﻿ book – Tourisme Montréal Blog http://www.tourisme-montreal.org/blog Thu, 11 Feb 2016 18:33:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 6 Montréal book nooks you need to know http://www.tourisme-montreal.org/blog/6-montreal-book-nooks-you-need-to-know/ http://www.tourisme-montreal.org/blog/6-montreal-book-nooks-you-need-to-know/#comments Thu, 16 Apr 2015 14:01:15 +0000 http://www.tourisme-montreal.org/blog/?p=110897 Reading a book is an excellent remedy for so many things. Escaping the daily grind. Healing the heart. Feeding the imagination. Lucky for bibliophiles, Montréal has a goldmine of little independent bookstores that are great for a gander of hot‑off‑the‑presses, literary classics, graphic novels, comic books and hard-to-find gems. Some sell new, some sell used, but all are worth a browse and then some. Happy hunting. Drawn & Quarterly Nestled in the hip Mile End, Drawn & Quarterly, the storefront, is the extension of the company of the same name, which evolved from a single-issue magazine to a renowned publisher of the world’s best cartoonists. Located at 211 Bernard Street West, this quiet yet kicky store goes about its business of selling absolutely awesome graphic novels, comic books, art books and more. Plus, it regularly hosts book launches for local authors, literary events and workshops. Once you’ve visited, you’ll want to come back. As in, the day after. The Word A fixture of the McGill ghetto since 1975, The Word sells secondhand books specializing in literature, philosophy, poetry and other interests. Housed in a 19th-century brick house, it’s like walking into a bookworm’s overstuffed living room, with a vibe that radiates erudite cool.... / Read More →

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Reading a book is an excellent remedy for so many things. Escaping the daily grind. Healing the heart. Feeding the imagination. Lucky for bibliophiles, Montréal has a goldmine of little independent bookstores that are great for a gander of hot‑off‑the‑presses, literary classics, graphic novels, comic books and hard-to-find gems. Some sell new, some sell used, but all are worth a browse and then some. Happy hunting.

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Drawn & Quarterly

Nestled in the hip Mile End, Drawn & Quarterly, the storefront, is the extension of the company of the same name, which evolved from a single-issue magazine to a renowned publisher of the world’s best cartoonists. Located at 211 Bernard Street West, this quiet yet kicky store goes about its business of selling absolutely awesome graphic novels, comic books, art books and more. Plus, it regularly hosts book launches for local authors, literary events and workshops. Once you’ve visited, you’ll want to come back. As in, the day after.

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The Word

A fixture of the McGill ghetto since 1975, The Word sells secondhand books specializing in literature, philosophy, poetry and other interests. Housed in a 19th-century brick house, it’s like walking into a bookworm’s overstuffed living room, with a vibe that radiates erudite cool. Find what you’re looking for, and what you weren’t, in stacks piled super high all over. Worth a browse or two, or three or four.

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Argo Bookshop

One of the city’s oldest retail bookstores (it opened in 1966), Argo is another tiny little spot crammed with untold treasures. For the anglo reader downtown, it’s a definite go-to, with literature, literary theory and criticism, philosophy, religion, environmentalism, children’s literature and more to choose from. They also have an online catalogue, so you can check for new goodies and titles that are coming soon, plus search their database of books in stock and available for ordering.

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S.W. Welch

A literary landmark that’s been around since 1984, S.W. Welch is located in the Mile End district on Saint-Viateur Street West (right near the bagels!). Another smallish space stacked with good reads, it specializes in used and antiquarian books in a diverse number of fields. Open 7 days a week and into the evening, it’s an ideal spot for burrowing in a book and blotting out the world.

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Cheap Thrills

At the heart of downtown in an old greystone, Cheap Thrills advertises as a veteran record store, i.e. vinyls and CDs, with leanings toward jazz, avant-garde, experimental and blues. But it makes the cut because the less-advertised part is that it also sells used books. Climb the crazy tilting stairs to a world crammed with great tunes and titles; while you’re roaming, you’ll forget just exactly what you came here for.

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Paragraphe

Another mainstay of downtown’s literary offerings, Paragraphe is located right on McGill College Avenue, across the street from the McGill University campus. In business since 1981, Paragraphe caters to general interest, stocking over 50,000 titles, of which 10,000 are children’s books. It also features regular literary events and author appearances. Bonus: there’s a Second Cup right next door.

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Passionate about the written word? You won’t want to miss Blue Metropolis, Montréal’s annual literary festival from April 20 to 26, 2015, that brings together people from different cultures to share the pleasure of reading and writing.

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SEASONAL SWEETS AND BAKED GOODS WORTH SENDING HOME http://www.tourisme-montreal.org/blog/seasonal-sweets-worth-sending-home/ http://www.tourisme-montreal.org/blog/seasonal-sweets-worth-sending-home/#comments Tue, 18 Dec 2012 16:12:42 +0000 http://www.tourisme-montreal.org/blog/?p=8091 While Montreal’s chocolateries, patisseries and boulangeries are some of the best and most creative in the business all the year long, they truly shine during holiday time, when all their expertise and creativity comes to the forefront as they bake and exhibit their special treats of the season… Here are a few suggestions for Montreal-made sweet stocking stuffers that showcase this city’s recent gastronomic history. Plateau chocolate stop: I like to walk down pretty Duluth Street when it’s snowing, so my first stop is Les Chocolats de Chloé, a chocolaterie that, as far as I’m concerned, should already be famous for their grilled-almond and Fleur-de-sel bars. Chloé’s boutique was sweetly decorated with felt owls and chocolate Santa lollipops with especially exuberant expressions. Their advent calendars houses fantastic filled housemade chocolates behind each numbered door. Hot chocolate, cool balls: La Maison Cakao (Cocoa House) on Fabre Street is an awesome little shop whose unassuming façade belies the wild creativity inside. The sign on the street carries a straightforward message: Y Fait frette, which is Quebec slang for “it’s cold outside”. Hence: Hot chocolate. And sure enough, when you walk through the door, there’s a hot vat of it heating in an... / Read More →

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While Montreal’s chocolateries, patisseries and boulangeries are some of the best and most creative in the business all the year long, they truly shine during holiday time, when all their expertise and creativity comes to the forefront as they bake and exhibit their special treats of the season…

Here are a few suggestions for Montreal-made sweet stocking stuffers that showcase this city’s recent gastronomic history.
Plateau chocolate stop: I like to walk down pretty Duluth Street when it’s snowing, so my first stop is Les Chocolats de Chloé, a chocolaterie that, as far as I’m concerned, should already be famous for their grilled-almond and Fleur-de-sel bars. Chloé’s boutique was sweetly decorated with felt owls and chocolate Santa lollipops with especially exuberant expressions. Their advent calendars houses fantastic filled housemade chocolates behind each numbered door.
Hot chocolate, cool balls: La Maison Cakao (Cocoa House) on Fabre Street is an awesome little shop whose unassuming façade belies the wild creativity inside. The sign on the street carries a straightforward message: Y Fait frette, which is Quebec slang for “it’s cold outside”. Hence: Hot chocolate. And sure enough, when you walk through the door, there’s a hot vat of it heating in an urn with an automated paddle.
They really pull out all the stops for Christmas, with specially baked fruitcake filled with homemade delicacies: cranberries dried after being marinatedin dark Cuban rum, pinapples confitted in maple syrup, as well as candied oranges, lemons, dates and apricots (they make great brown paper-wrapped gifts because they keep for two months after the holidays.) As far as stocking stuffers are concerned, their filled praline-chocolate pinecones are darling, and the jewel-red chocolate Christmas-ornament chocolates make a unique, elegant gift.
Also: Special holiday breads: The bakeries of the city are going full-steam throughout the holidays, and many of them actually bake special loaves for the holidays. Mamie Clafoutis on Van Horne Avenue makes the Marronnier, small, sweet loaf by stuffed with both ground and candied chestnuts. Believe it or not, this bread is fabricated especially to be a carrier of another French Christmas tradition: Foie Gras.
In Mile-End, the energetic bakers at Boulangerie Guillaume bake up the Couronne Lyonnaise, basically a round Baguette, especially for Christmas. That one’s great with some unsalted organic butter, fresh from their prodigious ovens.

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NEW TOQUÉ! COOKBOOK CHRONICLES QUEBEC GASTRONOMY http://www.tourisme-montreal.org/blog/new-toque-cookbook-chronicles-quebec-gastronomy/ http://www.tourisme-montreal.org/blog/new-toque-cookbook-chronicles-quebec-gastronomy/#comments Tue, 27 Nov 2012 19:54:58 +0000 http://www.tourisme-montreal.org/blog/?p=7815 It took chef Normand Laprise close to 20 years to decide to write a cookbook and 3 years to put the finishing touches on the Toqué! book, which is coming out in English on November 28th. The most famous of Quebec chefs didn't take the easy way out by writing a straightforward cookbook. The Toqué! Creators of a new Quebec gastronomy book is first and foremost, an ode to all the artisans who have contributed on a daily basis in making Toqué! the best restaurant in Quebec for the past 20 years.

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It took chef Normand Laprise close to 20 years to decide to write a cookbook and three years to put the finishing touches on Toqué! Creators of a new Quebec gastronomy, which is coming out in English on November 28. The most famous of Quebec chefs didn’t take the easy way out by writing a straightforward cookbook. The book, first and foremost, is an ode to all the artisans who have contributed on a daily basis to making Toqué! the best restaurant in Quebec for the past 20 years…

The Toqué! Creators of a new Quebec gastronomy story starts with the dream team of chef owner Normand Laprise, co-owner Christine Lamarche and chef de cuisine Charles-Antoine Crête. The three work in perfect harmony to bring us the uniquely creative and elegant cuisine we have come to love. Chef Laprise was a proponent of using local ingredients unique to the land before it was fashionable to do so. He has built special relationships with his purveyors and they have all been key components in propelling Toqué! to the top.

Although both Laprise and Crête don’t seem to think so, some of the book’s recipes might be too complex for the amateur home cook. However, this is so much more than a cookbook. It is a voyage from the Toqué! kitchen in Old Montreal to the fields, forests, lakes and shores across this great province of ours. We are led on a discovery of some of Toqué!’s favourite producers who are beautifully portrayed throughout the 450-page volume. Each one of these unique individuals, from deer breeders to artisanal fishermen to foragers, has a special connection to the restaurant and its team.

I asked chef Laprise what his favourite recipe in the book was, the one he would recommend to someone if they could only make one thing. He turned to a recipe that started with “Kill the pig and wait a few minutes to make sure it’s dead”. I don’t think I’ll be trying that one anytime soon but it all goes back to Laprise’s philosophy of knowing where your food comes from and the journey it makes before it gets to your plate.

It would be a shame to talk about the book without mentioning Dominique Malaterre’s breathtaking photos, whether on site at the restaurant or criss-crossing the province in search of the perfect shot. She has managed to beautifully capture the Toqué! spirit. For a behind-the-scenes, sneak peak of this stunning book, take a look at this video:

THE DETAILS

Toqué! Creators of a new Quebec gastronomy, is available in all good bookstores as of November 28, 2012

Restaurant Toqué!, 900 Place Jean-Paul-Riopelle, (514) 499-2084

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