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...

Secret Recipe Club: Brown Sugar Fudge

Dessert Recipes

Today is my group’s reveal day for the Secret Recipe Club. What is the SRC? Basically you are assigned a fellow participant’s blog by the organizer and then you pick a recipe of your choice from that blog and make your version of it. But it is a secret,...

Blueberry Upside Down Cake

Dessert Recipes

There is a magical place in Quebec, about 6 hours by car North East of Montreal, called Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean which is famed for one beautiful blue, round, delicious fruit: the Blueberry. The sandy soils of this region are a perfect habitat for this shrub. Blueberries...

5 Star Makeover: Tail Gating with Lobster Sauce Crab Poutine with Oka Cheese

Main Course Recipes, Traditions

Tail what?  Tail gate was the clever theme our wonderful hosts Lazaro and Natasha settled on for this month’s 5 Star Makeover. Clever and confusing! See I am not a sports fan at all. And I am not alone because the announcement of the theme caused a lot of...

Celebrating Oh Canada, Moving and Separation with Rabbit

Events, Main Course Recipes, Traditions

Before the rabbit we will have a small history lesson if you will. Today, July 1st is Canada Day! Happy Canada Day to my fellow Canadian readers. Canada, under a united constitution, is 186 years old. It was in 1867 that we told the British to go stuff their tea cups...