Today I volunteered at the cooking demos of the FrancoFete, the annual celebration of French culture at Toronto's Harbourfront Centre.
For those who don't know, Harbourfront is a cultural centre that hosts festivals each weekend throughout the summer, each with a different theme. Next week is Canada Day, the week after is Mexico, just to name few.
The first food demo today was spectacular... and the food samples more than generous! The hosts were Les Touilleurs from Montreal, a foodie store with their own TV show. I discovered the joys of smoking .... smoking fish, smoking duck, cold smoking, hot smoking. Not only is it super easy to do (who knew!) and you don't need special tools -- unless you think of woodchips as tools -- it was delicious. First we had fish: smoked sturgeon, black cod and scallops, each prepared a bit differently. Then we had a smoked duck sample in a lovely mixed salad. And they topped it off with banana cheese cake.
Lucky me, I'm going to Montreal soon, so I'm definitely dropping by their store.
No comments:
Post a Comment