Top 11 Food Trends of 2015

“Cooking vegetables as you would meats. Slow-roast beets on the grill until they are charred and perfectly tender, let them rest with a bit of tarragon and grapefruit butter on top, and there isn’t much more you need.”

—Andrew Whitcomb, Colonie

“Even with all of the non-gluten-eating diners, pizza continues to trend!”

—Dan Kluger

“The top food trend of 2015 is probably ice cream in all its variants.”

—Sandy Dee Hall, Black Tree

Some other food thoughts….

Pre-Game Pub: The Irish Embassy

http://www.irish-embassy.com

Wings and sausage platters help get the game energy going to the max. 

Great company never hurts.

The Guardian - Best Cook Books

 

See a description and links to buy now… some awesome recipes!

Largehearted Boy - Favorite Food and Drink Books of 2015

This year I launched a new food book and drinks series, Whisk and Whiskey, and was exposed to a multitude of cookbooks as well as food and drink books.

These are the six food and drink books I have most recommended to friends, family, and anyone else who has crossed my path (my personal definition of "favorite").

What was your favorite food and/or drink book of 2015?

Bitters and Shrub Syrup Cocktails: Restorative Vintage Cocktails, Mocktails, and Elixirs by Warren Bobrow

Warren Bobrow's Bitters and Shrub Syrup Cocktails once again proves his "cocktail whisperer" title well-deserved. Captivating and filled with gorgeous photography, not to mention the delicious drink recipes, this is the cocktail book of the year.

The Complete Vegetarian Cookbook by America's Test Kitchen

America's Test Kitchen once again impresses with this hefty vegetarian cookbook, which also includes many vegan and gluten-free recipes.

The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science by J. Kenji López-Alt

My favorite cookbook of the year, The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science takes a scientific approach to cooking.

Franklin Barbecue: A Meat-Smoking Manifesto by Aaron Franklin

My favorite Texas barbecue joint's cookbook offers a thorough guide to smoking meat, from wood to smoker to meat to step-by-step recipes.

Pie School: Lessons in Fruit, Flour & Butter by Kate Lebo

As well as an accomplished poet, Kate Lebo is also an eloquent evangelist for pie. Her cookbook Pie School: Lessons in Fruit, Flour & Butter brings the lessons from her baking classes to print with the same flair, wit, and enthusiasm in a book as rewarding to bake from as it is to read.

The Southerner's Cookbook: Recipes, Wisdom, and Stories by the editors of Garden and Gun

The editors of Garden and Gun magazine produced one of my favorite Southern cookbooks, one that masterfully combines recipes of mainstays with regional specialties.

More here

Satay Brothers Feast

Papaya Salade to start - crunchy, savoury, spicy - some extra hot peppers to help it along!

Pork belly steam buns - too good to wait on a picture.

Sticky, sweet, savoury pork ribs - unbelievable.

Crab donuts like pillows in my mouth

The classic and always good skewers… with a peanut sauce to ask more for...

and of course a Creemore on tap

Go here and eat their food… You're welcome!

http://sataybrothers.com

YUL Eat Festival 2015

YUL Eat festival 2015 - so much good!

http://www.festivalyuleat.com/about

Jean Talon Market 2015

The market made fresh tomato sauce, hot sauce, salsa verde, corn nibblets, and pesto. 

Winter won't kill my freshness.

Burger Week 2015: Burger Poutine #3

Top Three in MTL 2015

Griffintown Cafe

Burger Poutine

Burger aux trois viandes (boeuf, agneau, canard),Cheddar âgé de l'Ile aux Grues,Tomate, roquette, Poutine aux frites maison et jus de canard, Pain hamburger brioché, Bacon croustillant sur le dessus

Taco Tijuana

Pork Tacos - one for 4.50$

3 pound chicken burrito 13.00$ - feeds a small family

That's all you'll find at Taco Tijuana… 

they keep it simple, flavourful, massive and cheap. A great place to grab and go or sit and hang with the locals. It's a tiny spot but a very busy one; check it out!