Photograph from me HUNGRY! File this under "Posts I Should Not Read On an Empty Stomach": a round up of 12 poutines in 12 days in Vancouver, eaten by Phyllis and her husband Kris of me HUNGRY! during their trip from New York. The poutines are scored under four characteristics—fries, gravy, cheese, and overall balance—on a scale of 40 points. They found the best poutine at Brado Pizza, run by a former resident of Montreal (the birthplace of poutine) who brought his love of poutine to Vancouver five years ago. "Everything was perfectly seasoned and the proportions were right on," Phyllis says. At the end of the post, Phyllis shares information on where to buy cheese curds and poutine mix,...
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Over the last year or so, Al Jazeera English has produced a really interesting series on food from around the world. In previous broadcasts, they have visited Jerusalem and New York City, and here, they're in Montreal, where the cuisine ranges from gussied-up oysters and tarts to the arguably less refined poutine (cheese curds and gravy over fries). Some purists think the fat explosion that is poutine represents a scandal. "It's not really cooking! An aberration!" A little miffed by these naysayers, chef Martin Picard of the well-respected Au Pied de Cochon, put poutine on his menu as a symbol of his support. Except to make it jibe with the rest of his restaurant, he throws on a dollop...
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Our Quebecois cousins to the North may speak a different language and enjoy the solace of universal health-care, but when it comes to comfort food their North American tendencies peek through in the form of poutine, a fancy word for cheese fries with gravy.
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