By Chef Derek Bocking for Curtains Up Given the long cold winters we have to endure each year, we Montrealers are pretty good at taking advantage of every drop of sunshine the spring and summer has to offer. The parks are already filling up and festival season is about to start. As the weather warms […]
Diaries of a Travelling Radio Host – in New Hampshire
By Sharman Yarnell What makes New Hampshire so very unique, aside from the fact that it offers the visitor a choice of mountains or beaches? Aside from the fact that it is so picturesque, with small white churches dotting the landscape, lush rolling hills and magnificent mountain ranges, quaint sea port villages with pristine beaches? […]
Top of the Morning by Brian Stelter (Grand Central Publishing, $31)
By Stuart Nulman Around this time a year ago, a full-fledged palace coup was quietly taking place within the confines of NBC’s Studio 1A in Rockefeller Plaza, the home of the news division’s most profitable program, the Today Show. The target of this coup: Ann Curry, the show’s news reader/correspondent who was with “Today” for […]
At Long Last Street Food…Not exactly!
By Michael Minorgan for Curtains Up www.globalgourmets.ca Montreal’s prohibition on street food dates back to 1947 when it was considered to be littering the streets, providing undue competition to local businesses and committing flagrant abuses of the city’s traffic laws. This ban has finally been lifted and these gastronomic delights will once again grace our […]
Curtains Up on Star Trek: Into Darkness
by Joseph Rossi Star Trek: Into Darkness is the best film of this warhorse of a franchise. Director J.J. Abrams has crafted a sci-fi tale of extraordinary depth and character that moves at a lighting pace with the occasional stop here and there for a little exposition and some welcome emotion.
Michaels Quick, Easy and Delish Dish for the Weekend
By Michael Minorgan for Curtains Up www.globalgourmets.ca Shrimp Etouffee Shrimp two weeks in a row…decadent!. This recipe hearkens back to my cooking roots in Montreal when I opened Montreal’s first authentic Cajun and Creole restaurant in Montreal, La Louisiane. The fact that it still stands in its original location some 22 years later is a […]
Ta Chido is Cool…Funky…Fun…and… Delicious!
By Michel Minorgan for Curtains Up www.globalgourmets.ca Ta Chido in colloquial Spanish means “is cool”. Tucked away unobtrusively on the Plateau is a small and definitely funky taqueria or as it is noted on their menu, a Mexican Dinette. Whatever you call it, this family run business is serving some of the best Mexican […]
Baruchel – almost Holmes
By Sharman Yarnell for Curtains Up I remember a few years ago when the movie ‘Sherlock Holmes’ with Robert Downey Jr. in the lead previewed at the AMC. There was a record attendance. In fact, people were turned away at the door. Fisti-cuffs almost broke out in the lobby of the AMC. The Sherlock Holmes […]
Chef Michael’s Quick, Easy and Delish Dish for the Weekend
By Chef Michael Minorgan for Curtains Up www.globalgourmets.ca Vietnamese Caramel Shrimp (Tom Rim) As you may have gathered from some of my previous recipes I have succumbed completely to the cuisines of South East Asia. On my visits to these countries I have been blown away by the freshness of the ingredients, the wonderful bold […]
Curtains Up on Ray Harryhausen
By Joseph Rossi Another hero has passed away. Effects pioneer Ray Harryhausen is gone. He leaves behind an unmatched legacy of stop motion classics like Jason and the Argonauts and Mighty Joe Young. His influence can be seen in the works of Peter Jackson, Steven Spielberg, Del Toro and many others.