Photos from Martin Picard's Sugar Shack Restaurant
Photographer Dominique LaFond
1/10Jean-Michel Bourassa, chef of the 2011 season.
2/10Chef-owner Martin Picard bides his time at the meat smoker.
3/10Maple sugar is spun into cotton candy.
4/10The room adjoining the restaurant is part prep kitchen, part cooks' hangout during the sugaring season.
5/10Maple Syrup-Soaked Doughnut Holes
These sweet doughnuts are bathed in maple syrup just before serving.
6/10The sugaring room, where sap is boiled into syrup.
7/10Frozen Nougat with Maple Cotton Candy, the recipes for which can be found in Picard's new Sugar Shack cookbook.
8/10Maple Tarte Tartin
Maple syrup adds a new layer of sweetness to this delicious twist on the classic French dessert.
9/10John Bill, head shucker at Au Pied de Cochon, unpacks the oysters of the day.
