Home Cured Pork Tenderloin

Appetizer Recipes, Events

Hello everyone! Today is my 5th Blogiversary! Wow 5 years. And today is my 690th post. Double Wow! This blog saw a different kind of birth compared to most other food blogs. In the beginning it was only restaurant reviews, bad ones when I look back. I started this...

Fish tortilla citrus vanilla gastrique radish salsa

Events, Main Course Recipes

A wonderful new way to enjoy a fish tortilla: top it with a fabulous citrus & vanilla gastrique and a radish salsa! Served with battered radish leaves. Well, I guess it had to happen sooner or later. Ladies and Germs: 5 Star Makeovers is at WAR this month. Yes you...

Seeing Red Squares in my Plate: in Support of Quebec Student Protests

Events

You are probably wondering why on earth I would post such a dinner plate on my food blog. Well this one is not about food but about politics and injustice…that is happening in my city of Montreal right now. Maybe you will decide to skip reading this post, please...

Food Court @ Foodlab, trying to get Street Food to Montreal

Events, Food Trends & Gadgets, Montreal Buzz

Staying on the theme of street food from my previous post, did you know street food in Montreal is illegal? Apparently there is a municipal by-law banning the sale of street food has been on the books since the 50s. I always enjoyed having my NYC hot dog or roasted...

Mad. Sq. Eats in New York City, a special correspondent post

Events, Exotic World Recipes, Food Trends & Gadgets

Today I have a very special post for you from my very good friend Karyn who spent a lovely weekend in NYC not too long ago with her friend Sari. Karyn mentioned to me they would eat their way through a street food festival so I could not help but ask her if she would...

Guilt Free Chocolate Pudding, Mortimer Winners and Film Marathon Recap

Dairy Free Recipes, Dessert Recipes, Events, Montreal Buzz, Recipes from food films and TV, Vegetarian Recipes

Want to celebrate with a great guilt-free dessert? Let me suggest the following recipe: a healthy chocolate pudding. It is so simple, I know the recipe by heart and so do not remember the source except that it was from a vegetarian cookbook. So yes this recipe is...