JULIAN ARMSTRONG is a writer whose specialty is Quebec: Quebec chefs, Quebec food and drink producers, and the latest developments on the Quebec culinary scene. She is the author of Taste of Quebec (Macmillan 1990, updated by John Wiley, 2001). Armstrong writes a weekly column in The Montreal Gazette and contributes to the production of a weekly summer-fall column called In Season that is based on Quebec products. She is extraordinarily well connected to the food world of Quebec.