By Michael Minorgan for Curtains Up www.globalgourmnets.ca michael@globalgourmets.ca Whenever I come across a restaurant that for some reason deems it necessary to have the word “New” indelibly etched onto its name it immediately makes me think that the previous owner had an abysmal reputation and that the new owners, wanting to completely disassociate themselves from […]
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Chef Michael’s Quick, Easy and Delish Dish for the Weekend
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.
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 […]
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 […]
Chef Michael’s Quick, Easy and Delish Dish for the Weekend
By Michael Minorgan for Curtains Up Tv www.globalgourmets.ca michael@globalgourmets.ca Tom Yum Goong This soup is by far one of my all time favourites gleaned from my visits to South East Asia. Although it can be found throughout South East Asia and even Japan, it is most associated with Thailand where it is practically a […]
Chef Michel’s Quick, Easy and Delish Dish for the Weekend
By Michael Minorgan for Curtains Up www.globalgourmets.ca michael@globalgourmets.ca Macaroni and Cheese (Mac N’ Cheese) It is one of my (and everyone’s I’m sure) all time favourite comfort foods. According to Wikipedia, our on line encyclopaedia of knowledge, details of the lineage of this dish go all the way back to the 14th century, with the […]
Greasy Spoon Restaurant
By Michael Minorgan for Curtains Up www.globalgourmnets.ca michael @globalgourmets.ca Greasy Spoon…the word alone conjures up images of artery clogging indulgencies that would send any doctor into an apoplectic fit and me running to down copious amounts of Crestor. The Greasy Spoon on culinary chic Laurier Ave thankfully bears no resemblance to this ugly scenario. Laurier […]
Off The Beaten Path……
By Michael Minorgan for Curtains Up Packaged vacations to far off distant lands….we’ve all taken advantage of them at one time or another. We sign up for an advertised tour guaranteed to show us all the wonders and hidden secrets of one country or another and while doing all these wonderful things you will be […]