Jean Talon Market: recipes and portraits

Welcome to the largest open-air market in North America. This bustling hub is truly the gastronomic soul of Montreal. It is also the meeting point for all of Quebec, bringing together in one place the abundance and diversity of local products. Nothing is more joyful and sensual than this meeting place, at this divine moment when baskets explode with juicy berries and tender greens, witnesses to the best of our region. Follow the author Susan Semenak and the photographer Albert Elbilia as they discover the market through the seasons. Through colorful and moving chronicles, meet these women and men who, from Montérégie to Gaspésie, have cultivated, raised, fished or picked what will be on your plate tonight. Mouthwatering recipes, delicious stories, luminous photos; here is a hymn to the joy of eating locally and sustainably according to the seasons.