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My addresses: Venti Osteria

September 23, 2011

  This is not a restaurant review. Because I don’t do restaurant reviews. I eat out a lot, yes, but most times I end up in less-than-lofty establishments since there’s a picky 5-year-old in da house. Friends and neighbours do regularly ask for my recommendations and, as a food writer, I tend to stay on [...]

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Talk to the nose

November 7, 2010

This past week, I was invited to an Italian Wine Tasting Salon in Montreal. Although I attended, along with 200 or more wine fanatics, truth is I am rarely able to appreciate good wine. I can sort of tell when a cru is top notch, I enjoy a feeling of complexity in my mouth, but [...]

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Cooking Italy: Chicken Fricassee

October 25, 2010

I have made it. My 3rd post for the Cooking Italy club, and on time to boot. This week’s challenge was easy, courtesy of Marcella Hazan’s Chicken Fricassee. When I told hubby that I was making chicken again, he rolled his eyes (he’s not found of chicken if it’s not in a nugget, that’s the [...]