Wordless Wednesday: Apple Picking

Events, Fruit Recipes, Montreal Buzz

A couple of weekends ago I spent a lovely day apple picking with friends in Saint-Hilaire at the Verger Petits et Fils. The first half of the day was cold and wet, perfect timing for a crepe lunch and a cider tasting. To bad the sky was so grey: you cannot see the...

Gourmet Taco War for Dans la rue

Events

I have been busssyyyyy! Not much time in the kitchen but I had another awesome foodie event I wanted to share. And this Saturday was my 2nd Food Film Marathon which was a success, another post to come on that. I’ll be back as of Saturday with new kitchen...

To my Mickey

Events

Forgive my absence on the food scene or returning comments, these last days have been hard. My beautiful cat Mickey, only 10 years old, passed away peacefully with the help of the vet on September 18th. He bravely fought cancer and anemia for the last 6 weeks but the...

A Special night: DE LA RUE AUX ÉTOILES

Events

Everyone in Montreal is familiar with the epic Dans la Rue organization, which was Founded by Father Emmett Johns (nicknamed Pops) in 1988. This grassroots, community-based organization works with street kids and at-risk youth aged 12 to 25. The philosophy of of...

2nd annual Cheap Ethnic Eatz Food Film Marathon

Events, Recipes from food films and TV

A day of food movies with food, how fun! I am officially announcing the 2nd annual Cheap Ethnic Eatz food film marathon that will be hosted at my place. It will take place at the end of September 2012 and for sure you will be reading about it, before and after the...

Foodie Penpals: a Snacking Good Time

Events

This is my first time participating in this fun exchange idea, Foodie Penpals. The idea is to send and receive a foodie care package of around 15$. Actually it has a lot of similarities with my old defunct program The Foodie Exchange where people chose each...