Salon des métiers d’art de Montréal 2013: Food Court

Salon des métiers d’art de Montréal 2013: Food Court

December 6 - 22, 2013

This year once again the Montreal's Salon des métiers d’art is having a large section at the back of the exhibition hall devoted to speciality foods made by the Quebec artisans.

There are chocolates, sausages , various goose meat spreads, as well as preserves, cookies and alcoholic beverages made from maple syrup, honey, apples and pairs. Especially popular are iced wines made of frozen apples and pears.

The salon also offers many unique kitchen implements: wooden cutting boards, plates salad bowls, spatulas; ceramic dining ware, as well as many other indispensable kitchen and dining room items that make any meal a success.

This year the special emphasis is on how to set a table in the festive way, and right at the entry of the exhibition a big section is devoted to the holiday table setting and decore.

Do not hesitate to visit this Salon since it offers a great variety of products especially useful for the upcoming holiday season and the inevitable present giving.

There is Free Admission to this Salon.

Salon des métiers d’art de Montréal website.

Swiss Totem

Swiss Totem
French Design

A husband and wife team - Christoph Kuhn and Isabelle Thibeault - have teamed up to become the sole North American distributors of a unique European furniture piece. Though mostly intended for catering, bars or restaurants, it could also be used at a private house settings: in a living room or by a swimming pool. They decided to name this unique serving table in English a Swiss Totem, although in French it was originally called l'Arbre à fondue, or a Fondue Tree. This serving table was first conceived in France as an attractive and practical way to serve Swiss fondue, hence the Swiss Totem name that was chosen for it.

Today, this unique serving table was presented to Quebec restaurateurs as well as travel personnel. The event was held at the Auberge Saint Gabriel in Old Montreal, on its upper most floor reserved for special events. The Swiss Totem event started a bit slowly, but later those present learned to appreciate the new design of the serving table when the most delicious cheese fondue was served by S.O.S. Fondue.

Shortly after Swiss Totem was designed and manufactured in France, it was discovered that it could be used for a variety of other foods beside fondue, even for sushi. For that, an additional round table surface can be filled with water and then put into the fridge to freeze. This frozen round top would then keep the food cool for a long stretch of time even in a very hot weather.

Because so many varieties of foods would benefit by being served using Swiss Totem, this is why the table no longer has the word "fondue" in its name, as it did at first.

Visit the Swiss Totem website for more information and to place an order.

http://swisstotem.com

Expo Manger Santé et Vivre Vert 2013

Expo Manger Santé et Vivre Vert

March 15-17, 2013

This year, two new designations have been launched for Quebec foods:

Aliments bio du Quebec

Aliments préparés au Québec

A large area, were very popular with the expo attendees, was designated for the Aliments du Québec.

Different kinds of tomatoes, grown locally even in the winter were offered freely to taste.

 There were also other products like Apple Syrup and or plants products.

All these products were very successful with the public.

In case you have not visited the show, I highly recommend you do it next year. It is an annual Expo that always takes place at the Montreal's Palais des Congres at about Middle of the March.

You can also read more about the show here.