Arts, Culture and Entertainment in Montreal
I am starting to realize that when one has been involved with food and food service as long as I have, both in catering, in the restaurant business and more recently eating out in as many restaurants as I do one can become a bit cynical and approach food with a slightly jaded eye. […]
It is real treat to find a restaurant that is unabashedly without pretension, small and without fancy designer flourishes. A restaurant where the focus is solely on the food and the service. Such a restaurant is La Recolte, neatly tucked away on a non descript block of Belanger St in the La Petite-Patrie neighborhood, just […]
Thai Peanut-Tamarind Grilled Chicken Grilled food in Thailand is a staple of their amazing street food found in every village and town throughout the country. Peanut sauces and marinades are found in cuisines all over South East Asia. They are nowhere near sauces made here using peanut butter. It is a much more complex sauce […]
Mercuri is the latest project of talented Montreal chef Joe Mercuri who first burst on to the Montreal culinary scene as chef/owner of Bronte on downtown Sherbrooke St . Mercuri, located in Old Montreal on Wellington Street is by any measure sleek, bold, inviting and theatrical. There is even a house DJ spinning the music […]
CHICKEN TACOS WITH BLACK BEANS, AVOCADO AND FETA CHEESE Tacos are a great addition to a summer BBQ. Fill them with whatever you wish. Be creative, the choice of fillings is endless. Traditional Mexican tacos were filled with small fish. The culinary meaning of tacos could have an explosive origin deriving from the Mexican silver […]