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Burrata: a cheese with a good taste … of butter
Source: Radio-Canada.ca
Critic’s Notebook: Tastemakers of 2011
MONTREAL - For a good while now, we’ve ended each year in this space with “best of” lists. At a time when restaurants are too busy to be reviewed (or often closed), I have preferred to wrap things up by underlining the efforts of the sharpest chefs and their most...
Everything you want to know about the truffle
What is a truffle? A chocolate mushroom? Where can you buy it, what does it taste, how is it eaten? To find out more about this very luxury product that has always fascinated gourmets and gourmets, we asked a few questions of one of the main importers of truffles in...
La Cantine – Les importateurs Macchi
Chuck’s Day Off – The Truffle Guy
Lesley Chesterman – Burrata
Creamy, luscious, pricey and hard to come byWhen it comes to rare gourmet nibblies in Montreal, Paolo Macchi is the man you want to know. Be it prosciutto di parma, truffled baby peaches, bottarga or autumn's decadent white truffles, Italian luxury foodstuffs are the...
Gazette – Critic’s Notebook: Two friends, two traditions, two desserts
By Lesley Chesterman, Gazette Fine-Dining Critic MONTREAL - It all started innocently enough, with two friends on Facebook exchanging opinions about strawberry rhubarb pie. “Grandma Zoe’s famous strawberry rhubarb pie is on the way ...” wrote Joanna Notkin. “I’d...
Kim Vallee – FOOD + DRINKS, RECIPES + menus
written by Guest Blogger I’m happy that Hivron Turanli, a foodie and the Marketing Director at Macchi Inc. has accepted to be a guest blogger on At Home with Kim Vallee. Hivron agreed to talk to us about a special ingredient that she adores. She shared with us...
Cupcake Camp – The Truffle Guy & Gal
By Laura Carmosino For the second year in a row, Macchi Inc has jumped on board to help out with out event. Owners Hivron and Paolo Macchi have been a blessing to our event by providing us with monetary donations, cupcake donations and gifts for our awesome celeb and...