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A Taste of Home: 4 Montreal Recipes from Chuck Hughes’s New Cookbook

Author: Alexandra Whyte

Updated on November 18, 2024

One of the best things to do in Montreal is eat. For me, it’s a Montreal-style bagel at St-Viateur (sorry New York!), or a smoked meat sandwich best enjoyed on a red leather stool at Schwartz’s Deli.

Many of the chefs and cookbook authors I interview agree: when asked where they like to eat in North America, they often mention Montreal. Toronto’s Chris Nuttall-Smith gushed over Mon Lapin before it topped any best-of lists, New Yorker Alison Roman shared her love of L’Express and L.A.-based Molly Baz and I discussed the wonder of Emma Cardarelli’s Elena.

When Chuck Hughes, the Montreal restaurateur and chef behind iconic Garde Manger, announced Chuck’s Home Cooking, his first cookbook in 10 years, how could it not grab my attention? Chuck is synonymous with the Montreal food scene, having lived there most of his life, opened two restaurants and run a successful catering business. He’s also published two bestselling cookbooks and hosted many TV shows, including Chuck’s Day Off and Chuck’s World.

Scroll down for recipes from Chuck Hughes’s new cookbook, the Montreal food scene and what we can expect from him next!

Photographer:

Marc-André Lavoie

Source:

Recipes from Chuck’s Home Cooking by Chuck Hughes. ©2024 Chuck Hughes. Photography by Marc-André Lavoie. Published by Penguin, an imprint of Penguin Canada, a division of Penguin Random House Canada Limited. Reproduced by arrangement with the Publisher. All rights reserved