Ouîche-bone
Pronounced wishbone, this Quebecism drawn directly from the English name furcula: a small V-shaped bone from the chest belt of some birds including the hen. Certain stories claim w
Giant fir
November 25, 1974 A cargo plane departing earlier from Montreal lands at Roissy Charles-de-Gaulle airport in France. In its hold, its handlers come face to face with an unusual col
Quebec’s Al Capone
It was in an early 20th century North America, lifting the elbow under the yoke of prohibition, that a young baker by the name of Conrad Labelle would trade his modest livelihood f
Snow Crepe
Probably dating back to the late 1800s, the snow crepe recipe proposes to add some well packed loose snow on a list of ingredients. Although the addition of this unusual item may,
Originally, the sagamité of America
Practice of pre-Columbian origin, become a proven dish of North American indigenous cuisine. Sagamité consisted of thickening a broth with cornmeal. There is so much to say about
Anne Lamarque known as the Folleville
A businesswoman living outside standards, Anne Lamarque, known as la Folleville, held the reins of her cabaret with an iron fist. A figurehead of the 1670s libertine Montreal, anar
A WATER RUSH
A curious race for mineral spring water deposits has already taken place in the St. Lawrence Lowlands; a playground exceptionally rich in minerals, which, remember, was previously
Remember the Victory Gardens
In the uncertain tumult of the 1st and 2nd World Wars, government propaganda campaigns were conducted to encourage the people of Quebec and Canada to engage in the patriotic leisur
Household bread
With its light weight made of white flour and its rectangular profile straight out of a mold, the household bread will have been able to mark popular tradition in Quebec. But has
Black Mittens
Apparently drawing on this superstition from Acadian folklore, it was, it seems, a bad omen to don black mittens when fishing in the Magdalen Islands.