One Local Family Creates Memories to Savor on a Trip to Canada
Some families wear matching pajamas for Christmas; others binge-watch Netflix shows or have family game night. For my husband and our two teenage sons, it’s sharing a meal that brings us together. Sometimes we eat with chopsticks or steak knives; other nights it’s a quick handheld burger that bonds us.
This is especially true when we travel. Whether it’s katsu curry in Japan or scallops at a sidewalk café in Paris, we collect food memories the way some people collect refrigerator magnets.
With one son in college and the other about to leave home, I knew these memorable moments would become scarcer, so last March we took a family trip to Montreal. Hop on a plane in Orlando and three hours later you arrive in the largest French-speaking city outside of Paris. Warm baguettes with none of the jet lag or sticker shock of a transatlantic flight? I’m sold. With one of the highest densities of restaurants in North America, this cosmopolitan city on the Saint Lawrence River is foodie paradise.
Kirsten Harrington 