I love coffee.

I am a huge coffee drinker. some people would argue that I cannot be a true coffee lover since I tend to add a lot of sugar. thats mostly due to the fact that a lot of places serve terrible or burnt coffee. I only add one sugar at grand cafe on sherbrooke and at Cafe tredici 13 on fairmount.

http://www.adbeus.com/

Anyways just a little post to show you a blog that seems to photo document coffee from various cafe's in montreal. i love it!



There is even a photo from the cafe where kristina works!

Isabel

tuna breakfast with luxirare

omg i love this girl

http://www.luxirare.com/early-bird-special/



She has the most amazing culinary creations and she didn't even go to chef school.
I think she just may be a really talented New York city rich kid who spends a lot of her time creating both recipes and clothes.
And just the pictures of all the food are mind blowingly gorgeous.
Early bird special is my latest favorite recipe, it incorporates everything i love and its breakfast!!
Cured tuna, avocado, quail eggs, truffles on paperthin slices of potato?!?! genius!
I'm thinking a fancy breakfast for a lazy sunday.
I'll let you know how it goes!!

raw meat/animal party!!

July 30th we threw our first raw meat party!
I hosted a dinner based on the theme that we would dress up as animals and eat what they eat... raw meat.
So i went down to atwater market that day and bought minced veal and steak from the Les Tours butcher.
I was inspired by the recipes in this book on tartares by Laurence du Tilly that Claire had sent me from Paris for my birthday.
The party was a success except for a few animal activists who now hate our guts.
Also, it was luckily a cold summer night so the fur wasn't completely inappropriate...



recipes:

steak tartare (for 4 people, main course)
-800g minced meat (must be really fresh and high quality so as not to get sick and die!!)
-green onions
-chives
-diced dill pickles
-capers
-2 tbsp olive oil
-2 tbsp walnut oil
-dijon mustard to taste
-salt and pepper

vin: rouge, Saint-Emilion



veal tartare (for 4 people, main course)
-600g minced veal (once again needs to be super fresh!!!)
-50g green olives
-50g kalamata olives
-2 tbsp olive oil
-dash of truffle oil
-place on a bed of arugula
-salt and pepper



vegetable tartare with fresh cheese
-dice in tiny cubes any vegetables you have on hand and enjoy such as carrots, cucumbers, bell peppers, tomato, corn, radish, etc.
-mix all veggies together with olive oil
-place a portion of the fresh cheese (we used amazing italian ricotta) on a plate and cover with the veggie mix
-salt and pepper



enjoy!!
xoxo
sabrina