It’s sugar shack season again in Quebec, one of my favourite times of the year, when indulging in everything maple is enthusiastically encouraged. I am not originally from Quebec but I am fiercely proud of my adopted province’s sweet heritage and will happily partake in anything maple anytime. Last year I managed to make it …
I had missed the last couple of events by Tripes & Caviar so I was really looking forward to their SCALP evening that took place a couple of weeks ago. I’ll admit that I was also a bit worried about what we would be served. I had heard rumours that the T&C guys are just …
Can you believe that Montreal, this mecca of gastronomy and the city that has the highest number of restaurants per capita in North America, has never had a restaurant week until now? Unbelievable, right? That is about to change though with TASTE MTL, Montreal’s first ever restaurant week, which will take place from November 1 …
From the streets to the stars: an evening of haute street cuisine is an annual event benefiting Dans la rue, a wonderful Montreal organization headed by Father Emmett Johns (Father Pops) that takes care of homeless teenagers and aims to get them off the streets. Every year, some of Montreal’s most-renowed chefs compete to create …
Chocolate and art, that’s a good combination, don’t you think? That is exactly the thought behind a new collaboration between the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and Cacao Barry, the leading world-wide producer of chocolate. In a first event of its kind, a handful of specialized media were introduced to the new collaboration, which will …
