Why did a “rock star farmer” and bestselling author of “The Market Gardener” launch a magazine and e-commerce clothing and tool website? In the season 2 premiere of the 5à7 Podcast, farmer and entrepreneur Jean-Martin Fortier of La Ferme des Quatre-Temps and Les Jardins de la Grelinette and I talk about his new magazine featuring […]

Sourdough is front and centre in this conversation with Ed and Natasha Tatton of plant-based BReD bakery in Whistler, BC. We also talk zero-waste, the future of tourist-heavy Whistler, oat milk and aquafaba, cinnamon buns, selling local on their online store, vegan and plant-based bakery consults, and, of course, fluffy loaves of heaven.  (Psst! Use […]

Expert canner and pastry chef Camilla Wynne gives me a sneak peek of her upcoming cookbook (which will include her popular apple, pear and pumpkin beer-caramel jam, Fall Sweater), pistachio blondies with a summer pudding jam swirled through, and a really good ginger cookie sandwiched with raspberry lambic jam. We also talk renewed interest in […]

In the second half of host Amie Watson’s chat with Jean-Sebastien Michel and Kalina César of Montreal’s newest cocktail bar Alkadémie Alambika, they talk low-alcohol cocktails, cocktail set partnerships with local, artisanal distilleries and how bars had it tougher than restaurants before and after a rushed reopening announcement. The 5à7 Podcast is a series of […]

In the second half of host Amie Watson’s chat with Jean-Sebastien Michel and Kalina César of Montreal’s newest cocktail bar Alkadémie Alambika, they talk low-alcohol cocktails, cocktail set partnerships with local, artisanal distilleries and how bars had it tougher than restaurants before and after a rushed reopening announcement. The 5à7 Podcast is a series of […]

In this episode of the 5à7 Podcast, I chat with Jean-Sebastien Michel and Kalina César of Alkadémie Alambika, the new cocktail bar and event space behind bar supply store Alambika in Montreal. They talk classic and tiki cocktails, the future of bars come winter, Covid-related delays, cocktail trends at home, and the best syrups, jiggers, […]

In this episode of the 5à7 Podcast, I chat with Jean-Sebastien Michel and Kalina César of Alkadémie Alambika, the new cocktail bar and event space behind bar supply store Alambika in Montreal. They talk classic and tiki cocktails, the future of bars come winter, Covid-related delays, cocktail trends at home, and the best syrups, jiggers, […]

In Part 2 of host Amie Watson’s chat with Dimitri Antonopoulos, the co-owner and VP of Marketing for Experience Old Montreal, they talk how Covid-19 has affected restaurant trends, when the rest of his family’s Old Port boutique hotels will reopen and some of his favourite Greek dishes.  The 5à7 Podcast is a series of […]

In Part 2 of host Amie Watson’s chat with Dimitri Antonopoulos, the co-owner and VP of Marketing for Experience Old Montreal, they talk how Covid-19 has affected restaurant trends, when the rest of his family’s Old Port boutique hotels will reopen and some of his favourite Greek dishes.  The 5à7 Podcast is a series of […]

This week I chatted with Dimitri Antonopoulos, the co-owner and VP of Marketing for Experience Old Montreal, part of the Antonopoulos Group, a family-owned hospitality company that runs a number of boutique hotels, spas and restaurants in Montreal including Verses, Jacopo, Maggie Oakes, Kyo, Bevo, Méchant Boeuf, Modavie and the Vieux-Port Steakhouse. We talked about […]