You can’t really miss La Maison du Pêcheur when you visit Percé because of its prime location literally steps away from the wharf where depart tour boats heading for Bonaventure Island and Percé Rock.
Read MoreDuring your next stay in the maritime regions of Québec, be sure to look for the Smarter Seafood logo, which designates restaurants and fish markets that support the sustainable development of the St. Lawrence.
Read MoreSince we share a passion for good food and beautiful objects, we’ been planning a girls’ road trip to Kamouraska, in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region, for a long time...
Read MoreSnow crab is the king of the cold salty waters of the St. Lawrence Estuary, an exceptional seafood delicacy from the maritime regions of Québec. Snow crab fishing also marks the beginning of the fishing season in late March or early April, depending on the year. This crustacean is also fished later in the spring in the Gulf of St. Lawrence off the Îles de la Madeleine.
Read MoreThe first people to pick cloudberries (Rubus chamaemorus) were the Innu, who called this perennial shekuteu, which means “fire” in their language. Cloudberries are also known by several other names: bakeapple or bake-apple berry in Atlantic Canada, knotberry or knoutberry in England, and averin, evron or highland gold in Scotland. They are also one of several species known as salmonberries.
Read MoreWhat do raw-milk cheese, sand sculptures, blown-glass jellyfish and smoked herring have in common? Each occupies a place of pride among the flairs and flavours of the Îles de la Madeleine.
Read MoreDid you know that beer is the most popular alcoholic beverage in Québec and in all of Canada? In 2008 alone, Quebecers drank an average of about 90 L (24 gal) of beer per person, compared to...
Read MoreStimpson’s surf clams are sedentary bivalve molluscs that live buried in sandy bottoms below the low tide line in aggregations called beds. This species is relatively unknown since it has only been fished in Québec since 1990 and much of the harvest is exported to Asia for use in sushi.
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