Walking back from the contemporary museum of Art in Place D’Armes in Montreal, I stumbled across a sea of cheese in the under ground mall. Artisan cheese makers from across La Belle Province had gathered together in one place to show of their pungent goods as if expressly for me. I couldn’t have been more [...]

You can judge a food town by its market – after visiting Jean Talon Market, Montreal passes with flying colours. It is a produce market surrounded by food shops set in the heart of Little Italy open every day of the week . Locals seem to lament that the market is not what it was [...]

Quelque Chose is the name of the Unibroue’s unique ale brewed with macerated cherries over several months. I had the opportunity to try it at the outdoor winter bar in Old Montreal during the Montreal Highlights Festival. The bottle suggests serving on ice as an aperitif or heated; yes, that’s right – I said hot [...]

I spent the weekend in Montreal – a fantastic food city all around. There is an unwritten law among Canadian foodie friends and Montreal expats – if you make a trip to Montreal, you had better bring back bagels. I knew the scorn I would bring upon myself if I were neglect in returning with [...]

Friday night was the Women and Wine party at the Fifth in Toronto. Our wine writer Anne Martin participated on the panel of foodie and wine-os competing in a culinary and wine know-it-all contest. Local food celebrities Lucy Waverman, Trish Magwood and Donna Doher among others also participated. Here are shots from a successful night [...]

Saturday night was oyster-fest at my house. Every once and while a group of my friends get together with a box (or two) of oysters and have a shucking-fest. Really little else is served at these shindigs – this time I made a salad, got some great breads from Stonemill bakery, a couple pieces of [...]

I was shopping in China town and came across fresh dates. You don’t often see them fresh so I picked some up. This is a picture of them, I had some friends over for dinner so I served them with cheese – a truffle laced sheep’s milk cheese and a creamy piece of morbier. Dates [...]