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  • Book & Giveaway: Nadia G’s Bitchin’ Kitchen Cookbook

    Stats : Title: Nadia G’s Bitchin’ Kitchen Cookbook Price: $19.95 Availability: Nadiag.com and major book retailers everywhere The Book: If you’ve been watching Bitchin’ Kitchen , you know the host, Nadia G , is no wallflower. She’s sassy, irreverent and deliciously demented. That exactly what you get in her cookbook subtitled Rock Your Kitchen and Let the Boys Clean Up the Mess . It’s full of attitude, pictures of half naked men, creepy dolls and Nadia G. in various states of dress or I should I say undress. In short this isn’t your grandmother’s cookbook, unless your grandma likes dropping the f-bomb, 3-inch leopard-print stilettos and a cigarette smoking lizard (all of which appear in the book). But I expected nothing less from the comedienne-cook Nadia G who designed and wrote the entire cookbook. The book is divided into 20 chapters that’ll be familiar to fans of her show. There’s one on "Makeup Meal", another on "Deflate Your Mate", another devoted to "Rehab Recipes" and so on. (Incidentally you can watch all these episodes online ). That’s all fine and dandy you say but what about the recipes? After all it IS a cookbook. True but it’s so much more than that. I mean how many cookbooks do you know have cut-out badges for women suffering from PMS? The recipes, when you get around to them, are solid. From creamy homemade clam chowder, to pepper crusted teriyaki tuna with wasabi smashed potatoes , to spicy chocolate soufflé with fleur de sel , there are 60 succulent recipes for you to choose from. Sure Nadia G. looks good in a Viking bikini outfit and tells a mean joke, but the girl can also cook. Food Porn Rating: From the food, to the half naked men, to Nadia’s sexy outfits, there’s plenty to drool over. Final Analysis: You’ll probably like it if… You like a heavy dose of off-the-wall madness with your cookbook You are a fan of Bitchin’ Kitchen You may not like it if… You’re looking for a traditional cookbook sans attitude and humour Dolls, actual bleeding hearts and chocolate smeared over a naked, albeit very fit, torso creep you out. GIVEAWAY: I have two copies of BK Cookbook to give away. To be the lucky recipient, email me at blogATfoodnetworkDOTca (note: email address has changed) the correct answer to the following question: Name one of the three of Nadia G's sidekicks. Please see contest rules . This contest is now closed. Congrats...

  • Photo Gallery: Jean-Talon Market, Montreal

    If you read this blog, you know we're big fans of farmers markets ! We've featured dozens of markets from across Canada and we'd love to see even more. We'd love to see your local market, too! Please, send us your pics (see details below). This week, regular Bazaar contributor Jennifer Bartoli submitted some gorgeous photos from her visit to Montreal's Jean-Talon Market: You need to upgrade your Flash Player to 9 or greater Want to show of your local market? Email your pictures to blogATfoodtvDOTca (in .jpg format) with details of where the market is located and we'll feature some of your snaps in an upcoming blog post. Next Saturday: photos from Vancouver markets.
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  • Bagel Battle -- Montreal: 1, New York: 0

    There are few things that can compete with a warm, freshly oven-baked Montreal bagel . Although New York has made a name for itself as a bagel town -- with hundreds of shops selling the large, puffy, New York-style bagel -- Montreal bagels have a unique taste that I miss every time I have a New York one. They are smaller in size than the Big Apple ones, usually come in fewer varieties (the traditional ones are poppy and sesame seeds) and have a charming uneven round and rustic shape. I hear that some only swear by New York style bagels, but my guess is that they’ve never made the trip to Montreal... My favourite bagel shop is Fairmount Bagel (although St. Viateur a couple blocks away is a close second) and is in Mile-End, close to the Outremont area and its plethora of quaint Jewish bakeries and kosher stores. An authentic Montreal bagel isn’t like the round mounds of bread that pass for bagels at the grocery store. It has a very unique dense, doughy flavor with a hint of sweetness that comes from being soaked in honey-water prior to baking. Although you can enjoy it with peanut butter, or cream cheese and smoked salmon, a Montreal bagel with a little warm butter easily stands on its own as an afternoon snack. Going to buy bagels is an experience in and of itself. Fairmount is a small, bustling shop that always has a line regardless of the time of day. Behind the counter you see large mounds of dough being masterfully worked, shaped and rolled before the individual bagels are tossed into a gigantic wood-burning oven. In a world where less and less products are made in an artisanal fashion -- think for example of the rows upon rows of mass-produced white bread at the grocery store – there is something wonderfully nurturing about seeing your food come fresh out of the oven as you buy it. View Larger Map Fairmont Bagel 74 Fairmont Avenue West Montréal, QC Jennifer Bartoli is food writer and food photographer currently based in Montreal. Bazaar's Market post are featured every Monday.
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  • Marché Jean-Talon, Montréal

    I was looking for an easy place to stop for lunch on a recent spring drive from Ottawa to Québec City and was delighted when a friend suggested the Jean-Talon Market in Montréal ; tucked into the geographical centre of the city, but not so far off the highway as to get snarled in downtown traffic. I had never been to the market in my previous visits to Montréal and was excited to see the number of stalls in the covered portion of the year-round market, featuring not only certain Québecois staples, such as, maple syrup, apple cider, cranberry products, but a full range of fresh greens and fruits, baked goods, fish, meats and poultry. Many vendors provided tastes of their Québec hothouse English cucumbers and tomatoes, which provided some welcome crunch and juiciness as the long winter Montréalers suffered through was finally coming to a close. Montréal’s ethnic diversity is portrayed here as well, and I picked up a very reasonably-priced tray of phyllo pastry-based desserts from a Middle Eastern shop, along with a tub of assorted olives (everything from oil-cured Moroccan style, to Kalamata to tiny green olives stuffed with anchovy and tuna). For snacking in the car I avoided the maple sugar cornets and instead bought a large bag of dried cranberries that had been infused with cherry flavour. Chewy but still quite moist, they were a welcome hit of sugar along the rest of the straight-ahead drive to Quebec City. In the streets surrounding the market building there were so many delightful offerings my head was spinning. Delicatessens featuring cured and smoked meats, cheese shops piled high with all the Québec specialty cheeses you could ask for along with those from around the world. And, at the William J. Walter Saucissier shop, which offers more than fifty varieties of European sausages, I found my lunch: a spicy sausage on a soft but substantial bun, loaded up with hot peppers, pickles, mustard and sauerkraut. The sun was shining, the air crisp, so my wife and I sat outside at a little table and watched the world go by as we munched our lunch. On the way back from Québec City to Ottawa we couldn’t resist; we stopped again at Jean-Talon Market and picked up enough sausages and an assortment of cheeses and pates for our meal that evening. Très bon! View Larger Map Jean-Talon Market 7070 rue Henri-Julien Montreal, QC (Metro De Castelnau/Jean-Talon) You can find all the public markets...