Imagine if one of the Cirque du Soleil founders had the idea of reinventing what a hotel ought to be, and decided to build it in one of Quebec’s most charming villages, pair it with one of the province’s best skiing mountains, and link it with a scenic train ride to Quebec City. Sounds too… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Quebec (Province)
Restaurant Review: Patente et Machin, Quebec City
Quebec City’s Patente et Machin (roughly translated as ‘Trinket and Doodad’) is the city’s most popular new restaurant. Opened just two months ago in a former diner of the St-Sauveur neighborhood, an area of the city that is off the average visitor’s radar, it’s the most talked about Quebec City restaurant in blogs and social… Continue Reading
Quebec City’s First-Ever FoodCamp: A Delicious and Inspiring Experience
Well, Quebec City has finally had its first major food event. Sure, there are a few tradeshows that take place every year, but we had yet to host a fully fledged conference with chefs, and demos, and tastings, and networking opportunities—and fun! It was called FoodCamp Québec, and it all happened thanks to the determination of one… Continue Reading
A Classic Québécois Dish: Pouding chômeur à l’érable (Poor Man’s Maple Pudding)
When Easter comes, I usually don’t crave chocolate. To me, March and April equals maple season so over those two months, I crave maple products in all their delicious forms. Sugars, syrup, butter, taffy, I daydream of all the delicious desserts these precious sweet natural products can make. To be honest, I think we Québécois… Continue Reading
A Classic Québécois Dish: Beef and Winter Vegetables "Bouilli"
It’s such a universal truth that it has become a cliché: cold, winter temperatures make one yearn for comforting dishes. As much as I love delicate salads, they are definitely not what I need to fuel up on after shoveling show for over an hour. Last weekend, as I was getting my workout shoveling said… Continue Reading