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 […]
La Route des Saveurs de Charlevoix
Amyco Champignons Sauvages
Tomiko and I discovered Amyco Champignons Sauvages when we spied a small, hand-painted, mushroom-shaped wooden sign on the side of the road just off La Route des Saveurs de Charlevoix. The shop was really just a curtained off room in the back of a family’s house where foraged products were available for sale. The small boutique offered both dried […]
Alpagas Charlevoix
Alpagas Charlevoix is an alpaca farm and fibre store in the Charlevoix region of Quebec. Charlevoix is one of Quebec’s most inventive regions for agrotourism. The landscape includes green, rolling hills dotted with trees; fjords; headlands; and bays; hugs the St. Lawrence River and is a designated a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve. Tomiko and I were driving on highway […]
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 […]