Our DNA reeks of coffee. Espresso, Americano, Cortado, Alongé, Cold Brew, you name it, we want it. We are caffeine freaks and obviously aren’t afraid to show it.
Eating bugs is not a new thing. There are more than 1900 edible insects on earth, and over 2 billion people include insects in their daily diet- So why is it still so hard for some of us to stomach? Okay, so it’s a cultural thing. Maybe you find it dirty because they live underground,...
Anyone who has worked in the restaurant industry knows exactly how tiresome & seemingly never-ending closing up can be. You never know when the last person is going to leave, or how long the deep-fryer will take to clean this time. It doesn’t help that the chefs are usually the only ones who get the...
As an extension of her article, ‘The Other Side of the Pancake’ in our Perspectives Issue, writer and cook extraordinaire Julie Mondor shares her own pancake creation dubbed the ‘Island Cornmeal Pancake.’ Island Cornmeal Pancakes Here’s one of my own pancake recipes, inspired by my love for Caribbean food. The cornmeal is a nod...
Flour, eggs, milk. Drop a spoonful of the mixture into a pan. Cook, flip, cook some more. This process was a step up from boiling an egg in my culinary apprenticeship.
Yesterday afternoon, a few of us decided to get out of the office and grab some lunch along the canal. Another hot and humid day, we knew we had to take drinks with us. I mean, who doesn’t love an afternoon beer? We thought it would be a good time to try out Sleeman’s new...
The final segment of writer & cook Robin Dutt’s journey across Northern United States to try over fifty different restaurants in order to gain a new perspective. — Street Food is Culture and Culture Keeps Customers While tasting menus and awards make the press, it’s the street food that makes the culture. It builds a...
Robin Dutt shares his experiences tasting the different famed restaurants from a road trip across the Northern United States. Follow him as he explores his taste buds and tries over 50 restaurants to gain a new perspective on being a responsible cook. — I was broken. It was just that simple. I had just returned...
Share the Warmth has been helping families in Montreal for decades, but it takes a lot of work to be able to fix the poverty situation in the city, especially when it’s been deemed the “poverty capital of Canada”. Over the past 11 years, they have been hosting a gala called Table of Hope. Each...
We were saddened to hear the news of Montreal bar/restaurant Furco turning away a group of Canadian Military men over the weekend. The men recounted their story to local news officials saying that it wasn’t a matter of being at or over capacity, “… it’s that having military personnel there is bad for business as...