Baked Potato Poutine with Porcini Gravy

In search of poutine . . . We land in Montreal and drive to the nearest boulangerie to load up on provisions, crusty baguettes, tapenade, piperade, wine, and prepared vegetables. We drive Northwest, and about an hour later we are in a little slice of France, Canadian style: Mont Tremblant. We fell in love with this (somewhat contrived) ski resort village. There, we found one of our favorite restaurants, La Petite Cachée. And, happily, we found poutine—a vegetarian version, nonetheless, that