Tag: cheese
Lucky
I am feeling pretty lucky. The exhibition, Small Works Too, is well received. The dozens of works by ten talented and unique?áartists are going to be celebrated again, with a midissage, this Saturday. Alright. A midissage is like a vernissage. The difference is that it is in the middle of the exhibition’s dates. Sometimes you…
lunch to go
I like to eat well. Every couple of weeks I make a chicken, I buy (and sometimes take the time to grow) organic sprouts. I prefer unpasteurised?ácheese?á(less processing and?ábetter flavour!) I am?átrying to avoid the mysterious ingredients and?ápriciness of restaurant or take-out foods. No I am not perfect, and too often enjoy indulgences, but for…
smoked salmon and goat’s cheese dolmades
Recently, circumstances conspired?áso?áthat I had the means to create a new recipe, using ingredients I don’t usually have on hand.?áI?áhad a package of thawed smoked salmon (thank you, friend who moved and cleaned out her freezer into mine!) The other day I noticed that goat’s cheese was on sale at my local supermarket. I had…
Cap it! (with a mushroom)
One of the quickest, easiest things to make with savory, sweet, salty, or miscellaneous ingredients is a plate of mushroom caps. True, you do need some fresh mushrooms, but besides the necessity of that one ingredient, pretty much anything else you have on hand can stuff them. I love how the natural moisture of the…
It happens. You shop for wool, but end up finding bi?¿re.
This is what we found one day on our way to buy some wool to make felted soaps. Les D?®lires du Terroir – bi?¿res, fromages et gourmandises du Qu?®bec. It is at 6406 rue St. Hubert, just below Beaubien. The cheese and gifts looked nice and so did the beer. We had no idea that…
Making Some Options Viable: Healthy Poutine!
?á by Natasha Henderson, Montreal ?á When I moved across the country from British Columbia’s Vancouver Island to Montreal, Quebec a little over three years ago, I knew that I would experience many changes. Not the least of these changes, I felt, would be to my diet. I had in mind that I would indulge…