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Two-cheese giardiniera pasta
Becoming a mom means you will learn to cook pasta 1001 ways since kids loooove starchy foods. That’s because: 1) starch has a fairly sweet yet neutral taste; and 2) it relieves hunger pangs faster than...
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Once upon a squash. Or 2. Or 10.
Agrotourism: Madame La Courge When fall comes to Montreal, apple lovers and friends can usually be found stuck in traffic as they escape to the Rougemont or Laurentians orchards for a basketful of...
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On being a cookbook ghost writer
Fall 2009 — Here I was, at Ô Chalet Restaurant near Montreal’s CBC tower, celebrating with a good friend and colleague the launch of 100 recettes, 100 vedettes Centraide, my third collective cookbook...
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Quickie chicken and date “tagine”
At least once a month, I save the day with this recipe. THE recipe. My go-to saviour, so delicious that I even serve it to company in a rush. Friends usually leave with the recipe too. A fake tagine,...
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Do you have the soul of a locavore?
Agrotourism: The Oka Abbey Store So you are planning a last ditch foray to the countryside for a bit of apple-a-pickin’ with family or friends? Why stop there when so many fine shops punctuate the...
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Cooking Italy: Celebrating pear season
Be still my heart. I have finally made it to my second post for the Cooking Italy Club, the foodie haven devoted to the cuisine of the great Marcella Hazan. In my defense, I have been redoing my...
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You say apple, I say ice cider
Agrotourism: Vergers Lacroix Leaves have started falling and so have apples. Both “Week-ends de Rougemont” in Montérégie and “Pommes en fête” apple festival in the Laurentians wound down last weekend,...
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Glenfiddich: On discovering scotch
I knew next to nothing about scotch. Worse still, I didn’t care for it. So when Glenfiddich invited me to a scotch-and-food tasting as part of their Canadian tour, let’s just say they were not...
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Québec is cooking: In my test kitchen
English blogs that test recipes for you are a dime a dozen. From Cookthebook.ca to Magazine Mondays Club and food blogs that “adapt” recipes from both books and magazines (think SmittenKitchen.com),...
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Cookbook Contest: We have a winner!
Congratulations to Caroline Masson from Cuisine2.ca who won the À la bonne franquette cookbook. She owes one to her grand-mother who inspired her as a kid with her delicious spaghetti with sausage...
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