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I am planing on starting to cut the pages where recepies are and putting them in binders. When you take out the publicity and the food writting , those magazines dont have many pages !

Noting pedestrian about it ! If it makes you cook stuff thay you like ! Did you like you Montréal issue ? Since I am from Montéal , I can tell you they are right on the money ! Just to add a bit about the magazines I've listed , : Donna hay is getting a bit repetitive. If you have a few of her cook books , it will seem like a bit of a re-packaging. The American Saveur is a bit like the old French Saveur: more food articles with a few recipies. The French one keep the food article , but added a lot of receoi segment. Fresh make you drool with what is aavailable in British supermarkets ! ( I never thought I would say that !) It has a clear , farmers market slant on everything. But after a few issue , I get the feeling they are starting to repeat themself. Régal from France makes me crazy . It is a fresh product driven magazine and for that , I guess France cannot be beaten. I always finish being really hungry after reading it and I want to fly to France right away ! Country Cook is the "comfort food magazine for me , and no publicity ! And for me , a french canadian, I learn alot about "traditional" american cooking. Very interesting ! Chow is on hiatus , but I hope it will come back. It is fun food for the 25/35 crowd...and I am 42... I walways feel like I want to throw a party after reading Chow. And there food article are always very entertaining .

I am very lucky because the convinience store in the building where I work carries tons of cooking magazine...and I cannot stop buying them. It seems that there is a new one every week. Here are those I buy: Delicious ( australian) Fresh ( British) La cucina Italia (USA) Saveur (France) Saveur (USA) Donna Hay Magazine ( Australia) Régal ( France) Cuisine Actuelle( France) Fine Cooking ( USA) Country Cook ( USA) Chow ( USA) Ricardo ( Québec) Everyday Cooking (USA) Food ( British) My favorite among them iare probably Delicious , but there Chrismas issue id ther " It strawberry season !issue , so sometime difficult to cook in season with , The french Saveur is very nice as well with more cooking/recipies than the american version. Régal is beautifull and very informative. What magazines do you buy and enjoy !

From what i understood , the "Qui lait cru " person ( and I dont know if it the owner or a employe ), implied that this venerable food writter did not know what she was talking about in a way that was very un-custumer oriented. This writter swore to never go back . Since she does not write anymore , they were lucky. Now , I was not there and all this , while it is from almost a first person account , it is in the gossip realm and obviously , QLC must do something right , because they are very popular ( and one of the owner was a very good customer for our peanuts last year) I guess I was trying to pull the blanket for my friends.) I think that , in fact , the two store are a complement to each other.

"This is a great time for Montreal! Celebrate or shut - the - hell - up."

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I understand , of course , and said that it was a little peeve of mine about the piece. And I dont know how it would have been possible to do , but it just my feeling , and overall , the piece is exellent and if I would be a tourist , I would book a trip right away !

One thing that the Gourmet article fail to mention is that the cheese selection at marché des saveurs is quite good ! The people there are vey passionate and Simon , the head cheesemonger is really in love with it's job ! You will find most Québec cheese there , raw milk included. It is at marché Jean-Talon. Service is very , very good. Qui lait cru , another cheese shop might be good , but ( not from experience) the service tends to be ...below par. They even manage to insult ( without knowing it was her) a famous and venerable food writter... ( No I wont give names ) For the sake of transparency , I will had that I am friend with the owners of Marché des saveurs... But that does not make them anyless good !

I read it yesterday and it was very nice. The only things that bothered me a bit was the presomtion that everybody was biligual in our fair city... They did not visit my Montréal The other thing was that most article were written in a very anglo vision. All the authors cited in the piece are anglo , most music venues described are english. So while the magazine always says that Montréal is so French , all the culture described in it is english ! But this is just a small complain

There is a petition at MdS Go sign it . Please !

Hum....ice wine ?

The fight has begun ! le Marché des saveurs is front page of Le Devoir this morning. So I guess I can talk a bit more: Somebody tried to start the same type of store in the Old port maket in Québec city but was refused. This person then lodged a complain that started the weel. According to Le Devoir, in december , le marché des saveur was recocgnise by the RACJ as a "marché de producteurs agricole" when the law about selling alcools at public markets was prolonged for two years !

Now , from what I know , it has to do with the law that permits producers to sell there products only at there production place and at marché publique. Marché des saveurs is part of the corporation of marché public of montréal and the producers rent there space at marché des saveurs. But they dont have there own employes selling the stuff and this is what seems to be the problem. MdS have been in business for 6 years now. This is a very bad news for everyone.

I am sorry to say that marché des saveurs , for now has stopped selling wines , beer and all alcools. I am not able to say much , but it seem that they have been asked to remove all alcool from the store. If you stop by , give them a word of encouragement , I think they really need it ! A lot of hard work from the 4 owners and there very dedicated staff is being scrapped by authorities.

Thqank You all !!!!!! I feel like I ve found a buried treasure !

I have been on a kind of a small quest for this vinegar called minus8 wich is produced in Ontario . I guess it could be called a ice vinegar. And it could be the canadian "balsamic". Anyone knows if it is available in Montréal ?

I have not tasted these wine lately , but the rosé from L'orpaillieur was among my wines of last summer. And I often will have there bubbly , wich is not as good as Chateau Moncontour , my favorite bubbly , but still very good. Now , I will have to try be be a better analyst of what I drink !

Dont even try with what you are describing ! it is a recepie for disaster. You could go with a very young/mild cheddard that you would cut in small cubes. This could be as close as you could find in England I guess !

It should do. Is it a bit salty and makes a "squick squick" sound when you eat it ?

So , did you try the fruit cake from Marché des saveurs ? I want to be able to give the comments back to Isabelle and Simon of MdS ! I know they would like to know if there " home" products are good ! PS: we are making peanuts today , so tomorrow for sure , a new batch will be at MdS !

Marché des Saveurs at MJT have an home made fruit cake. I was in there kitchen when Michel , there cook, was basting them with Grand Marnier !

But we might say that the seller should ask the buyer when he plans to eat the cheese as well. At MdS , I am often asked this question when I purchase a cheese , and sometime they wont recommand a cheese if it is not ready. I know that Simon is buiding a room to rippen cheese , so in the futur , he wont sell a cheese before it's time !

Try l'Ermite ( available at Marché des saveurs) It is quite good , and not too strong ( I like strong !) A bit crumbly , like a Roquefort... very good ! Simon and his helpers at MdS are very good and know a lot about Québec cheese and are very dedicated and love discussing cheese !