Yearly Archives: 2011

12
May

I know, I know, I’m late on this one. I was supposed to pay a visit to Nick Hodge’s new restaurant Icehouse weeks ago but life got in the way and, well… But, I did finally go this past weekend and I must say that if I had known what I was missing out on, …

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1
May
posted in : RECIPES

Every year my parents come to visit my brother and I here in Montreal. They usually come in the summer when it’s nice and warm and they always bring a lot of goodies with them. This year however, they just arrived a couple of days ago with a suitcase full of goodies! Among them is …

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20
Apr

Last Friday night I was front and center for the opening night of Osteria Venti, the new Michele Forgione restaurant in Old Montreal. This was the realization of a lifelong dream for the Montreal chef and one I was happy to play a small part in just by being there. Osetria Venti has been named …

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16
Apr
posted in : MONTREAL, events

It’s no secret by now that Mario Navarrete Jr. is one of my favourite chefs in the city. I love his take on Nuevo Latino cuisine and, I’ve said this before, I could probably survive on his ceviche -and its many variations- for the rest of my days. That being said, you can only imagine …

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11
Apr
posted in : New York City, TRAVELS

As promised in my last article on New York, here’s my post on my night at Bar Boulud. It was through a connection here in Montreal that I managed to get in touch with the chef de charcuterie of Daniel Boulud‘s restaurants in New York. The famed chef and restaurateur is the owner of 6 …

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