La Route des Saveurs de Charlevoix, or the Charlevoix Flavour Trail, crosses the Charlevoix region of Quebec and brings the traveller to the various food producers in the terroir. When Tomiko and I plotted our Quebec Culinary Adventure, we based our route on how far we could get in the time we had. That meant we […]
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The Year In Books: September with French Lessons by Peter Mayle
French Lessons: Adventures with Knife, Fork, and Corkscrew by Peter Mayle chronicles the culinary adventures of an English writer living in Provence. While eating across the country with his friends, Mayle finds out how the French stress the importance of local and seasonal foods. One such example is how the chicken farmers of Bresse mark each bird […]
Les Fromages de l’isle d’Orleans
On our Quebec Culinary Adventure, Tomiko and I stopped at Les Fromages de l’isle d’Orleans in Sainte-Famille. After buying some of their cheeses, we had a picnic on the front lawn of the fromagerie. Our picnic consisted of a baguette and croissant from Boulangerie Blouin, a vegetarian pâté and some veggies from the Marché Jean-Talon, fresh-picked strawberries […]
Chocolaterie de l’Île d’Orléans
Tomiko and I stopped at the Chocolaterie de l’Île d’Orléans on our Quebec Culinary Adventure. Located on the Île d’Orléans, the Chocolaterie de l’Île d’Orléans started making chocolates in 1988 using raw ingredients from the Barry Callebaut Group in Belgium. On our visit, I bought a maple and caramel dark chocolate tartinade spread that Ryan and I will […]
Boulangerie Blouin
On the Île d’Orléans, Tomiko and I stopped at the Boulangerie Blouin. We hadn’t planned on stopping, but decided we should buy some bread for our planned lunch with cheese. We had driven by but pulled over as soon as we noticed the bakery sign. Entering the building, we smelled the delicious aroma of freshly-baked bread, and […]