A Montreal Cookbook
Recipes and Reflections from My Kitchen
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Lesley Chesterman's A Montreal Cookbook collects recipes and personal essays that celebrate Montreal's diverse food culture, from bagels and smoked meat to bistros, markets and desserts.
Drawing on her decades as a chef, teacher and restaurant critic, she offers approachable recipes alongside reflections on what it means to cook like a Montrealer.
The book includes practical hosting advice, apéro snack ideas, and regional specialties like pudding chômeur, borscht and bagel recommendations.
Throughout, Chesterman emphasizes cooking with your senses and the social pleasures of food in Montreal.
The book serves both as a cookbook and a love letter to the city's culinary identity.
Drawing on her decades as a chef, teacher and restaurant critic, she offers approachable recipes alongside reflections on what it means to cook like a Montrealer.
The book includes practical hosting advice, apéro snack ideas, and regional specialties like pudding chômeur, borscht and bagel recommendations.
Throughout, Chesterman emphasizes cooking with your senses and the social pleasures of food in Montreal.
The book serves both as a cookbook and a love letter to the city's culinary identity.
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