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Taste of the Food Terminal on May 25th
May 23rd 2013
Did you know that this fresh produce wholesale market is the third largest in North America? For just one day you can visit its facilities and actually see where produce is stored and inspected. Boil-water advisory in Montreal
May 22nd 2013
“Himalayan Viagra” empties schools
May 20th 2013
Celebrate the “Veggie Pride”
May 18th 2013
The first ever International “Veggie Pride” is taking place today in Geneva, Switzerland, bringing together vegetarians and vegans from around the world. The goal of such event is to raise social awareness about the real possibility of eating without meat. Ambitious buy-local food policy unveiled in Quebec
May 17th 2013
Schools, hospitals, day-care centres and other government-financed institutions across the province will be enlisted to help reach this ambitious goal. Currently only 33 per cent of food is grown locally. Consumers will be enrolled too, via an awareness campaign, in order to influence the supply chain of their supermarkets. Vegetarian menus to celebrate ‘Veggie Pride’
May 15th 2013
For the first time this year, the 2013 edition will be on an international scale: It will take place on May 18 in Geneva, Switzerland, bringing together vegetarians and vegans from around the world. Peru: Kingdoms of the Sun and the Moon
May 14th 2013
You will admire some 370 works of art (paintings, sculptures, ornaments, pottery, photograph, textiles, etc) from public and private collections, from Peru, North America and Europe. | |||||||||||||
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The Ontario Food Terminal is opening its doors to the public for one day only on Saturday May 25th from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The city on Montreal has issued a warning affecting some 750,000 Montrealers. The residents of the following areas are warned to boil the somewhat brownish water flowing out of their taps or use bottled water until further notice: Verdun, Point-St-Charles, St-Henri, Côte-St-Paul, Ville-Émard, Westmount, Côte-St-Luc, Hampstead, Town-of-Mount-Royal, Anjou, Montreal East and the off-island town of Charlemagne.
Have you ever heard of yarsagumba, the “Himalayan Viagra”? This strange fungus, called “Cordyceps sinensis” by scientists, contains many benefits for the human body, in terms of health as well as sexual performance. In fact this plant comes from a fungus that infected a caterpillar to feed itself and eventually kill it. When the snow melts in spring, this mushroom emerges from the ground.
Originally published in the Journal de Montréal on May 18, 2013.
Quebec government announced yesterday its goal is to boost Quebec’s food self-sufficiency to 50 per cent.
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If you are in Montreal , make sure not to miss the current exhibition of the Museum of the Fine Arts: