Nearly 20 years after opening Toqué!, his internationally acclaimed Montréal restaurant, Chef Normand Laprise has received many of the world’s most prestigious honours, including Maclean’s magazine Chef of the Year for 2012. This year, his fabulous cookbook, Toqué!
In the valley between Bordeaux and Toulouse you find the most praised delights of French cuisine such as black truffles, foie gras (goose liver), boletus mushrooms and a new generation of amazing chefs who master the art of making you feel like you’ve died and gone to heaven at first bite!
Get your pupils and your taste buds ready for a mouth watering gastronomic preview of the Garonne in the South West of France.
Chef Michael Smith is one of Canada’s most loved chefs, an award winning cookbook author, winner of the James Beard Award for Cooking Show Excellence, and host of many shows on Food Network Canada. I was so thrilled to get to interview him for YMC and get his secret recipe for Chocolate Chip Lentil Cookies. I was totally charmed by his smooth, calm, and deep voice on the phone—I just wish I could have teleported myself to PEI!
