how canadian is quebec? are they truly one entity or two? this is a question that has been wrestled with for some time. quebec is certainly part of canada, but in many ways both culturally, spiritually, and linguistically, it s very much another thing entirely. there s a lot of history, much of it contentious. go back far enough and you get a clearer picture of why. the french arrived on the shores of quebec city in the early 16th century but succumbed to the military might of great britain in the mid 18th. thus began a gradual but steady persecution of all things french. the quebecois have struggled mightily to hang on to their french heritage and language. the issue of seceding entirely, a notion that persists to some extent even today. journalist patrick legasse meets
martin picard is such a man. a heretofore unencountered hybrid of rugged outdoorsman, veteran chef with many years of fine dining experience, renegade, innovator, he is one of the most influential chefs in north america. he is also a proud quebecois, and perhaps he more than anyone else has defined for a new generation of americans and canadians what that means. he is an unlikely ambassador for his country and his province. but maybe not so unlikely. i mean, look at him. out for a day trapping beaver with local trapper carl. no? so the bait is wood? yeah, just the bark. they eat the bark? yeah, yeah, yeah. i understand in pioneer days beaver was the financial engine of canada? yeah. empires were built on it.
martin picard is such a man. a heretofore unencountered hyf utdosman, veteran chef with many years of fine dining experience, renegade, innovator, he is one of the most influential chefs in north america. he is also a proud quebecois, and perhaps he more than anyone else has defined for a new generation of americans and canadians what that means. he is an unlikely ambassador for his country and his province. but maybe not so unlikely. i mean, look at him. out for a day trapping beaver with local trapper carl. no? so the bait is wood? yeah, just the bark. they eat the bark? yeah, yeah, yeah. i understand in pioneer days beaver was the financial engine of canada? yeah. empires were built on it. every hat practically in the
how canadian is quebec? are they truly one entity or two? this is a question that has been wrestled with for some time. quebec is certainly part of canada, but in many ways both culturally, spiritually, and linguistically, it s very much another thing entirely. there s a lot of history, much of it contentious. go back far enough and you get a clearer picture of why. the french arrived on the shores of quebec city in the early 16th century but succumbed to the military might of great britain in the mid 18th. thus began a gradual but steady persecution of all things french. the quebecois have struggled mightily to hang on to their french heritage and language. the issue of seceding entirely, a notion that persists to some extent even today. journalist patrick legasse meets me for lunch at bistro m sur masson, to understand what many
martin picard is such a man. a heretofore unencountered hybrid of rut outdoorsman, veteran chef with many years of fine dining experience, renegade, innovator, he is one of the most influential chefs in north america. he is also a proud quebecois, and perhaps he more than everyone else has defined for a new generation of americans and canadians what that means. he s an unlikely ambassador for his country and province. but maybe not so unlikely. i mean, look at him. out trapping beaver with local trapper carl. no? so the bait is wood? yeah, just the bark. they eat the bark? yeah, yeah, yeah. i understand in pioneer days, beaver was the financial engine of canada? empires were built on it. every hat practically in the