Brocante Balèze 2116 rue de Bleury Montreal, QC ●●○○○○○○○○ 2 out of 10 I'm sorry, but when I want to be treated poorly, I'll become a telemarketer. I certainly won't walk into a café I've been curious about for weeks and try to cause trouble. I swear I don't even know how to … [Read more...] about Brocante Baleze
Olives et Epices
Olives et Épices 7075 Casgrain Avenue, Jean-Talon Market Montreal, QC ●●●●●●●●●○ 9 out of 10 When I first moved to Montreal, I fell in love with three things: 1) the blueberry jam at Première Moisson, 2) The Chocolat Chaud a l'ancien (also … [Read more...] about Olives et Epices
Aux Vivres
Aux Vivres 4631 boulevard Saint-Laurent Montreal, QC ●●●●●●●○○○ 7 out of 10 Vegan Coming from Toronto, all I think when I walk into Aux Vivres is "Why is everything in French?" because it feels exactly like the chain "Fresh" that in Toronto has become about as mainstream as … [Read more...] about Aux Vivres
Disaronno-soaked Dried Apricot Yam Loaf
Alice Medrich doesn't have a whole lot of non-chocolate recipes in her cookbook Chocolate and the Art of Low-fat Desserts but what she does include is unfalteringly good. When I first saw the recipe for Apricot Yam Loaf I quickly turned the page...compared to mousse, it's boring. … [Read more...] about Disaronno-soaked Dried Apricot Yam Loaf
Answer: SUSHI! (Question: What do you make when you have nothing in your fridge but eggs and sweet potato?)
The answer is always sushi... This is the simplest meal. It looks beautiful, and it will make you feel like a gourmet. In that sense it's very Japanese: Very few ingredients + fresh flavours + not a lot of preparation time. Of course, Japanese cooking assumes you understand how … [Read more...] about Answer: SUSHI! (Question: What do you make when you have nothing in your fridge but eggs and sweet potato?)
Naan, take 2: Madhur Jaffrey’s Indian Cooking
I've come a long way since the last time I made naan...about 3 weeks ago. I have subsequently learned to knead. Since my last naan didn't rise properly, I figured I should go out of my way to figure out this leavened bread business. People have been making it successfully for a … [Read more...] about Naan, take 2: Madhur Jaffrey’s Indian Cooking
Soupesoup vs. Soupe Café…
....Hot Comfort for a Cold Winter Day Soupesoup Montreal, QC ●●●●●●●○○○ 7 out of 10 … [Read more...] about Soupesoup vs. Soupe Café…
Building A Lemon Mousse Cake: Gravity hurts us all in the end, I suppose…
This is the horrible picture of what was left of the mousse after 30 minutes: So my lemon mousse cake was a bit messier than the picture in the book...but every bit as delicious. It was a little better than lemon pudding, but not quite as spectacular as my first lemon mousse … [Read more...] about Building A Lemon Mousse Cake: Gravity hurts us all in the end, I suppose…
So many mousses…
1 day before great Christmas Party 2009, I had 3 meringues to make as part of: 1. A double batch of Bittersweet Frozen Chocolate Truffle Mousse Cookies 2. A lemon mousse cake 3. The outer layer of the baked frozen Buche de Noel. I was a little nervous. First the Bittersweet … [Read more...] about So many mousses…
Southwestern Barbecued Brisket: Bonnie Stern’s Heartsmart Cooking
How does a person who doesn't eat beef end up making a really good brisket? By trusting a good recipe in a good book, changing a few little things when you don't have quite the right ingredients, and crossing your fingers. The amount of praise that this recipe received at the … [Read more...] about Southwestern Barbecued Brisket: Bonnie Stern’s Heartsmart Cooking