Monthly Archives: December 2011

29
Dec

Yes friends, it’s another “best of” list of sorts! I know they’re proliferating right now out there in cyber space but I did this last year and I wanted to do it again this year. It makes me relive all the sweet and delicious moments of 2011 and I hope it will bring about some …

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19
Dec
posted in : COOKBOOK REVIEWS

I have been accused of being hard to shop for in the sense that I don’t really like jewelry or clothes or perfumes or any of the typical girly gifts that one may think to offer. However, I think I am so easy to please since all you have to do really is consult my …

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15
Dec

Yes, “Latina” cuisine, not Peruvian or Argentinian or Venezuelan or Colombian but all of these and more, including Brazil. Why? Because the two owners of this new, tiny, 28-seat restaurant in the heart of the Petite Patrie neighbourhood in Montreal, Julieta Moros and Giselle Ruiz, believe that they are Latinas first, Venezuelan second. Julieta Moros – …

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11
Dec
posted in : COOKBOOK REVIEWS

I have a large, ever growing cookbook collection. I also have a bookcase filled with heavy, glossy art and design books. I honestly don’t know which of these two piles the Eleven Madison Park cookbook belongs in. This book is an absolutely gorgeous large volume filled with beautiful photos of dishes that look like works …

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4
Dec
posted in : MONTREAL, NEWS

NOTE: Because of construction delays, the restaurant is now opening on Thursday December 8th Martin Juneau and partner Louis-Philippe Breton’s new restaurant Pastaga opens tomorrow night in Apollo’s previous space at 6389 St Laurent. The two partners met 15 years ago while working their first kitchen. They have since worked together on occasion in several …

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