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Category: Our Columns
Italian fish soup
In the olden days in Italy, fish soup used to be a dish of the poorest because it was prepared with low quality or even spoiled fish that fishermen had not managed to sell at the market.
Year of the quinoa
The United Nations has declared 2013 as the “International Year of Quinoa”, partly to honour the Andean populations who ensured the preservation of this “pseudo-cereal” for 7000 years, and also to promote this grain that is becoming increasingly popular due to its many benefits for our health.
Gourmet Menus for Easter
This column aims at suggesting tasty, simple and quick dishes for the whole week, and these dishes are based the seasonal availability of fresh ingredients and the specials advertised in the flyers of the main food retailers. As we are nearing the end of Easter week, I’d like to recommend five menus that are not […]
Springtime menus
Spring signifies renewal. After the harsh winter and its heavy meals, this is your chance to make good food resolutions by giving more importance to fruits and vegetables. This food category continues to be good news for our health. Many studies have shown that people who consume lots of fruit and vegetables are less prone […]
Gluten-free diet
Gluten is a mixture of proteins found in cereals including rye, oats, wheat, barley, triticale, kamut and spelt. Gluten is what gives flour its bread-making quality, and what makes bread rise, makes it soft and also helps in its baking. It is the cooking of gluten that is behind the golden colour, pleasing aroma and […]
Discover the pleasure of ‘eating healthy’ and ‘living green’
Originally published in the Journal de Montréal on March 9, 2013. If health foods, ecology and global health mean a lot to you, then don’t miss Expo Manger Santé et Vivre Vert, the annual event taking place from 15 to 17 March at the Palais des congrès in Montreal and from 23 to 24 March […]
Nutrition month is here
Originally published in the Journal de Montréal on March 2, 2013. March is nutrition month in Canada. Since the early 1980s, dietitians from all over the country have been reminding us of the importance of a good diet and its positive effect on health and well-being. Although many Canadians are convinced that they eat well, […]
A Russian fish soup called Ukha
It is only very recently, with the arrival of many Russian immigrants into Canada, that dishes from their culinary tradition are starting to get exposure. It’s a cuisine that is very rich and full of flavour, and its variety arises from the vastness of the country as well as the cultural mosaic that composes it. […]
Aphrodisiac food
Oysters, chocolate, ginger, seafood, garlic, foie gras, honey… there are tons of foods that are considered aphrodisiacs. However most of these are simply beliefs with unknown origins and whose effectiveness hasn’t been scientifically proven.
Year of the Snake
For more than a billion Chinese, February 10, 2013 marks the beginning of a New Year: Year 4650, placed under the sign of the Snake. This is the start of the spring festival that will last for two weeks and it’s a time of intense migration, as vast numbers of Chinese will join their families […]
Olives for every occasion
Green, black, natural, spicy, pitted, stuffed, pâté, with an appetizer or a salad, on a pizza, with fish, meat or pasta, the table olive pretty much lends itself to all occasions. Most olives are harvested for their oil once they mature, after falling naturally from the tree. The most beautiful and fleshy olives in turn, […]
Open pistachio!
Originally from Central Asia, where it was apparently grown 4000 years ago, the pistachio tree requires typically desert conditions such as a period of cold weather to begin flowering, followed by a long hot summer for its fruit to ripen. Nowadays, this tree is cultivated in nearly 20 countries, the main ones being Iran, Turkey, […]
