Am I the only Canadian who's jealous of Americans getting a big family dinner and holiday yesterday? Canadian Thanksgiving feels like so long ago! Sure, we get to rip into crispy-skinned turkey or chicken more than a month earlier, but isn't that a bit like being the test dummy … [Read more...] about Gluten Free Non-Thanksgiving Stuffing for Jealous Canadians
Ten Dishes and Four Hours of Fine Dining at Pastel
Dinner at Pastel, the fairly new fine dining restaurant in Old Montreal, starts with a heads-up that the meal's going to take awhile. This is a destination kind of restaurant where you come for the evening, explains our server/sommelier. Post-dinner drinks with friends at a … [Read more...] about Ten Dishes and Four Hours of Fine Dining at Pastel
“Waiter, There’s a Vegan at my Table”: Montreal’s Top Vegan and Vegetarian Restaurants and Meals
If you're American, you might be feeling that bit of rising panic, that comes up your throat like one too many Tequila sours. It's almost the holidays and you know a vegan. Whether it's for American Thanksgiving or you're a keener planning a Christmas party or dinner, vegans … [Read more...] about “Waiter, There’s a Vegan at my Table”: Montreal’s Top Vegan and Vegetarian Restaurants and Meals
Vegan Feast: Cauliflower Korma, Healthy Ratatouille à la HelloFresh and Herbs With Rice
I'm basically fake-vegan. I'm just lactose and gluten intolerant. But we could all stand to eat a little less meat – which for me, by default, means vegan. No sweat off my back, since I can still make creamy cauliflower korma from a Meera Sodha recipe in The Guardian's food … [Read more...] about Vegan Feast: Cauliflower Korma, Healthy Ratatouille à la HelloFresh and Herbs With Rice
Making Soup and Living Dangerously: Pressure-Caramelized Carrot Soup
I've always been a little scared when my pressure cooker starts whistling. when it comes to full pressure, this little yellow button pops up and there's a high-pitched noise that makes me think the top is going to explode. Apparently, this used to be a real concern, but these … [Read more...] about Making Soup and Living Dangerously: Pressure-Caramelized Carrot Soup
Montreal’s Wine Bars on Global Television: Un Po’ di Più, Pullman, Moleskine, Rouge Gorge, Bar Henrietta and Loïc
This morning I highlighted a few of my favourite wine bars in Montreal on Global TV with Laura Casella for my regular Foodie Friday segment. I headed into studio with a beautiful antipasti tower from Un Po' di Più, a new Italian natural wine bar (or caffè aperitivo) that serves … [Read more...] about Montreal’s Wine Bars on Global Television: Un Po’ di Più, Pullman, Moleskine, Rouge Gorge, Bar Henrietta and Loïc
Treating Immigrant Grapes and Family Unfairly at the RASPIPAV Private Import Salon in Montreal
As I take a sip of a Merlot from Friuli, I'm expecting to dislike it. Kind of like going on a first date and telling your friend to call an hour in, because you think it'll be awful. It's not fair, to the date or the wine. But as I let the Merlot from I Clivi cover my tongue, … [Read more...] about Treating Immigrant Grapes and Family Unfairly at the RASPIPAV Private Import Salon in Montreal
One Love Soup: Vegan and Gluten Free Minestrone
Ras Iville Wright understands the need for soup. I originally met Wright every week for an entire summer at Harbourfront Centre where he'd set up his giant pot at a food stall every weekend for festivals. It contained a vegan variation on Jamaican pepper pot soup: chunks of … [Read more...] about One Love Soup: Vegan and Gluten Free Minestrone
New York Restaurants: From a Speakeasy Sake Bar to Smorgasburg to Superior Seafood to Vegan Sushi
My entire recent trip to New York felt like wandering down the rabbit, which we did when we went to Sakagura, a speakeasy-style sake bar (no cell reception, so no texting friends if they're late) in a residential building where you need to sign in with facial recognition. So … [Read more...] about New York Restaurants: From a Speakeasy Sake Bar to Smorgasburg to Superior Seafood to Vegan Sushi
Behind HelloFresh with Recipe Developer / Chef Corby-Sue Neumann and Pastaga Chef Martin Juneau
Did you know that a small team in Toronto plans all the meal kit recipes for Hello Fresh across Canada? At a recent HelloFresh event in Montreal, I met the international company's Toronto-based Menu Planning Manager, Corby-Sue Neumann. That was more exciting to me than meeting … [Read more...] about Behind HelloFresh with Recipe Developer / Chef Corby-Sue Neumann and Pastaga Chef Martin Juneau