On Christmas Eve, many French-Canadians will gather after midnight Mass for reveillon, a lavish dinner party that lasts into the wee hours. The... A version of this story was originally published on ...

My friend and neighbor, Cynthia Voelkl, often writes about food on her blog, The Sandwich Life. This time of year, she talks about French Canadian meat pie, or tourtire. "My great-grandmother was ...

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Update, December 10, 2024: The Vermont Agency of Agriculture shut down the Bombardiers’ pie-making operation shortly after this story was published because the couple’s home kitchen was not licensed ...

FALL RIVER — We call it “French meat pie,” but the word for it in French is “Tourtiere,” a name that came from the style of dish in which it was cooked. We know it as being made with ground pork or a ...

The rule that Christmas preparations should wait until after Thanksgiving doesn’t apply to Hugue Dufour and his wife, Sarah Obraitis, the owners of M. Wells, a Québécois bistro in Long Island City.

The secret ingredient is still secret. That’s what James R. Wainwright said with a laugh when asked — yet again — what the secret ingredient is that makes the French-Canadian meat pies so popular when ...

A version of this story was originally published on Dec. 23, 2011. If you happen to spend Christmas Eve in Canada — especially Quebec — you might be lucky enough to be invited to a festive dinner ...