Food

Eat your way around the mountain: The best of Montreal's casual dining

Thursday, December 31st, 2009 | 12:00 pm

Canwest News Service

As usual, we’re all over the map when it comes to the year’s best casual restaurants – and in a multicultural city like Montreal, that’s just how it should be. If any themes emerged from our combined Top…

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Treat your vegetarian guests to tarts and scones

Thursday, December 31st, 2009 | 11:00 am

Canwest News Service

Q: I’m having a New Year’s Day brunch and was looking for a dish for vegetarians. They are not vegans and I’d like to offer them something other than salad. I’m also looking for a scone recipe. I’d…

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New Year's Eve kiss easy to prepare

Thursday, December 31st, 2009 | 11:00 am

Canwest News Service

My husband and I are both chefs. This means that for years we were used to preparing and serving food to other people who were enjoying the New Year’s Eve celebration. Now, having retired from active chef duty,…

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Non-alcoholic beverages make non-drinkers feel part of the fun

Thursday, December 31st, 2009 | 11:00 am

Canwest News Service

Non-alcohol drinks can offer allure.

With a kick of flavour and creativity or just their presence alone, they can provide a welcome gesture.

“It makes people feel part of the group,” when non-alcohol choices are available, says Ritchie Ali, food…

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Tap water's hot, diet pop's not

Thursday, December 31st, 2009 | 11:00 am

Canwest News Service

Hot: Locavore liquor

Not: Sweet slushies

The local food movement has sidled up to the bar, while the blender has been banished to the kitchen. Those in the know will be ordering drinks made with seasonal, locally grown ingredients. Goodbye…

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Ron Eade dishes on salt, slabs of meat and comfort foods with flair

Thursday, December 31st, 2009 | 11:00 am

Canwest News Service

Hot: Exotic herbs, spices

Not: Salt

For years we’ve heard that too much sodium leads to high blood pressure and heart disease. Finally, albeit slowly, the message is starting to sink in as food manufacturers reduce the salt content of…

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Cool to new food ideas? Try cooking in the snow on New Year's Eve

Thursday, December 31st, 2009 | 11:00 am

Canwest News Service

In Montreal, New Year’s Eve is all about getting inside, as quickly as possible. That’s been my experience in the past, anyway: A short cab ride here, slipping over an icy sidewalk there, and once the door shuts…

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Pork with lemon caper sauce

Thursday, December 31st, 2009 | 11:00 am

Canwest News Service

The trusty pork chop takes on a nippy flavour in this fast and easy recipe from Make It Tonight, one of Canadian Living’s most useful cookbooks, by Elizabeth Baird and the magazine’s test kitchen (Transcontinental Books, 2007, $24.95).

Serves…

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