Montreal Dining Diary I: Montréal En Lumiere and a waste-free dinner at Le Blumenthal

Each winter for the last six years, I’ve come to get my hopes (and appetite) up in advance of attending Montréal En Lumiere.
For food lovers, the annual culture and gastronomy festival gathers many more restaurants than you could possibly attend during its two-week run under its organizational and promotional umbrella. As a guest of the event, I’ve been spoiled for choices each year and reliably had some very memorable meals that featured the creations of visiting chefs from a