I woke up this morning at 4:30am realizing tonight is the Nuit Gourmande and I hadn't made plans! This used to not be a big deal, becuase the Nuit Gourmande, the foodie night of Montreal en Lumière festival, was not a big deal. Nuit Blanche, whicih happens NEXT Saturday, is … [Read more...] about What to Do and Eat at Nuit Gourmande
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Montreal en Lumière 2020: The Best Restaurants or “Finest Tables” at the Highlights Festival
I was overwhelmed. Like the loose, winding and overly dramatic plot line of Cable Girls, the website for this year's Montreal en Lumiere makes me want to close my computer and read a book. It's just too much, from the growing hordes of restaurants inviting guest chefs and … [Read more...] about Montreal en Lumière 2020: The Best Restaurants or “Finest Tables” at the Highlights Festival
Côte-Nord at Montreal en Lumières: Scallops, Deer and Boreal Flavours at Ikanos
I attended the Montreal en Lumières dinner at Ikanos last night, which featured Chef Glenn Forbes from Tadoussac and Ikanos' chef Constant Mentzas preparing a five-course dinner of seafood, game meats, wild mushrooms and berries. They're repeating the dinner tonight … [Read more...] about Côte-Nord at Montreal en Lumières: Scallops, Deer and Boreal Flavours at Ikanos
Award-Winning Free Cheese at Complexe Desjardins this Thursday to Saturday for Montreal en Lumière
Free cheese? Yes, ma'am. And it happens every year as part of the Montreal en Lumière Highlights Festival. It's called the Fête des Fromages d'Ici (or the Festival of Our Cheeses, for anglos), and I'll be talking about it on GlobalTV's morning show at 7:20am this Tuesday. So … [Read more...] about Award-Winning Free Cheese at Complexe Desjardins this Thursday to Saturday for Montreal en Lumière
Highlights of the Montreal Highlights Festival, Feb. 23-March 11, 2017
You might not think the middle of the winter is one of the best seasons to eat out in Montreal, but the annual Highlights Festival is doing its best to convince you by inviting chefs from around the world to partner with local restaurants for two weeks of fine dining. The … [Read more...] about Highlights of the Montreal Highlights Festival, Feb. 23-March 11, 2017
Lovely Laloux: A Vegan Tasting Menu and Gluten-Free Dim Sum for Montreal en Lumière
For two days only, Laloux, the fine dining restaurant extraordinaire of chef Jonathan Lapierre-Réhayem, will be serving a $60 six-course vegan tasting menu for Montreal en Lumière. Those courses also happen to be gluten-free! As long as that tagliatelle is made of seaweed and … [Read more...] about Lovely Laloux: A Vegan Tasting Menu and Gluten-Free Dim Sum for Montreal en Lumière
Where to Eat at Montreal en Lumière: The Best Dinners, Lunches, Brunches and Booze From Feb. 18-March 5, 2016
Montreal en Lumière... ...It's the most. Wonderful. Time. Of the year. No, this has nothing to do with Kylie, but I find this version a little less inappropriately Christmas-y than the Andy Williams original. What this is about is a city of great food taking a bleary … [Read more...] about Where to Eat at Montreal en Lumière: The Best Dinners, Lunches, Brunches and Booze From Feb. 18-March 5, 2016
Festival en Lumière – The Montreal Highlights Festival: Switzerland and Washington, DC
I have an article on the Gazette website this week about this year's happiest foodie time of the year—Festival en Lumière, aka the Montreal Highlights Festival. This year the guest country is Switzerland, which means a host of Michelin-starred chefs are descending on Montreal … [Read more...] about Festival en Lumière – The Montreal Highlights Festival: Switzerland and Washington, DC