All in a Weekend
with Sonali Karnick
Sunday May 20, 2012
"Moutarde Chou" takes a look at the casse-croûte culture
Everyone remembers their favourite snack-shack, or casse-croute, which many of us as kids went to and were able to enjoy a good "hot-dog steamé" and a poutine. They are scattered all over Quebec.Freelance lifestyle journalist, Emilie Villeneuve and her friend of 15 years, Olivier Blouin, created a representation and history of the best casse-croutes in Quebec in their newly released book, "Moutarde Chou". They travelled over 7000 kilometres in order to find the best hamburgers, hot-dogs and poutine and really get to the real personalities behind the wonderful and reputable restaurants.
Emilie put her fork down and spoke with Sonali Karnick.
Categories: Food
Sunday May 20, 2012
Poutine Masala: Quebec meets India on stage
A new Bollywood-style show has sold out the past few nights in Montreal. "Poutine Masala" is a trilingual romantic-comedy which mashes up the cultures of Quebec and India playing at the Mainline Theatre in Montreal. Deepali Lindblom stars in the comedy. She produced play, which is semi-autobiographical. Deepali spoke with Sonali Karnick about where the idea for the show came from. Sunday May 20, 2012
The St.Lawrence Choir celebrates its 40th anniversary
With 75 amateur voices singing together, Montreal's St Lawrence Choir makes a big sound.Next Saturday, they'll raise up their voices in Mozart, along with the Longueuil Symphony Orchestra.
It'll be a Montreal premiere; a reworking of Mozart's Mass in C Minor by musicologist Robert Levin to celebrate the St Lawrence Choir's 40th anniversary.
Michael Zaugg will be leading the choir on that night, as he has for the past four years. He spoke with Sonali Karnick about the performance and moving the choir in a new direction.
Saturday May 19, 2012
Filmmaker Chloé Robichaud at the Cannes film festival
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The 65th Cannes Film Festival began this week in the south of France.
And at 24, Montrealer Chloé Robichaud is a veteran of the festival - this is her third visit to Cannes.
This time, she's the director, screenplay writer and editor of her own short film, Chef de Meute - or Herd Leader - which will be competing for a Palme d'Or.
It will be screened twice for the public next Saturday.
But she's already there, on the Croisette. Sonali Karnick spoke with her there, in Cannes.
Saturday May 19, 2012
Scones at the Gryphon d'or tea room in NDG
In Quebec it's the Journée des Patriotes on Monday, but it's also known as Victoria Day.
So we decided to drop in on one of Montreal's best tea rooms for a traditional British tea.
The Gryphon d'Or opened 15 years ago in NDG.
Cucumber sandwiches, sweets like Sticky Toffee Pudding, and blended teas have won it a place on the 'Best Tea List'. And it's scones win raves.
Sonali Karnick went out to meet owner Peggy Regan at Le Gryphon d'Or for a lesson in scone making.
But first Peggy showed her around the tea room on Monkland Avenue.
Have a listen - and then try her recipe below:
Scone Recipe
2 cups of All Purpose Flour
2 tablespoons of double-acting baking powder
2 tablespoons of sugar
1/2 teaspoon of salt
1/4 cup of good quality margarine
1 egg - beaten and add milk to bring up to 3/4s of a cup
Bake at 425 degrees Fahrenheit for 13-15 minutes.
Categories: Food
Saturday May 19, 2012
Wadada Leo Smith at Victoriaville avant-garde music festival
Trumpeter and composer Wadada Leo Smith headlines at the Festival International de Musique Actuelle this weekend in Victoriaville.
It's a major showcase for avant-garde and improvised music in North America.
Wadada Leo Smith has had a long career in that field. He's now 70 years old.
Tonight, he performs his "10 Freedom Summers" suite, inspired by the campaigns to end segregation from 1954 to 1964.
We called him up at his home in Ventura, California.
Sunday May 13, 2012
The Lanyard for Mother's Day
It's Mother's Day today and many of us will celebrate our mothers and what they've done for us through the years. We may buy her flowers, or make her breakfast in bed or take her out to dinner. But Billy Collins, the former Poet Laureate of the United States, recalls thanking his mother with a lanyard.If you don't know what that is, you'll figure it out from his poem - THE LANYARD.
Collins was sure when he was a boy that his gift was grand enough. Now it seems he's not so sure.Here he is, reading his poem.
Sunday May 13, 2012
Canada Writes writing challenge for Crime Month
It's Crime Month on CBC Radio's Canada Writes website. So this week two of its editors, Christopher DiRaddo and Jennifer Warren, came into studio to tell us about the Canada Writes Page-turner Challenge -- to write the most bone-chilling opening scene for a crime novel. Apart from the sheer fun of trying the challenge, the prize is an iPad.
Chris and Jennifer also read out some of the best Quebec entries so far - apparently, the creepiest too. Have a listen!
Sunday May 13, 2012
Montreal's 370th anniversary celebrations
Montreal celebrates its 370th anniversary on Thursday. To commemorate the anniversary, 35 museums and organisations around the city have joined together for the first time to highlight Montreal's history from now until the end of the year.The Pointe-à-Callière museum sits at the heart of that history, and they'll be offering you free access to the remains of the old city in their archeological crypt in the basement. Louise Pothier is Pointe-à-Callière's Director of exhibitions and technology and an archaeologist. She spoke with Sonali Karnick about the history of the museum and what's in store for the anniversary celebrations.
Sunday May 13, 2012
Ross Murray on Mother's Day
It's Mother's Day and traditionally on a day like this, we associate Mom with the cooking. This is the day she gets a 'break'; breakfast in bed or dinner out. But our columnist Ross Murray hopes he'll be the one to pass on a love of cooking to his own kids.
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