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SARANAC LAKE – Many Tri-Lakes residents of French-Canadian ancestry know about the tourtiere – a traditional double-crusted meat pie of the Christmas season that originated in Quebec. And one Saranac ...

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.

All Things We're Cooking is a series featuring family recipes from you, our readers and listeners, and the special stories behind them. We'll continue to share more of your kitchen gems throughout the ...

Lake Placid News Editor Andy Flynn interviewed Sylvie Nelson, originally from Quebec and now living in Saranac Lake, while she was making a tourtiere, a traditional Quebec meat pie consumed during the ...

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 ...

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 ...