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Expand your culinary horizonsCAD/US $6.95Issue 33 Spring 2019for people who love to read, love to eat and love to travelplusMexicoJaMaicaNew orleaNsaucklaNdMoNtreallingering in Lodidiscovering ProveNcegrazing in Michiganseafood & spice seychellesBurnet county texasQuebecRoad TripSOMETIMES THE BEST PLACES ARE THE ONES YOU’VE NEVER BEEN TO.Introducing year-round flights to Panama City and Rio de Janeiro.Immerse yourself in Latin culture with our year-round service to Bogota, Buenos Aires, Lima, Santiago, and São Paulo. And with new service to Panama City and Rio de Janeiro, we’ve got Latin America covered. For more information contact your travel agent or visit aircanada.com Flavours come alive when you add a little ULINARY - Taste & Travel.875" (+ 1/8" bleed)From the hills to the sea, Prince Edward Island is a foodie’s dream. 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Book now at aircanada.com/PEIletter4 Hometown GloryeveNt6 The Canadian Culinary ChampionshipsdisPatches8 Hot Off The GrillWhat’s new in the world of culinary travel.JourNal12 taste&travel readers report from around the world. 12 Austin 13 New Orleans 14 Plant City 15 RuidosodestiNatioNs36 Burnet County elyse GlickMaN visits the Highland Lakes region in Texas. 48 A Provençal Trail NathaN FoNG travels from Sisteron to St Remy de Provence. 40 small Towns, Big World In Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti, Michigan, earl BerNard finds entrepreneurs who embody the American Dream.diNiNG16 san Miguel De Allende JohaNNa read wants to know if this really is the Best City in the World. 7218lodGiNGs32 The Queen elizabeth, Montreal.By NathaN FoNG. taste&travel liBrary80 Book ReviewAtelier by Marc lePiNe.83 On The BookshelfNew additions to the taste&travel library.taste&travel kitcheN84 RosemarysusaN hallett profiles the herb of remembrance.87 Vegetarian VoyagerMushroom Kushiyaki.95 Cooking With taste&travel Recipe index for this issue and kitchen tips.reGioNal MarketPlace88 The Culinary Traveller’s Guides 88 OTTAWA 89 TORONTO 90 MONTReAL 91 CALgARY 92 WINNIPeg 94 vANCOUveRNota BeNe96 On The BeachSpring66 Jamaica Farm-To-Table Peter JohaNseN heads for the Caribbean hills, where food is fresh, local and delicious. queNch22 Lingering In Lodi susie ellisoN discovers a burgeoning wine region — and lays a legendary lyric to rest. Market Focus46 Auckland Fish Market, New Zealand letters FroM the edGe72 seafood And spice In The seychelles The Indian Ocean archipelago enchants elyse GlickMaN. road triP56 summer In southern Quebec susie ellisoN takes an idyllic ramble through rural Southern Quebec. for people who love to read, love to eat and love to travelJohaNNa read traveleater.NetcoNteNtsissue 33 • april–june • 2019Enjoyit!Expand your culinary horizonsOnline Now!www.TasteAndTravelMagazine.comGET itHometown GloryCOVeR 2019janet p. Boileau PuBlisherSpringPUBLISHeR Janet P. BoileauSeNIOR eDITORIAL CONSULTANT Christopher P. HillCReATIve DIReCTOR Charlotte KahnSeNIOR eDITORS Anita Stewart, Anne DesBrisayCONTRIBUTINg eDITORS Elizabeth Andoh, Stephanie Arsenault, Andrea Ratuski, Pam Collacott, Nathan Fong, Elyse Glickman, Anne Mendelson, Michele PetersonTRAveL eDITORS Susie Ellison, Todd Lawrence eUROPeAN eDITOR Susan HallettFOOD eDITOR Shari ScheskeCONTRIBUTINg PHOTOgRAPHeR Michel ChicoineWeB DIReCTOR Michael HydeWeB eDITOR & SOCIAL MeDIA MANAgeR Emily KennedyCOMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR Melissa WeinerADveRTISINg SALeS advertising@tasteandtravel.caPRINTeR The Lowe-Martin Group, OttawaCONTACT US info@TasteAndTravelMagazine.comeDITORIAL eNQUIRIeS editorial@ TasteAndTravelMagazine.comSUBSCRIPTIONS & CIRCULATION subscriptions@TasteAndTravelMagazine.comPrinted in Canada. Canada Post Publications Mail agreement number 42167015 © 2019 Taste&Travel International is published quarterly by Taste and Travel Publishing International Inc. All rights reserved. Opinions expressed do not necessarily represent those of the publishers. No part of this publication may be used without written permission from the publisher. subscription rate is $100 annually.spring is a lovely time to be in Ottawa, as we welcome warm weather and sunshine, flower baskets and fiddleheads in the Byward Market, and restaurant patios opening for business. There’s another reason to be particularly proud of our town this season. Chef Yannick LaSalle of Les Fougères restaurant in Chelsea, QC, representing Ottawa/Gatineau at the 2019 Canadian Culinary Championships in Kelowna, brought home the gold Medal. Residents of the capital city only need to cross the Ottawa river in order to enjoy the fabulous food coming out of our neighbouring province, including the eastern Townships duck and Quebec-grown saffron that featured in LaSalle’s winning dish. And although we had no inkling of LaSalle’s win when planning our cover story for this issue, you can read a whole lot more about Quebec’s culinary treasures by following Susie ellison’s road trip on the southern side of the St Lawrence river.We’re also proud to acknowledge another Ottawa chef’s achievement in this issue — publication of the book Atelier by Marc Lepine. Lepine won gold at the Canadian Culinary Championships in 2012 and 2016, the only chef on the history of the competition to top the podium twice. Lepine is an inspiring chef and a master culinary technician who is rightfully ranked among the world’s foremost practitioners of modernist cuisine. In our Bookshelf section, author, restaurant critic and culinary judge Anne DesBrisay reveals what it was like to work with Lepine on the production of Atelier and the lessons she learned along the way.Happy reading — and may the sun be shining wherever you are!4taste& travel international april–june 2019letterEnjoy it!Join the party! On saturday august 3, 2019 Cook Canadian!august2019From coast to coast all across Canada, the country’s top restaurants and leading chefs are showcasing Canadian ingredients with seasonal menus celebrating the bounty of land and sea. Home cooks are taking part as well, with backyard barbecues, parties and markets that celebrate Canadian food, some of the finest and freshest in the world.A celebration of Canadian food and food producersget tHe d.I.y. guIde at www.FooddayCanada.calangdon hall3Canada’s Great Kitchen PartyThe Canadian Culinary Championships held in Kelowna, BC on February 1 and 2, 2019 was the culmination of a year-long search for the nation’s most talented chef. Competition was extremely tight, with all eleven participating chefs still in a pack at the finishing line. in the end Chef Yannick LaSalle of Les Fougères in Chelsea, Quebec, gold medallist at the Ottawa-Gatineau Kitchen Party, became the new Canadian Culinary Champion, — a hugely popular and well-deserved victor. athletes2019 Black Box ingredientsChef alex ChenauctionChef dave BohatiChef davina MoraikoChef Thomas CareyChef Chris hillChef Jesse Friesen6taste& travel international april–june 2019eveNtcaNadacanadaChef Yannick LaSalleChef Jesse FriesenChef Jason Morris Chef irwin MacKinnonThe winnerGCKP Co-Founder Stephen LeckieChef Takashi itoChef Chris hillChief Judge James ChattoChef davina MoraikoChef elia herreraChef Katie hayes7april–june 2019 taste& travel internationaleveNtcaNadaNext >