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Quebec

  • Dining

    July 21, 2011

    There's Oddness at Oddfellows, But It's the Execution That Makes It Shine

    The culinary diversions at this Bishop Arts restaurant are interesting -- as is the crowd -- but it's simplicity that makes it stand out.

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2011

    Sigel's Crazy Wonderful Irish Cheese Lady

    In 1940's Belfast, Ireland, there lived the Magee family. Six daughters were born one after the other, followed by five sons all squeezed into a two-bedroom row house. The neighbors on one side were the McCormicks, who had 10 kids. On the other side were the Dunnigans, also with 10 kids. All told, m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2011

    Canada's Answer to Julia Child? "Mais non" (Not)

    Laura Calder​Whether it's intended or not really doesn't matter: The minute a cooking program dubs itself French Food at Home and offers up a chef trying to be as understated, quirkily charming, yet educational as, yes, la grande dame d'American French cooking -- Julia Child -- it's setting it ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2011

    Contest: Win One Pair of Tickets To Libertine Bar's February Beer Dinner Wednesday Night

    ​As tasty as some of the beers created by Quebec brewery Unibroue are, they may be almost as noteworthy for their awesome packaging. Names like Trois Pistoles and Maudite (Québécois for "damned," a reference to legendary lumberjacks who made a deal with the devil) are complemented by artwork tha ... More >>

  • Film

    February 10, 2011

    Barney's Version Gives Mordecai Richler a Downgrade.

    ​As tasty as some of the beers created by Quebec brewery Unibroue are, they may be almost as noteworthy for their awesome packaging. Names like Trois Pistoles and Maudite (Québécois for "damned," a reference to legendary lumberjacks who made a deal with the devil) are complemented by artwork tha ... More >>

  • Film

    August 26, 2010
  • Blogs

    July 21, 2010

    Q&A: Scorpions' Rudolf Schenker Talks Retirement, Friendship, Success and Getting Chicks

    Scorpions' Rudolph Schenker​Since The Scorpions didn't reach great commercial success until the late '70s and early '80s, many people don't realize that some form of the band has been around since 1965. 45 years later, and massive hits from the '80s such as "Rock You Like a Hurricane" and "No One ... More >>

  • Music

    May 20, 2010

    The Besnard Lakes

    Thursday, May 20,at the Granada Theater

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2009

    Hophead: Beer Of The Year

    ​It's almost time to pop the cork on your favorite bottle of bubbly (and surely anyone reading this column will know that beer is bubbly too). That means it's time for Hophead's contribution to City of Ate's endless stream of Year In Review posts. While I may not have sampled all of them (some hav ... More >>

  • News

    October 1, 2009

    Is it time to close the border to immigrants? No, not that border. The other one.

    ​It's almost time to pop the cork on your favorite bottle of bubbly (and surely anyone reading this column will know that beer is bubbly too). That means it's time for Hophead's contribution to City of Ate's endless stream of Year In Review posts. While I may not have sampled all of them (some hav ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2009

    Hophead: Is Bigger Really That Much Better?

    ​This week, Sigel's announced that it is taking early orders for a dozen 6-liter bottles of Unibroue's La Fin Du Monde golden ale. Catch is, these collector's items come at the eyebrow-raising (or unibrow-raising) price of $219.99 a bottle. And that's a discount: the "regular price," according to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 8, 2009

    The Hophead: New Beers Eve

    Champagne for my real friends, real pain for my sham friends. --Francis Bacon (whose friends may have liked him more if he'd offered beer instead) If you like the nut-to-butt proximity of strangers in lines for Six Flags rides but don't like roller coasters, I highly recommend Central Market on t ... More >>

  • Film

    June 12, 2008

    Supermarket Sweep

    Male fulfillment and lack thereof, on full display in The Promotion

  • Calendar

    June 21, 2007

    To-Go List

    Patricia Schultz plans your road trip

  • Calendar

    May 19, 2005

    This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

    Patricia Schultz plans your road trip

  • Film

    December 18, 2003

    Rémy, Hero

    With The Barbarian Invasions, Denys Arcand's cinematic alter ego goes out with an emotional bang

  • Film

    November 27, 2003

    Time Out of Mind

    The epic sweep of Timeline is easily forgotten

  • Music

    October 10, 2002

    Barnes Storming

    Athens' Of Montreal gives its whimsical psychedelia a raucous jolt

  • Film

    November 8, 2001

    Emma Goes to France

    Amélie serves up a daring, moving take on Jane Austen's best-loved heroine

  • Culture

    December 7, 2000

    Bless the Blockhead

    How A Charlie Brown Christmas almost wasn't, then became a tradition

  • News

    December 16, 1999

    Power play

    Coaches and parents in the area's elite youth hockey league say the Dallas Stars are trying to ice anyone who threatens their control of the kid hockey business

  • News

    September 10, 1998

    Letters

    Coaches and parents in the area's elite youth hockey league say the Dallas Stars are trying to ice anyone who threatens their control of the kid hockey business

  • News

    November 9, 1995

    So close, yet so far away

    Americans don't understand why Quebec wants to secede

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