These are all private import wines, so you'll need to find them in restaurants or scribble down the names and hope some day they come to you or you go to them. But, they're worth it. Scribe Winery - Sonoma, California, USA These winemakers are young, passionate about wine and … [Read more...] about Top 5 Wine Picks from the Salon des Vins d’Importation Privée
Everything Else
Top 5 Affordable Boozy Selections from the Salon des Vins d’Importation Privée and La Grande Dégustation: Sake, rum, porto and fruit wine
1. Field Berry (Strawberry and Raspberry) Aperitif Fruit Wine from Vignoble d'Oka, QC ($19.95 at the SAQ) This is a new Quebec winery doing a lot of things right, from using as few fungicides as possible (much less than apple trees, even "organic" fungicides. though it IS … [Read more...] about Top 5 Affordable Boozy Selections from the Salon des Vins d’Importation Privée and La Grande Dégustation: Sake, rum, porto and fruit wine
Health, Happiness and Soft Serve
I've been open about my food intolerances in the past - how difficult it is to enjoy a meal when your stomach hurts every time you eat or when the thought of essentially being poisoned and throwing up for a day when a little gluten slips through the kitchen cracks scares you out … [Read more...] about Health, Happiness and Soft Serve
Wine Tasting at the RASPIPAV Salon this Weekend
Is it possible to try over 1000 wines in two days? Even if it is, I wouldn't recommend it, but if you so desire and you have the money and determination, theoretically this Saturday and Sunday you could do it at Marché Bonsecours. It's the annual RASPIPAV Wine Salon weekend. … [Read more...] about Wine Tasting at the RASPIPAV Salon this Weekend
Video and Audio of Permaculture Practices from Food Forest Farm and Tripple Brook Farm
If you missed how excited about Arctic kiwi growing in Massachusetts I got last week, allow me to remind you with a video and some audio from y trip to permaculture farms, Food Forest Farm and Tripple Brook Farm. Eric, Jonathan and Steve welcomed our class into their edible … [Read more...] about Video and Audio of Permaculture Practices from Food Forest Farm and Tripple Brook Farm
Stout-Poached Apples with Sarsaparilla Mousse, Smoked Puff Pastry and Cilantro Syrup at Cafe Sardine, and Where to Find the Best Apple Dishes at Montreal Restaurants This Week
Check out my story on the best apple dishes in Montreal at Nightlife.ca. Please 'like it', tweet it, or leave a comment! I want to turn this into a Montreal restaurant series on where to eat each week with a focus on a particular ingredient. Want to hear about where to find the … [Read more...] about Stout-Poached Apples with Sarsaparilla Mousse, Smoked Puff Pastry and Cilantro Syrup at Cafe Sardine, and Where to Find the Best Apple Dishes at Montreal Restaurants This Week
Kiwis for Locavores: Permaculture at Food Forest Farm
Have you ever felt bad about (or judged for) buying a pineapple in North America? That pineapple traveled a long way, and ate up a lot of carbon just so we could eat it back. And why should we buy that pineapple when we have apples year-round? And if you turn those summer … [Read more...] about Kiwis for Locavores: Permaculture at Food Forest Farm
Brined Roast Turkey, Day 2
There is a 12 lb turkey sitting in my canning pot. This is both a good thing and a bad thing. It's good because the brine I made of salt, sugar, water, vegetables and spices is slowly seeping into the flesh. It's bad because I didn't inject the brine directly into the turkey as … [Read more...] about Brined Roast Turkey, Day 2
Vacuum-Sealed Pickles, Quick Fermentation, and Ultrasonic Baths: Cucumbers, Chanterelles, Maple Syrup Pears, Fennel and Chili Peppers
I went on a bit of a pickle roll when I was at the Modernist Cuisine Cooking Lab... "Can you quick-ferment cucumbers?" I asked. I'd heard they made their own sauerkraut and I wanted to know if there was a way to do it in one day instead of two weeks. Turns out you can't actually … [Read more...] about Vacuum-Sealed Pickles, Quick Fermentation, and Ultrasonic Baths: Cucumbers, Chanterelles, Maple Syrup Pears, Fennel and Chili Peppers
Back at the Market
Come visit me at the Ile-des-Soeurs farmers market tomorrow (Sunday, September 30th) from noon to 1pm. I'm doing a demo of grilled curried cauliflower with maple syrup, pine nuts, and arugula, and a raw beet and a carrot salad with apple cider vinaigrette. It's going to pour. … [Read more...] about Back at the Market