Maison D’Affinage Maurice Dufour

Maison d'Affinage Maurice Dufour

Maison D’Affinage Maurice Dufour is a fromagerie in the Charlevoix region, along La Route des Saveurs de Charlevoix. Back in the early spring when we were busy at work and tired of the frosty winter, we dreamed of our next vacation. Our original inspiration for this foodie adventure was actually a cheese-eating tour of Quebec. Luckily, we found plenty […]

Fromagerie St-Fidèle

Fromagerie St-Fidèle

After spending some time in Quebec City and the Île d’Orléans, Tomiko and I resumed our Quebec Culinary Adventure, heading to the Charlevoix region between Quebec City and Tadoussac. Fromagerie St-Fidèle is a dairy in the Charlevoix region of Quebec and we stopped here to buy some cheese, obviously! Fromagerie St-Fidèle, founded in 1902, has […]

La Route des Saveurs de Charlevoix

La Route des Saveurs de Charlevoix

La Route des Saveurs de Charlevoix, or the Charlevoix Flavour Trail, crosses the Charlevoix region of Quebec and brings the traveller to the various food producers in the terroir. When Tomiko and I plotted our Quebec Culinary Adventure, we based our route on how far we could get in the time we had. That meant we […]

Les Fromages de l’isle d’Orleans

Les Fromages de l'isle d'Orléans

On our Quebec Culinary Adventure, Tomiko and I stopped at Les Fromages de l’isle d’Orleans in Sainte-Famille. After buying some of their cheeses, we had a picnic on the front lawn of the fromagerie. Our picnic consisted of a baguette and croissant from Boulangerie Blouin, a vegetarian pâté and some veggies from the Marché Jean-Talon, fresh-picked strawberries […]

île d’Orléans – The Garden of Quebec

Ile d'Orleans

Just 5 km east of downtown Quebec City, the Île d’Orléans is known as the “Garden of Quebec.” Even at the Marché Jean-Talon in Montreal we started seeing fresh fruits and veggies originating from the Île d’Orléans, from tomatoes and potatoes to their famous strawberries. Since we were on a food tour, of course we had […]