Throughout this past year, we had the pleasure of hosting employees from W Hotel at Santropol Roulant. They were one of our corporate groups who helped prepare and deliver meals for our Meals-on-Wheels Program once a month. Some came to lend a hand chopping vegetables, baking cakes and preparing tasty food for 100 meals-on-wheels clients in the kitchen, and others …
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Trivia Night Round 3: Tonight!
After an intense 2nd round this summer, our popular Trivia Night returns for an autumn edition! Is your trivial knowledge not proving to be the ideal conversation-starter you had hoped it to be? Come share your frivolous fun facts and put them to good use! What: The Roulant is hosting its 3rd Trivia Night! When: Oct 24th from 7:30 to …
Apple Picking Recap
On October 17th, a group of 60 Santropol Roulant community members (clients, volunteers, staff, donors and board members!) ages 8 months to 90+ years, went apple picking in Mont St-Grégoire. We dined on buckwheat crepes, toured the orchard by tractor, marvelled at the colourful leaves and picked a variety of apples. To top things off, Pierre-Vincent and Mira-Clair treated us …
Cheesemaking is back!
The popular cheesemaking workshops with David Rotsztain are back! In the introductory classes, David will lead us through making fromage frais, paneer, fresh curds, and blue cheese. The theory and history of cheese, the politics of raw milk and dairy, other dairy ferments, and rennet-free cheesemaking will also be explored. You’ll take home samples of cheese, cultures, and whey plus …
Get to know The Roulant’s Young Gardeners
Adults, aren’t the only ones at play in The Roulant’s gardens. This season, our urban gardens were the playground and classroom for 12 summer camps and elementary schools. Our tours put youth in contact with their natural environment, and reconnected them to the source of their food. In total, 182 young people learned how to reduce their environmental impact and create positive …
Intergenerational Apple-Picking Event
Santropol Roulant is proud to announce that we’ve added a fourth intergenerational event to our 2013 calendar! Our intergenerational events such as the holiday brunch, summer brunch, and sugar shack outing serve as unique opportunities to bring people together across generations and cultures. Next Thursday October 17th, meals-on-wheels clients, staff and volunteers will venture to a local apple orchard just 45 …
Rooftop Screening: Musically Medicated
Santropol Roulant is proud to be screening the documentary Musically Medicated on Thursday, Oct 3rd. The film follows the story of Robbie Tucker (musician, baker, and Roulant volunteer) as he struggles with a diagnosis of young onset Parkinsons and its effects on all aspects of his life. For more info and to see a trailer for the film, click here. …
Invitation: 100 Mile Meal
Tickets are going fast for this not-to-be-missed gourmet-community event of the season! If you’re a fan of local organic food, or just love talking about food, then this is the night you’ve been waiting for! What: A delicious meal with ultra-local ingredients sourced from within a 100 mile radius along with a discussion about the source of our food. When: …
Spend Your Nights Dreaming About Bees?
Make your dreams come true with this workshop hosted by the Roulant beekeeping collective on October 4th at 5:30pm. The workshop will last two hours and will be divided into two parts. In the first hour, we’ll talk, taste, and visit the hives. We’ll answer questions like: what does the inside of a hive look like? What is the lifespan …
Iron Chef – Thank you!
Last Thursday, 6 teams of local chefs competed head-to-head to create a unique dish with vegetables freshly picked from Santropol Roulant’s garden! The 4th edition of our dear Iron Chef event is now over but wow! What a night! Not only each teams gave everything they had to win the Grand Culinary Prize but a large crowd of curious community …
Grapes of Greece – An Autumn Wine Tasting
Forget the retsina, Greek wines are in the spotlight these days! There’s an increasing wealth of Greek wines on the market that come from fascinating terroirs, made with indigenous grape varieties. Join us October 1st for an evening of wine and merriment with sommelière Etheliya Hananova. Having recently returned from visiting wineries in Greece, she will guide us through an …
Recipe of the Month: Roasted Tomato Soup
Each month we’ll be featuring a recipe in our newsletter and on our website. We invite you to submit your favourite seasonal recipe, along with a photo and a few lines about why the recipe is special to you, who taught you to make it, or a memory of sharing the meal, along with a photo. Try out the recipes …