The Lost Supper, from Taras Grescoe

The Lost Supper, from Taras Grescoe

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The Lost Supper, from Taras Grescoe
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A Sip of Herring-Infused Beer

A Sip of Herring-Infused Beer

A Visit to the Last Smokehouse on Canada's Magdalen Islands

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May 23, 2023
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This week I’m going to take you to a very special place, located on a magical archipelago known as the Magdalen Islands—or, as they’re known in Quebec, les Îles-de-la-Madeleine. The first time I went there I thought I’d stumbled on a Canadian version of Brigadoon, the Scottish village in the Technicolor musical of the same name, a place said to appear f…

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