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Tim Ouellette
Jan 183 min read
Discovering the Modern Tastes of Quebec
Food-wise, there are two things I notice every Winter, two things on opposite ends of the Franco American time spectrum. First, we’ve...
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Tim Ouellette
Dec 31, 20243 min read
High Crimes and Entertainment: The Quebec Maple Syrup Heist!
The motion picture industry has done it again! They’ve picked up on something that happened in Quebec and covered it; both as reality and...
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Tim Ouellette
Dec 15, 20242 min read
TourtièreGate: The case for unwritten rules needing to be written
Earlier this week I was beyond happy to see an article, posted by Juilana L'Heureux, about a Vermont couple who make tourtières for their...
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Tim Ouellette
Dec 9, 20244 min read
Cipaille anyone?
There’s nothing quite like a meal that takes all day to make. The satisfaction of all those hours of prepping, assembling and/or cooking...
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Tim Ouellette
Nov 26, 20244 min read
Identity and Recognition (Sort of)
Last Friday was a nice reunion of sorts. A few of us gathered in Manchester, NH, for a night of food, fun and discussion about the state...
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Tim Ouellette
Nov 3, 20243 min read
Finding Acadie Inside Ourselves: More Than A Distant Neighbor
Genealogy is a great thing. We get a window into generations gone by, make exciting discoveries, and help explain the legacy that we pass do
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Tim Ouellette
Sep 30, 20244 min read
A Little Appreciation for Ernie Hebert
We love to talk about Jack Kerouac and Grace Metalious for giving us a place on the list of great authors, but there’s a modern author...
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Timothée Beaulieu
Mar 24, 20244 min read
The Infinite Franco Game - It's Not Over Until We Say It Is
An infinite game is a game played to merely continue the game. They can go on forever as long as there are players.
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Tim Ouellette
Nov 13, 20233 min read
Holiday Resolution: Tourtière Posting Moderation
The holidays are a great time of year. The time when we reflect on family memories and traditions, immerse ourselves in feel-good...
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Tim Ouellette
Oct 29, 20234 min read
Beyond Tourtière: Discovering Franco-American Cuisine
While tourtiere has become our signature dish for keeping traditions alive, we’re often left wondering if there are other dishes that might
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Timothée Beaulieu
Mar 17, 20235 min read
Tucker Carlson aime le Québec...JK
The other day I was perusing Le Reve de Gagnon on Facebook and came across a clip that kind of made me do a double-take. Reve, as the...
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Tim Ouellette
Jan 22, 20234 min read
Our Stories Versus Our Story
Winter- what a great time to get caught up on reading. I’m not a historian or a researcher, I just like to read. Especially when it comes...
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Melody Desjardins
Jan 16, 20236 min read
A Tale of Two French-Canadian Journalists and Their Bitter Feud Over Basically Nothing
Gather 'round for this story of two intellectuals, the future of Franco-Americans, and the true bearer of big d*ck energy. This is the...
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Tim Ouellette
Dec 14, 20224 min read
Greatest Franco-American City Playoff Bracket!? Who's In???
There are many great Franco-American cities in the Northeast US, but who is the best? Let's find out..
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Patrick Lacroix
Dec 5, 20224 min read
De-Railing Québec’s Pâté Chinois
In Québec, poutine aside, it’s hard to find a dish more famous or celebrated than pâté chinois. So… here’s a historical ode to a dish I grud
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Timothée Beaulieu
Jun 3, 20214 min read
Trigger Warning: Poutine is Québécois
I’ve been trying to hold off on writing about poutine lately. It’s a daily struggle. There is so much more to our history, language, and...
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Luc Trepanier
May 29, 20211 min read
Les Aventures d'un Québécois
Capsule no 10 La porte des anciens maires.
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Luc Trepanier
May 15, 20211 min read
Les Aventures d'un Québécois
Capsule no 9 Le marché public de St-Hyacinthe
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