| Vol.
I, No. 3 | Winter
Solstice & Holidays | Dec.
15th, 2000 |
Links
to Food & Dining On-Line The
amount of info on the web is enormous, as anyone who's ever tried to run a
search can attest to. And, to put it all in context, best estimates say
that only a fraction, maybe 20 - 40 % of what's out there is actually making its
way to the search engines.
Well ...
Here at DownStreet, we'd like to try to help. So each issue, we
post a few links in Food & Dining to sites that might interest you.
Sometimes the links will be related to one another ... sometimes
we'll just offer up a somewhat random sampling. In either case, we think
we might be able to help you find the kind of site you've been looking for.
Of course, while we can't vouch for the fact that every link we provide will be
of interest to everyone, we do our best to filter out the noise and the
bustle. ... Mangez
comme un Québécois! ...
When I first started working in
Burlington 25 years ago, it was the tail end of an era. But you could
still hear some of the more elderly folks on the streets of the Old North End
speaking French. ... Well, this month, our links will take you to des
bons repas , inlcuding some traditional dishes for Nöel. ...
Of course, as one of our sites readily admits, if it's health food you're after,
look elsewhere. ... Québec
traditional cuisine! This site -- a personal home page on U.
Montréal's Computer Science & Operations Research site -- is offered up
by a fellow by the name of Hugo Dufort. In addition to the usual
university home page or CV, publications, etc., Msr. Dufort also offers up a
select list of restaurants in Montréal. But none of that is why we're
here. ...
We're here because Hugo has seen fit to post an
entire page with links to recipes ... all devoted to traditional Québécois
food. Here, you'll find it all -- from pea soup, meat pies, and
ragoûts to an array of deserts that could easily take you through the
winter. But what's more, you'll also find recipes for traditional
dishes of the holidays, including Tourtière, a ragoût with pig's feet and
meatballs, and Brown Sugar Pie. There's also a recipe for a Twelfth
Night Cake {Gallette des Rois}, Cipaille {another meat pie,
this one with chicken, beef, pork and veal} ...
Well ... I've got to
stop somewhere. So I'll do it here, with thanks to Hugo for both his
efforts and his results.
Rating: **** [4 stars]
- Aux
Anciens Canadiens - Notre Menu
The
Menu {English}At 34, rue Saint-Louis -- the main street
entering Vieux-Québec as you approach Le Château Frontenac -- there's a
quaint little two-story with a stuccoed white façade. As it turns
out, the building is the oldest in the city, Maison Jacquet. And the
food that's served within reaches back to those roots.
Normally, we'd
review a site like this under the travel section. And we may just do
that again, somewhere down the road. But for now, we want to focus on
the menu. Aux Anciens offers a nice assortment of the traditional Québécois
cuisine: Ragoût, two different Tourtières {du Lac St-Jean
& du Québec}, and a Bouilli Québécois. But they take
things a step further, with game meats like caribou and duck, as well as
salmon. ... The idea here is to check out the dishes and try to
find your way from there to a recipe of your own. But be
forewarned. If you go to Québec, you'll probably have to stop in just
to compare notes.
Rating: **** [4 stars]
. *******
******* If you know of any
links that you think are worthwhile, why not send them along to ...
links@downstreetmagazine.com
... If we agree, we'll be happy to include
them in an upcoming issue to pass the word along. ...
Thanks. *******
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