Badass Paillasse, Turkey Talk and More

MILE END— Guillaume bakery has a 1.3 kilo, 18-hour-fermented paillasse de Lodève on offer, in limited supply. [Twitter]

WINE WIRE— Jeff Heinrich writes that at many Quebec vineyards, Punjabi farmhands are the secret to a successful harvest. [Gazette]

TURKEY CHRONICLES— Lesley Chesterman took her critic hat off this week to get elbow deep in turkeys in the run-up to the long Thanksgiving weekend. The verdict? Turkey is hard to mess up if you stick to the basics. [Gazette]

MEALS ON WHEELS— Lucille's food truck got a slick new paintjob. [Instagram]

THE SHUTTER— Manoir des Érables received glowing reviews as recently as this past June (by Rochelle Lash in the Gazette) but now comes word that Montmagny's grand dame is being sold, some two years after a management switcheroo. Asking price: a cool $2.5 million. [Twitter]
[Photo: Boulangerie Guillaume]