Urban farmers’ market to offer healthy food by twilight
An evening market supplied by urban farmers will be held Friday in the lane Place du Marché, next to the Société des arts technologiques (SAT) at 1201 St-Laurent Blvd. Called the Marché de la brunante, the market will offer products of the harvest from city gardens both large (such as Fermes Lufa, on a rooftop beside Marché Central) and small (such as the Nutri-Centre LaSalle co-operative garden on Lafleur Ave.). A total of 10 producing organizations will sell fresh fruit and vegetables, while 10 chefs, some from La Table des Chefs, and other food specialists will offer tastings of the urban harvest from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Designed to encourage food production in the city, the market is in its second annual edition. It is sponsored by Conférence régionale des élus (CRÉ) de Montréal. Musicians will perform during the market.
Tastings will include kale chips and frittata, onion chips, eggplant caviar on toast, Delicata squash brownies and lemonade, carrot hummus, kohlrabi soup and honeycooked beets with dark chocolate.
For more information, visit credemontreal.qc.ca (look under “événements”). Duck goes Acadian
Duck will be given Acadian flav-ours at the 18th annual Brome Lake Duck Festival, headquartered in Knowlton, on Saturday, Sunday and Sept. 28 and 29. Visitors will be offered soups, stews, pies and snacks, both in tasting portions served on the streets and in the regional restaurants that plan to serve duck specialties. The celebrated “hot duck” wiener will be served throughout the festival. Admission to all events is free. Food prices range from $2 samples at cooking demonstrations to tasting plates from $3 to $10.
New this year will be an Iron Duck Chef cooking contest, to be judged by local gastronomes and culinary specialists, at 2 p.m. on both Saturdays, just south of the corner of Knowlton and Mont Echo Rds. Chefs scheduled to compete by presenting their ideas of Acadian-style duck are Emmanuel Godin from Auberge West Brome and Kevin Brown of KB Restaurant from Whitby, Ont., this Saturday, followed on Sept. 28 by Marco Lenarduzzi of Lac Brome and Éric Garant from Plaisir Gourmand in North Hatley.
Domenico Forte, chef at Brome Lake Ducks, will demonstrate duck cuisine each day from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the farm shop, 40 Centre St. in Knowlton.
Musicians will perform almost non-stop. A petting zoo, face painting, cookie decorating ($1 per cookie) and games will be offered for children. The annual duck race will start at 2 p.m. on Sept. 28 in the pond near Coldbrook Park in the middle of Knowlton. Regional food and beverage specialties will be offered by upwards of 30 producers, who will offer tastings and have their specialties on sale.
Owing to the closing of the bridge on England Hill, patrons will be directed to use Victoria and Maple Sts. to reach parking lots. Directional signs will be posted.
Knowlton is about 75 minutes from the Champlain Bridge. Follow Highway 10 to Exit 90, then Highway 243 south to the village.
For more information, visit canardenfete.ca, email info@canardenfete.ca or call 450-242-2870.