Food & Drink

Yes, a freshly cut pineapple can be a special treat, but it’s hit and miss. When perfectly ripe the fleshy bits at the tips of a wedge might be nice, but they don’t go very far AND leave threads between the teeth almost every time, leave juice down your chin and lets not omit [...]

When it comes to food there are times I like to go with what I know. Take yogurt. Call me old fashioned, but it belongs in a little cup. Back in the day, I was faithful to Light N Lively (no longer available in Canada). Nowadays, I go for Source, because of [...]

Some ground rules to help keep things straight when it comes to bagels, before focusing on our feature. These indisputable facts are my pleasure to share with you, so don’t bother writing comments thanking me or, perish the thought, disagreeing. I’ve already stated for the record that they are indisputable facts. Ha!
1. Bagels [...]

I’m a bit of a slave to expiration dates. With a terrible sense of smell and taste, I can’t rely on normal, human warning systems to tell me whether something is edible or not. I remember once, I sprinkled on my pasta some grated parmesan that had gone off, suffering some mild digestive [...]

The Gibeau Orange Julep is a building modeled to resemble a building sized orange, and it does. It is as much a Montreal landmark as anything I can think of…maybe more, just for its sheer recognize-ability. If you were drugged and put on an airplane and woke up when the plane was [...]

It’s not much of a surprise to anyone who knows me that I like to get drunk. I usually get a good drunk in once a week. Nothing crazy by the standards of today’s 18-year-olds or of the Bukowski’s of the world, but I like to throw one into my weekly regime. Lets just say [...]

I’m an adult. I do adult things. I go to work. I’m allowed to vote. I’m of legal age to drink. I’ve lost my virginity.
And I still eat peanut butter and jam sandwiches. Often.
It wasn’t all that long ago that I was talking with a friend of mine about comfort food. You know, when you’re [...]

I could begin this review with a lie, saying that it pertains to something that I bought at a bakery or some café. But I don’t have the heart to start off dishonestly.
I ate this most delectable dessert last weekend at my boyfriend’s sister and brother-in-law’s dinner party. And I am not ashamed, or too [...]

The other day, coming from the gym, I walked in to Fruits du Parc, needing to quench the ole thirst before heading over to work. I rather rushed in, noticing that the cashier was swigging from a long narrow can. It was a mildly unusual sight (How often do you see cashiers swigging? And how [...]

Our feature on “Sushi in Montreal” will cover sushi available in a variety of forms at a variety of places: dining in, sushi-to-go, pre-packaged sushi available at stores near you. So stay tuned, stay hungry and keep your chopsticks ready.
Not only will I not eat anything that ever had a heartbeat, but I’m allergic to [...]