By Michael Minorgan for Curtains Up www.globalgourmets.ca michael@globalgourmets.ca Butternut Squash Soup Despite our less than stellar summer we are slowly slipping into fall, a time when the more hearty vegetables come to market.
Try Jah Love with reggae ambassadors Third World
By Richard Burnett for Curtains Up @bugsburnett Old-school roots reggae may be going the way of vinyl and CDs, displaced by new-school dancehall. But for international audiences raised on Bob Marley, Burning Spear, Jimmy Cliff and Toots & The Maytals, there are few performers out there still carrying the roots-reggae torch. But one of reggae’s […]
Metal on Ice: Tales from Canada’s Hard Rock and Heavy Metal Heroes (Dundurn, $19.99)
by Andreas Kessaris for Curtains Up! I’ll never forget the day: September 6th, 1983. My first rock concert. For an anxious fan barely into his teens it was a huge thrill; a monumental, influential event in a young life. That night I began down a path that encompassed my high school years and […]
Food festivals, golf and an Island dream –
Approximately a 10 hour drive from Montreal lies a small island that offers up a barrel of fun and lots of rest and relaxation – from the spring to fall. The moment you cross the bridge off the mainland and the wheels of your car touch the red tinged asphalt, your shoulders […]
Curtains Up on Blue Jasmine
by Joseph Rossi Blue Jasmine is Woody Allen’s latest film and as always he shows no sign of letting his talent squander in VOD hell. He’s made some bad choices in recent years but he keeps on going, like a nebbish and neurotic Energizer Bunny. This outing, starring Cate Blanchett, is up there along […]
Artigiani Ristorante Pizzeria
By Michael Minorgan for Curtains up www.globalgourmets.ca michael@globalgourmets.ca After a recent night out watching a somewhat uninspired and run of the mill horror movie, The Conjuring, I had a craving for a good bowl of pasta. So off we went to St Denis St and Artigiani Ristorante Pizzeria. Before getting any further into my critique […]
Chef Michael’s Quick, Easy and Delish Dish for the Weekend
By Michael Minorgan for Curtains Up www.globalgourmets.ca michael@globalgourmets.ca Lechon Manok When you travel to the Philippines Pinoy BBQ stands are on almost every street corner serving up delicious bbq’d appetizers or Pulatan, on bamboo skewers. They have a definite sweet, savoury and smoky flavour and are usually served with a special Pinoy sauce consisting […]
Curtains Up on the End of Summer
by Joseph Rossi Summer is over. As the last few days lead into the back to school season, I choose to reflect on the films of the past few months while on vacation. My obligation is to the medium (don’t tell my wife).
La Route des Vins…A Post Mortem
By Michael Minorgan for Curtains Up www.globalgourmets.ca michael@globalgourmets.ca It was my first time exploring and tasting some of the artisanal wines of the Eastern Townships, an area that produces over 65% of the wine in Quebec. I found myself more than pleasantly surprised by the overall quality of the wines I tasted. I was […]
Chef Michael’s Quick, Easy and Delish Dish for the Weekend
By Michael Minorgan for Curtains Up www.globalgourmets.ca michael@globalgourmets.ca Roasted Tomato and Red Pepper Soup Tomatoes….yes it’s finally that time of year when we can thankfully bypass all those artificially grown, hard and tasteless varieties that have graced our stores for so many months and replace them with some of the natural, sweet and delicious varieties […]