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What better way to learn about a brand than to return to its source and explore its roots? I had the opportunity to do just that by accompanying Shimon Finkelstein on visits to a few of his Artemano boutiques. This was only the second time we were meeting, after a brief introduction and quick sit down a few days earlier. I didn’t know what to expect, but within the span of half an hour we hit it off and, I felt like we were connecting as if we were old friends. From the get-go Shimon was intriguing. Soft-spoken and calm...

Montreal is a haven for food-lovers, and nowhere has more to offer your palate than the Plateau Mont Royal. With our Montreal store right on St Laurent, we have been a part of the area’s vibrant history for the past five years. To celebrate our love for our Montreal home, we got together with local foodie and blogger, Dustin Gilman, AKA Food Guy Montreal, for a walking, tasting tour of his favourite Plateau eateries. We met Dustin early one sunny Saturday morning in September at our St Laurent store. With its low lighting and natural wood, we chatted about the...

Sweet. Sour. Salty. Bitter. Umami. These are the building blocks of some of the best moments of our lives and represent the primary types of taste upon which our sense of taste is built.   Can you remember the meals you have enjoyed most? Think about your favourite dish, and taste not just its flavours, but the emotions and memories it brings up.  Think about the tastes you had to acquire because someone took the time to tame your palate – maybe it was olives, and maybe you made peace with them one evening on an island in Greece. Maybe...

“Juicing isn’t about losing weight, it’s about cleansing the system,” explained Joanna Barcessat, owner and founder of Rejuice! Nutrition, to a customer who had walked into the Artemano boutique on Saint-Laurent Boulevard last week for an exclusive tasting of cold-pressed juices and smoothies made with organic vegetables and fruits.  She couldn’t have said it better. With spring in full-swing, what better time than now to introduce Artemano’s clientele to this local beverage brand, which contains no dairy, no gluten and no processed sugars and which offers its customers juices that yield five times more enzymes, vitamins and minerals than most...

The most unexpected thing I learned in Thailand was something I already knew, but had forgotten. I noticed it wherever I went, whether it was a modern factory covering multiple city blocks, or a simple workshop in the forest. I had forgotten that human beings make the things I love most. In one place I saw dozens of women and men wearing identical blue shirts, heads down, face masks on, sanding, cutting, sawing, smoothing, packing the things we covet into boxes with big retail names stamped on them. The working conditions there are different from ours – these people were...