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How I spent my Grey Cup Sunday
November 25th, 2008 · 9 Comments
Tags: Beer · Canada · Québécois
Poutine in Portland II
November 19th, 2008 · 8 Comments
With the Coupe Grey in Montreal fast approaching, this seems an opportune time to revisit my favorite French-Canadian invention: poutine!
Over a year ago I beseeched the blog readers of Portland to reveal to me the location of poutine in Portland.
And the bloggers of Portland heard my call! (Well, at least altportland’s VJ and Cuisine [...]
Tags: Canada · Cheese · Portland · Québécois
Where to watch the Grey Cup in Portland
November 17th, 2008 · 4 Comments
Grab your toque, the 96th Grey Cup takes place this Sunday, November 23rd. The Grey Cup is the Canadian Football League’s championship game; think of it as the Canadian Super Bowl.
This year’s matchup, Calgary Stampeders versus Montreal Alouettes, takes place in Montreal. The game is being broadcast locally on Versus, Comcast Cable channel 32. [...]
Tags: Canada · Portland · Québécois · Weekend
August 16-17: Lots of ways to get heat stroke
August 15th, 2008 · 6 Comments
The first item on my list of things to do this weekend probably won’t lead to any heat related maladies, because the wee hours of the morning are relatively cool.
The English Premier League starts regular season play early Saturday morning. For places to watch check out Wednesday’s post on the topic, and make sure [...]
Tags: Festival · India · Portland · Québécois · Soccer · Timbers · Weekend
Pardon my québécois
March 26th, 2008 · 4 Comments
I guess I have to stop with the frog jokes.
In college I studied Spanish, Portuguese, and even Hungarian; all more useful to my cultural prejudices and post-college travel plans than French.
I never made it to Budapest.
Two years ago, however, I did spend a week in Montreal. I fell in love with countless cosmopolitan women, [...]
Tags: French · Portland · Québécois · Travel
Update: Poutine payoff
August 8th, 2007 · 2 Comments
My search for poutine purveyors has produced results:
Clyde Common (sometimes: menu varies)
Florida Room
My sources for this delectable intelligence are Cuisine Bonne Femme of PortlandFoodAndDrink.com and VJ of AltPortland.com, respectively – Thanks!
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Tags: Cheese · Portland · Québécois
Poutine in Portland?
August 8th, 2007 · 5 Comments
Where can I find poutine in Portland?
Dot’s has jalapeño cheddar (aka “Jolly”) fries, and Oaks Bottom Pub has its “Totchos”, but I need some gravy.
For the uninitiated: Poutine is a French-Canadian concoction consisting of a plate of french fries topped with (fresh, soft, melty) cheese curds, and smothered in brown gravy.
In Quebec, [...]
