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New Product Alert! Fleury Michon

April 6, 2013

A couple of years ago, I worked on the Olida Express account for a Montreal advertising agency. And Olida belongs to Fleury Michon, which is how I came to learn of this brand ubiquitous in France. Then, because it’s a small world, I was recently invited to the launch of Fleury Michon’s ready-to-eat line in [...]

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Of Turkey Marsala and Fresh Sauces

March 28, 2013

    I mostly cook from scratch which is my my way of making sure my family eats healthy foods. My bechamel doesn’t come from an envelope and my—killer—tomato sauce is homemade. Once in a while, like any harried mom, I will open a jar of something or other to improvise a quick supper. Which [...]

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2013 Montreal Chocolate Show

February 17, 2013

  Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Montrealers were invited to attend — for free — the 2nd edition of “Je t’aime en chocolat”, Montreal’s Chocolate Show in Old Montreal’s famed Bonsecours Market. Mycryo Coco Butter cooking demos, chocolate makers galore from Christophe Morel to Chocolats Privilège and Point G, to-die-for foie gras Rougié for [...]

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iPad Apps: Rick Bayless Mexican Essentials (with recipe!)

June 21, 2012

These days it feels like every new post should start with a great big Mea Culpa. I have not been fair to this blog, ignoring it for weeks at a time. In my defense, I am working on 4 different cookbooks this year alone, some as a ghostwriter (translation: no can talk about it), some [...]

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Gift Idea: My go-to maple syrup cookbook

March 24, 2012

Before the gargantuan Cabane PDC by Montréal chef Martin Picard, there was Anne Fortin’s Cooking with Québec maple syrup. A friend of mine, Anne is the grande dame of Jean-Talon Market where she owns the food bookstore Librairie gourmande, AKA Montreal chef-and-foodie central. While I have every intention of cooking from the Pied de cochon [...]

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New product alert! Monsieur Felix & Mr. Norton Cakes

March 23, 2012

Fact of life when you are a blogger: Ad agencies, publishers, companies et al. often offer to send you products or books, invite you to launches, etc., hoping you will blog positively about them. I’m no exception. However, if you are familiar with FrancoFoodie, then you know I don’t feature new products much, except for [...]

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iPad: French cooking apps anyone?

March 7, 2012

    On the French side of this blog, a new post presents some of the very few French apps available to foodies. If you read French, you may want to switch over. If you think you’re missing something by not reading the language though, don’t worry. Although French gastronomy remains one of the world’s [...]

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iPad2: My fave food apps

February 9, 2012

It was sometime in November, and Monsieur and I were planning Christmas. “I’m spoiling myself this year, I announced. I’m buying an iPad2. Since I write mobile sites for clients, it’s about time I learn more about apps and stuff so I can keep up-to-date.” Monsieur looked positively alarmed. “An iPad is so expensive, the [...]

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Video Love: Blast of green

February 6, 2012

  This blog has what’s called a USP or Unique Selling Proposition. Or niche, if you want. I’m a food writing mom with 2 picky eaters at home. I cook for them out of the newest Québec cookbooks and review the results and the opus at the same time, providing the recipes that worked and [...]