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  • cookbooks and cocktail parties

    cookbooks and cocktail parties

    It started with my grandmother’s cookbook. She lived in Montréal for much of her life and would have seen the early years of the glowing Five Roses sign (erected in 1948) near the Port of Montréal, so, you bet there was a Five Roses Cookbook in the house. She told me in my twenties that…

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    Johanne Provençal

    7 Dec 2024
    everyday life, food & drink
    cocktail parties, cookbooks
  • let me count the ways

    let me count the ways

    I’ve been away from the city (and the blog) for a brief spell and I can say this: I missed you Montréal. Because I love you, Montréal. The sound of Montréal is what I noticed first, upon my return after several weeks away: French being spoken around me is a welcome sound of home, even…

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    Johanne Provençal

    23 Nov 2024
    all, everyday life, neighbourhoods
    Montreal
  • Montréal, I missed you

    Montréal, I missed you

    I’ve been away. I’ve been away from Montréal. No words, not even a few, to share this past month or so. Forgive my absence, my silence. One thing that became clear, while I was away, is how much being in Montréal fuels me, which in turn, fuels the posts that I write in this space.…

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    Johanne Provençal

    10 Nov 2024
    all, everyday life, travel
    Montreal
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