When you're lactose intolerant or gluten-intolerant, knowing what you can substitute in a recipe is the key to both eating well and maintaining your sanity. This graphic from eReplacements.com is a handy guide to what to use when you run out of a basic ingredient. And while it's … [Read more...] about Gluten-Free and Dairy-Free Cooking and Baking Substitutions Guide
Eat.Meet. Vegan Mixer Takes Over Santropol Roulant July 19th
Take a rooftop garden terrasse, sweet and savoury vegan catering, live music, prizes, and a whole bunch of foodies interested in conscious eating, health, organics, vegetarianism and/or veganism and you've got yourself a cool summer party. On Saturday, July 19th all are welcome … [Read more...] about Eat.Meet. Vegan Mixer Takes Over Santropol Roulant July 19th
Pastaga: Little Italy’s Restaurant Renaissance
It's a long bus ride up St-Laurent to Pastaga Restaurant in Little Italy on a Monday night. The neighbourhood's southern tip has none of its weekend charm—no Italian shouted from doorways, no shoppers buying canned tomatoes and imported olives at Milano's, no Fifa World Cup fans … [Read more...] about Pastaga: Little Italy’s Restaurant Renaissance
Laloux: My New Favourite Montreal Bistro
In a city that does bistro well, Laloux is a whole lot more than duck confit. Bistro: well-priced, quickly-plated French food in a small neighbourhood establishment. Things are usually slow-cooked or quick seared: tender lamb shank, duck confit, steak-frites, probably some kind … [Read more...] about Laloux: My New Favourite Montreal Bistro
Pasta-Maker Gluten-Free Fusilli with Tomato Sauce
It's too beautiful a day to write a sad story about great gluten-free fusilli. So I'm going to leave the sad parts out about the context of this meal, and concentrate on the swirls of pasta that extruded from my pasta maker a couple weeks ago. I do love my pasta maker. It was a … [Read more...] about Pasta-Maker Gluten-Free Fusilli with Tomato Sauce
Montreal Vegan Pop-Up Brunch with Stéphanie Audet, Sun. June 22, 10am-3pm
"Carbmaggedon?" "Le Petit Végéuner?" Those are the nicknames of the ultimate gluten-free, vegan brunch I'll be cooking on June 22nd from 10am-3pm at Lulia, a cute Vietnamese café at 1902 rue Masson in francophone hipster central (aka the Plateau). Thanks to the generous support … [Read more...] about Montreal Vegan Pop-Up Brunch with Stéphanie Audet, Sun. June 22, 10am-3pm
The Adventure Time Board Game and a DIY 5 à 7
There's an Adventure Time Board Game? Did you know this? I didn't. Not until my friend sent it to me to test, anyway. I didn't even know what Adventure Time was, since I'm neither a stoner or a 4-year-old kid. Basically it's a cartoon that was made for grown-ups but then kids … [Read more...] about The Adventure Time Board Game and a DIY 5 à 7
Le Mal Nécessaire: Tiki cocktails are a necessary evil in Montreal’s Chinatown
There are no Hawaiian leis at Montreal's newest and only tiki bar. But there is a whole lot of rum served in coconuts and pineapples. To get to Le Mal Nécessaire, enter Chinatown from the north, down St-Laurent from René-Levesque and turn right after the tea shop at 1106B. If … [Read more...] about Le Mal Nécessaire: Tiki cocktails are a necessary evil in Montreal’s Chinatown
Dates: Tunisians, Algerians, and Iranians
,I used to go to Leopoldo when I needed a date. Then it was Tania. Then it was both... But now it's definitely, wholeheartedly Olivier. Well, L'Olivier, to be exact. That's the North African (I'm not sure if it's Algerian, Tunisian or Morrocan-owned) shop on the north side of … [Read more...] about Dates: Tunisians, Algerians, and Iranians
Hunting for GOOD Gluten-Free Beer at the Montreal Mondial de la Bière, June 11-15, 2014
Is "good gluten-free beer" an oxymoron? Once, when I was ten I called "good television" an oxymoron and impressed my aunt. But that was back before the days of The Good Wife and Sherlock. My point? As with television, I believe there's hope for beer. At the moment, on the Quebec … [Read more...] about Hunting for GOOD Gluten-Free Beer at the Montreal Mondial de la Bière, June 11-15, 2014