MONTREAL — Ola Claesson sat comfortably for a chat off to the side of the busy main dining room at Auberge Saint-Gabriel. The inn — now just a restaurant — is 329 years old. Claesson is much younger.
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By the time our waitress cut us down to size, we’d already eaten the following: fried sturgeon “sushi,” maple-marinated herring with potatoes, organ-meat ...
As Canada’s capital of cuisine, Montreal earned its food-scene fame through French-Canadian food: from the high-end, foie-gras-laden menus to the gravy-laden French fry dish, poutine. But beyond the ...
For those unfamiliar, Montreal is an island in Quebec’s Saint Lawrence River, and its neighborhoods feel like distinct ...
Anthony Bourdain once called his meal at Montreal restaurant Au Pied du Cochon, “an ode to just pure goodness and excess.” It’s where chef Martin Picard brought international attention to the Montreal ...
How much does the average Montrealer know about Cambodian cuisine? As a Cambodian chef in Montreal, chef Chanthy Yen's among the happy few that are sharing the gastronomic side of his culture with the ...
This post was sponsored by Tourisme Montreal. I owe my lifelong love affair with Montreal to what was ultimately a short-lived romance. I was living in Paris doing odd jobs translating, writing, and ...
Arcade Fire has made promoting Haitian culture (and providing earthquake relief) one of its defining causes. Now the band is hoping to help turn fellow Canadians on to the country’s food with a new ...
A downtown Montreal restauranteur says he’s out $18,000 after an alleged fraud scheme gutted his cellar of among his most ...
MONTREAL – Walking briskly through Place Jacques Cartier in Old Montreal on Wednesday, Ali Mounadil said he wouldn’t mind the whiff of a hot dog stand amid the terraces and souvenir kiosks. “I’d take ...
Joël Robuchon, a master chef who shook up the stuffy world of French haute cuisine by wowing palates with the delights of the simple mashed potato and giving diners a peek at the kitchen, has died. He ...