Making a Meal of It — episode 102: Buying & Selling
This episode focuses on the relationships that underlie the buying and selling of food (and wine), including the ways in which trust is built up through exchange and communication. We start off with some sounds of feedback—but not the awful screechy kind. That’s followed by conversations with Nicolas Fabien-Ouellet of the Montreal Public Markets and Tania Perreault, from the wine bar L’aPéro Buvette. (This conversation is in French—see transcript for English translation.) Both talk about the relationships, cycles, and feedback that make their businesses thrive, while also keeping the commercial aspect as humanistic as possible. The ‘Stick This in Your Mouth’ segment gets pretty cheesy, as David and Maxime do some dances with dairy, and this episode’s Food Questionnaire respondent is politician and environmental champion, the Honorable Sheila Malcolmson.
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Episode 102: Buying & Selling
Duration: 00:49:25
Guests:
Nicolas Fabien-Ouellet is the Director General of the Marchés publics de Montréal, a network that includes the Jean-Talon, Atwater, and Maisonneuve food markets, as well as six neighbourhood markets and three Solidarity markets in Montreal. He earned his master degree in Food Systems from the University of Vermont in 2017, and is the author of several articles, including “Poutine Dynamics,” a socio-political examination of the iconic québécois dish.
Tania Perreault is an interior designer and co-owner/operator, with her partner Melisande Lefebvre, of l’aPéro Buvette, a natural wine bar in Montreal. During the day, the space doubles as Tania’s design studio and office, Pero studio.
Sheila Malcolmson was first elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada (for Nanaimo, BC) in 2019. Her work has included improving mental-health services and addressing the ongoing toxic drug crisis, as well as protecting the environment and clean up coastal waters. Previously, she served as a federal member of the Canadian parliament for Nanaimo-Ladysmith in BC. As an MP, she was a leading advocate for solutions to vessel abandonment, oil spill prevention and women’s equality. Sheila lives on Gabriola Island with her partner, Howard.
Host/Producer: David Szanto
Music: Story Mode
Stock media: soundsvisual / Pond5
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segments
00:05:20
Nicolas Fabien-Ouellet at the Jean-Talon Market
00:20:45
Tania Perreault at L’aPéro Buvette
00:34:11
‘Stick This in Your Mouth!’ (the cheese edition)
00:45:18
the Food Questionnaire with the Hon. Sheila Malcolmson
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