I never thought farmers would be taking pictures of heirloom tomatoes and uploading them to a website so chefs could order them. But that's what Provender is making happen. It's farming 2.0. Now chefs can find out with one click how much of a fruit or vegetable farmers are … [Read more...] about Provender: Being a Locavore Restaurant in Montreal Just got Easier
Archives for July 2014
Canning Class This Friday in Montreal: Homemade Organic Blueberry Jam
Ever want to learn how to make jam? Now's your chance. This Friday, Aug. 1st, from 11am-1pm I'm teaching my Canning 101 class. We'll be cooking down the organic Quebec blueberries I picked last week with just enough sugar and lemon juice to reduce into sweet, gel-ed … [Read more...] about Canning Class This Friday in Montreal: Homemade Organic Blueberry Jam
Seared Sustainable Arctic Char with a Garden Salad
I really wish my image uploader was working and you could see this fish and salad meal. Instead, I'm going to describe it to you: Think of light green spinach leaves, peppery arugula, and rippled sacred green basil, freshly pulled from the garden. Add the first tomatoes of the … [Read more...] about Seared Sustainable Arctic Char with a Garden Salad
Ateliers & Saveurs Gift Certificate Giveaway!
Summer + terrasses + cocktails = Montreal It's simple math. Ateliers & Saveurs is a cooking, cocktail, and wine school in Old Montreal. Their classes sell out far in advance, which makes sense when you look at their schedule of lunch quickies ("Gourmet Pressé: $14 meals of … [Read more...] about Ateliers & Saveurs Gift Certificate Giveaway!
Soothing Summer Fava Bean Soup
Not all soups in summer need be cold. If I never see another clamato-doused gazpacho in my life it'll be too soon. But when you have fresh fava beans from your garden (my first!!!), rich, sweet homemade chicken stock, and you need something soulfully satisfying, this is your … [Read more...] about Soothing Summer Fava Bean Soup
Sweet Potato Tacos with Creamy Roasted Poblano Pepper Salsa and Sweet Pickled Shallots
Here's the recipe for my sweet potato tacos from the Vegan brunch pop-up of a couple weeks ago. The recipe has all my favourite food qualities: spicy chili pepper on the soft but almost crunchy roasted sweet potatoes, crunch from cabbage, sweetness and acid from the pickled … [Read more...] about Sweet Potato Tacos with Creamy Roasted Poblano Pepper Salsa and Sweet Pickled Shallots
Soft and Gooey Strawberry-Rhubarb Pudding Cake
Mmm...That's how every good recipe should start. With an unprompted verbal reaction to how good that dish was. Sometimes you need cake. Sometimes you need cake that's soft and sweet and tangy and buttery. And sometimes you need that cake quickly. That's not always easy when … [Read more...] about Soft and Gooey Strawberry-Rhubarb Pudding Cake
Photos from the Last Vegetarian Sushi Class
My first time running a vegetarian sushi in class through Bookalokal.com was a success. The food was tasty, the participants were enthusiastic, and there was lots of avocado, cucumber, mango, pickled plum, cashews, strawberry, pickled burdock root, miso soup, chives, holy basil, … [Read more...] about Photos from the Last Vegetarian Sushi Class
Recipes from the Vegan Brunch Popup with Stephanie Audet: Gluten-free Scones, Nutella Pancakes and Mexican Rice
There were scones with homemade blueberry and strawberry jam, chocolate and banana pancakes, sweet potato tacos with sweet pickled onions and cashew cream roasted poblano crema, and there was Mexican rice and beans. I brought chives and cilantro from my garden, we had food … [Read more...] about Recipes from the Vegan Brunch Popup with Stephanie Audet: Gluten-free Scones, Nutella Pancakes and Mexican Rice
Slow-Cooker Lamb Shanks with Sweet Shallots, Sherry vinegar and Dijon
I guess I'm kind of all-or-nothing when it comes to lamb. I wanted some slow-cooked, tender, red meat. I've been awfully tired lately and spinach wasn't cutting it, sadly. (If I could eat just that spinach from the Concordia Farm School every day, I might not need lamb or chicken … [Read more...] about Slow-Cooker Lamb Shanks with Sweet Shallots, Sherry vinegar and Dijon