After investigation, I’m gonna say: not the ultimate maple creme cookies, despite the provocative brand name and hyperbolic descriptor.
They were, however, pretty good, and had real maple that presented right up front, so we et them apace.… [Read More]
This “iced poutine” does not, as best I can discern, have any actual poutine in it. I think it’s the Québec version of the “spaghetti ice cream” you see in novelty restaurants sometimes, with ice cream “noodles” made with a garlic press and raspberry “spaghetti sauce” and maybe a couple Oreo “meatballs” on the side.… [Read More]
We admit it: we’ve been buying some convenience food here and there to keep on hand when we’re not up to cooking (and that came in handy when we had la grippe last week).… [Read More]
Yesterday when I finally ventured out of our building for the first time since we got la grippe, this wooden box was on the sidewalk right outside the lobby door:
That little flower symbol on the left is the logo of the City of Montréal, so I was intrigued.… [Read More]
I have no idea what makes this a “California Wok” as opposed to any other kind of wok. Can you figure it out?
I see the “California” appellation on a lot of foods here, veggies mostly, but I can’t figure out what it means.… [Read More]
Food markets tell you a lot about a place. It seems that here in Montréal (and in the rest of Québec) people love their duck. Whole duck, sliced duck, stuffed duck, whipped duck, duck rillettes, duck pies, duck burgers, duck sausages, duck ravioli, frites fried in duck fat, duck dog treats.… [Read More]
This soft nougat wasn’t on the shelf when I bought the jawbreaker variety in the similarly-designed red bag featured in The Maple Report #3.… [Read More]
For those who don’t speak French, here’s a breakdown of the label:
Pain = bread (an irony for anglophone breadophiles like me)
Pacanes = pecans
Cann < cannebergs, which = cranberries, which you find a lot around here.… [Read More]
Not maple, but a local-ish Québec product. From a big box on the shelf at the local dépaneur…
Butter raisin tartsTurns out Manon couldn’t try it because of the sulfites (doh!… [Read More]
