Montreal Chef Martin Picard visits Barbara Jo’s Books to Cooks to fete his new book, Sugar Shack, on Thursday, March 29 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

The traditional Quebecois cabane a sucre, or sugar shack, has been turned on its ear (and no doubt it’s a pig’s ear) by Chef Picard. Touted for his bold, decadent nose-to-tail cuisine featured at his Montreal restaurant Au Pied de Cochon, his new book, Sugar Shack celebrates the rustic traditional foods of maple sugar shacks with a nod to tradition and twists and additions that only Chef Picard can imagine.