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August in photos


At times, summer feels too short for words..

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chanterelles in the Gatineau

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a kid in a candy shop

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August abundance, a glimpse

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Bison with boletus, cheiftan sunchoke purée, arroche and carrots

 

 

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Elderberry labrador tea panna cotta, wild berries, clover sablé

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Tomato bocconcini and wild greens, crinkleroot and balsamic

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smoked duck, wild turkey rillettes, wild ginger and nasturtium

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sea asparagus

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wild ginger

 

 

 

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Yay!

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caquiller de mer

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champignon clavaire

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the first lobster mushrooms

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François et ses chanterelles de Gaspesie

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table riverside
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Out the door of la table

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Another way of foraging
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Cormier's raspberries

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Corn and the stand at noon almost bare

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Me harvesting the second rhubarb out back

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My favourite - Quebec groundcherries!

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All kinds of tomatoes!
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yellow beans and carrots -sounds like a good soup
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Sautéing my chanterelles, sorry no chef jacket

 

 

 

 

 

 

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corn at its peak

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a ripe Cavaillon melon

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stoking the smoker

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my new smoker

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Whoa - it works! In goes the duck.

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my favourite -fresh nordic shrimp salad

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salmon shrimp duo

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colored carrot and smoked duck salad

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pine mushroom

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Chanterelles en flocons -not for everyone

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Chanterelles clavaires de Gaspesie

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raisins sauvages

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wild cherries

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Making my curry. Ok this has nothing to do with summer, but it was time - I was out.  If only a picture could capture the aroma of the toasted spices..

Posted on Wednesday, August 22, 2007 at 01:34AM by Registered CommenterNancy Hinton in | CommentsPost a Comment

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