up eating pickles at 11pm in apartments on St-Laurent, and most recently, end up driving … [Read more...] about Oven-Baked Fish and Chips with Nova Scotia Haddock
Bangladeshi Red Lentils
For the dal dish for my Indian dinner party I did the simplest red lentil recipe in the book (At Home With Jadhur Maffrey). It was so easy I figured it'd be bland and boring, but I knew there would be other flavours in the other dishes to pick up the slack in the meal. There … [Read more...] about Bangladeshi Red Lentils
My Indian kitchen: Sweet and Sour Butternut Squash
I find myself buying butternut squash three at a time. Is that ridiculous? I'll usually roast them and then eat the chunks with rice or kamut or barley for lunch or a snack or a side dish. But I have the attention span of a goldfish recipe-wise, and I get bored of making the … [Read more...] about My Indian kitchen: Sweet and Sour Butternut Squash
Back At Home with Madhur Jaffrey: South Indian-Style Green Beans with Sesame, Cumin and Mustard Seeds
I meant to make an Indian mustard pickle, but when I went to prepare the third dish for my small Indian dinner party - green beans - I couldn't remember which recipe I had decided to use. This one for South Indian style green beans is pretty boring, it's true, but it won't upset … [Read more...] about Back At Home with Madhur Jaffrey: South Indian-Style Green Beans with Sesame, Cumin and Mustard Seeds
Baked Brown Rice and Marriage Potential
I ran out of stove-top space and large pots. It's as simple as that. I was having some friends over for dinner and wanted to make an Indian meal. So that meant the dal (in this case red lentils) and squash both needed a large pot. The green beans could live with a small pot, but … [Read more...] about Baked Brown Rice and Marriage Potential
Slow Food Montreal: Interview with Bobby Gregoire
This morning on radio CKUT 90.3FM I interviewed Bobby Gregoire of Slow Food Montreal. The organization is not trying to get everyone to have a pot of tomato sauce sitting on the stove all day - an image I associate with long cooking times and food appreciation - rather it … [Read more...] about Slow Food Montreal: Interview with Bobby Gregoire