Atelier No16: A GOURMET EXPERIENCE
Atelier No16 is a boutique dedicated to the culinary arts and gastronomy. Thanks to our blog, our popularization capsules and, above all, our passion for cooking, we act as a gastronomic trendsetter and advocate all things gourmet.
Above all, we seek out and promote local and regional products, so that the general public can discover the finest local produce. As such, we are true ambassadors for local and regional products from Quebec and Canada. Atelier No16 is your reference for gourmet products in Canada.
Local residents are often unaware of the products that come from their region. Why is this the case? Quite simply, local producers don’t have the same resources as the major players in the agri-food sector. As a result, their production volume is not comparable to that of industry leaders.
Atelier No16 is proud to serve as a mouthpiece for these artisans, whose passion for a job well done is more important than the pursuit of profits. But don’t think they don’t want to succeed! For them, success is measured first and foremost by the recognition of their know-how and the quality of what they raise, grow or manufacture.
Atelier No16 travels the length and breadth of Quebec and Canada in search of the unintentionally well-kept secrets of local and regional produce. It’s our privilege to help you discover these little-known gastronomic gems.
In addition to these exclusive productions, Atelier No16 brings you vignettes by Marie-Noëlle Courcy, a passionate gastronomy popularizer. Through tasty recipes, she introduces you to local products and their uses. What’s more, she shares her favorite recipes, highlighting both well-known and lesser-known ingredients in new ways. These recipes, most of which are easy to prepare, call on ingredients that could be described as noble, i.e. from the elite of the vegetable garden, orchard or herd. If it’s a processed food, rest assured that it hasn’t been processed in an industrial kitchen, and that it remains an artisanal product.
The great Curnonsky, famous gastronome and epicurean, said: “Cooking is when things taste like what they are”. That’s why Atelier No16 favours simplicity. Any dish, no matter how refined, must respect the ingredient and enhance it without distorting it.
