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 […]
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DISHCRAWL stalks the Old Port for new hits and beloved classics.
By Tracey Hill for Curtains Up “Wear warm, comfortable walking shoes” messaged Dishcrawl’s effervescent coordinator, Jenny King. Not knowing what I was in for (weather and distance-wise), I donned my warmest orthopedic mukluks (on the off-chance we would attempt to re-create Sebastian Cabot’s famed expedition over the Northeast Passage). Alas, all this fretting about appropriate footwear was for naught. The four […]
GAUCHO cooking comes to Montreal for Festival en Lumière
By Tracey hill for Curtains Up There’s a certain virility to Gaucho-style cooking despite its subtly graceful result. Popularized by Argentinian cattle rustlers, fighters and farmers, ‘Gaucho’ cooking has everything to do with the method of heating food (mostly meat and potatoes) using grills, ashes, coal and wood. Elemental, raw and primitive, it utilizes basic tools […]
‘Truffling’ her feathers…one woman’s adventures in a macho culinary world
By Tracey Hill for Curtains Up PARIS, France “Find a woman from the countryside to cook for me!” lamented French President François Mitterrand in 1988, after his first 7-year term. The aging head of state had just fired his personal chef and he’d grown weary of the fussy, urban-chic cuisine that arose daily from his […]
Food For Lovers – Get Down With Your Sensual Side
By Chef Michael Minorgan for Curtains Up “As I ate the oysters with their strong taste of the sea and their faint metallic taste that the cold white wine washed away, leaving only the sea taste and the succulent texture, and as I drank their cold liquid from each shell and washed it down with […]
ANOTHER TIME, ANOTHER PLACE
By Carolyn Fe for Curtains Up Gone are the days when ‘going out’ was an event in itself. There was a time when men and women would dress to the nine’s and steppin’ out was an elegant affair. Gentlemen wore Biltmores and bow ties while the ladies were oh-so-chic with their evening gloves and slingback […]
FROM THE WINE CASE – For Valentine’s Day and Beyond
Remy Charest From the Wine Case with Remy Charest.What would Valentine’s Day be without that wonderful elixir – vino?Remy Charest has crawled out of the comfort of his wine case and made some suggestions for Valentine’s Day. An idea for those wishing to make the day special, and the serving of the wine significant, would […]