Montreal Gazette

Urban farmers’ market to offer healthy food by twilight

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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.

 ?? CRÉ DE MONTRÉAL ?? Chef Dominique Dupuis cooks at last year’s Marché de la brunante.
CRÉ DE MONTRÉAL Chef Dominique Dupuis cooks at last year’s Marché de la brunante.

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