Food & Wine
Summer potatoes are arriving in town from Quebec farms, ready to be turned into a food with a natural sweetness that resembles candy. These young roots are tender, waxy, moist and perfect to enjoy with grilled steak or fish, or to make into potato salad.
Recipes
6 o'clock solution: Warm Salade Nicoise
This season, you can make canned tuna into a beautiful, fresh, summer meal.
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Recipe: Cream of Mount Royal Stinging Nettle Soup
This is a great recipe to show off the underutilized nettle, says Phillip Viens, sous-chef at DNA restaurant.
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Best Buys
Heat is causing Quebec crops to ripen quickly and pour into
Montreal. Romaine, coming on quickly, is one example. Strawberries
are another, and the warm weather has brought on the first local
raspberries. You will notice plenty of Ile d'Orleans strawberries in
our stores. You may still find California strawberries on sale;
better flavour is available from Quebec berries.
Now is the time to register for the popular chef-taught
dinner classes at the Outremont kitchen shop Les Touilleurs,
beginning Sept. 7 and running through December. The roster of
chef-teachers and their dates has just been announced, with the
warning that these classes fill up quickly.
When Kitchen Confidential was published a decade ago, Anthony
Bourdain skyrocketed to mega-fame. From obscure New York chef to the
voice of a generation of cooks, Bourdain was instantly worshipped
for his no-holds-barred take on the underbelly of professional
cooking.
Montreal Restaurant Guide
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Restaurants
Fine Dining: Simplicity the key on this menu
This Westmount eatery may leave you feeling like you've just had dinner at a friend's house
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Casual Restos: Plateau eatery a hidden gem
Bistro sur Lariviere may have a nautical theme, but its food won't take you into uncharted waters
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Wine List
Drink globally, act locally
I received a great letter a few weeks back from a Gazette reader who thanked me for introducing her to a white wine from Greece (Vin de Pays de Cyclades 2008, Atlantis, Santorini, Domaine Argyros, Greece white, $16.75, SAQ # 11097477). While I think the wine is great and am glad that she tried it, what real
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Wines of the week
It is rare that a wine's quality does not reflect its price. However, there are exceptions. The wines of the week are reserved for those wines that show exceptional quality and outstanding value.
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Side Dishes
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How to enjoy fiddleheads
Fiddleheads, a sign of spring we can count on, have turned up on vegetable counters.
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Appetizers
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Smoked Salmon Tartare on Cucumber Rounds
Akis's recipe for simple Smoked Salmon Tartare on Cucumber Rounds, presents a significant spin on the classic dish beef tartare in which raw meat is chopped and mixed with tangy flavourings and displayed in patty-like form on a plate. The recipe is from his latest book, Everyone Can Cook for Celebrations. In this version, finely chopped smoked salmon replaces the beef. The tartare mixture is spooned on palate-refreshing slices of cucumber, making for a decedent appetizer.
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Desserts
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Tasty macarons combine crunchy outside, chewy inside
In patisseries across France, delicate sandwich cookies in every colour of the rainbow take their place beside elegant eclairs, tarts and other works of pastry art. French macarons -- not to be confused with chewy coconut macaroons -- are tiny dome-shaped pastry shells filled with ganache, buttercream or fruit mixtures. They're gently crunchy on the outside and light as air and chewy inside.
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Drinks
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Whether you're a Samantha or Miranda, there's an SATC2 cocktail for you
At the end of the first Sex and the City movie, Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda rediscover the signature drink of their more youthful days: "Why did we ever stop drinking these?" Miranda wonders after taking a sip of the Cosmopolitans they made famous during the television series' six-year run from 1998 to 2004. "'Cause everyone else started," Carrie replies.
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Cosmos
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Main Course
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Enjoy the short season of spot prawns
A definition for the word delicacy is: something pleasing to eat that's considered rare or luxurious. That sounds like spot prawns to me. These succulent crustaceans are only available fresh from late spring to early summer, and I luxuriate every time I feast on them.
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Recipes
Chickpea and Spinach Salad
Chickpeas are packed with protein so this is a great salad for a light lunch.
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