Things with “French” in the title are usually fancy, right? Poodles, perfume, pastries. But a French drain is nothing more than a ditch in sloped ground, inset with a perforated drain pipe under a ...

QUEBEC CITY, Que. – My job takes me into Quebec on occasion. One thing I’ve noticed is that, outside of the island of Montreal, you won’t find many people who speak English, and this includes the near ...

The term “pork chops” doesn’t really conjure images of haute cuisine. It’s more of simple midweek dinner or family barbecue. No doubt it’s because there’s no real way to eat pork chops efficiently ...

Chef Jean La Font says he doesn’t fiddle much with the food at Le Rendezvous. He eschews twists and mergings. He shrugs off plate landscapes framed in sauce dribble and herb dustings. Everything is ...