Week Two of the Montreal Highlights Festival (everyone still seems to call it Montreal en Lumière, even anglophones) means more dinners and lunches. If you missed out on last week and the cheese fest and the Nuit Gourmande, that's okay! There are tons of opportunities for great … [Read more...] about What’s Left at Montreal en Lumière
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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
Where to Eat at Montreal en Lumières 2019: Dinners, Lunches, Brunches, Drinks, Food Talks and Free Samples
Montreal en Lumière, aka the Montreal Highlights Festival, can be a bit overwhelming. A Nordic style lunch, a Haitian brunch, an ice bar and some $300 three-Michelin Star cuisine? With so many dinners, invited chefs and special events, it's hard to know where to make a … [Read more...] about Where to Eat at Montreal en Lumières 2019: Dinners, Lunches, Brunches, Drinks, Food Talks and Free Samples
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
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
The Montreal Highlights Festival en Lumière Recap: 11 Days of Fine Dining
The Montreal Highlights Festival - As a person who eats mostly vegetables, a fair bit of raw, and generally cooks for herself, the festival means 11 days of treating my body both well (in terms of delicious things) and less well (in terms of meats, oils, and items that maybe … [Read more...] about The Montreal Highlights Festival en Lumière Recap: 11 Days of Fine Dining
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Once a year Montreal goes from being a place with great food and restaurants, to absolutely busting at the seams with haute cuisine. From February 18th to 28th the tastes of the Eastern Townships will be somehow combined with Portuguese wines, New Orleans spice, 40 Quebec … [Read more...] about The Montreal Highlights Festival