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The Free 5
One of the keys on my laptop keeps falling off. It’s the ‘5’ key. I never realized how often I typed the number 5 until every time I tapped that little plastic square, hot damn if that méchant little digit didn’t hop right off my keyboard. Since I’m in the US, I thought I’d head over to one of the Apple stores to see if…
Sous President
You probably know what a sous chef is. It’s the person who’s second in command in a professional kitchen under the chef. In French, sous also means ‘drunk’. But even though he’s Le Président, he could also be called le sous Président… (Edited: Two weeks in America and I’ve already forgotten my French! See the comments for correct spelling of sous. Still, he does look…
Chocolate Class Weekend In Texas
This weekend I’ll be continuing my classes here in Texas at Central Market stores across the state, which I’m having a blast teaching at. I love working with their staff and strolling the aisles of this unbelievable, enormous food market. Also, Williams-Sonoma stores (which I call Sonoma-Williams, for reasons I should explain here someday…) is featuring The Perfect Scoop in a specially-priced paperback edition—just in…
More Scoopers…
Jessica’s ode to ice cream. Elise pops up homemade popsicles. Françoise’s strawberry soirée. Taking the icy rhubarb-raspberry route. Matt’s plum crazy. Exploring her sweet (not savory) side. Derrick rocks with Hot Fudge Sauce. Adam sings for his scoop.
10 Days In Texas
In a full about-face, I’ve left fog-bound San Francisco and this morning I woke up in super-sunny Texas. This week I’ll be teaching classes in ice cream making with recipes from my book, The Perfect Scoop, and sharing recipes for my favorite Parisian chocolate desserts at Central Market stores across Texas. Here’s the dates, and hope to meet y’all there… June 10 and 11: Houston…
3 San Francisco multicultural Eateries
You can find good Vietnamese food in Paris, and there are a couple of nice addresses for Chinese food as well, but if there’s a good Korean bbq in the City of Light, that kalbi has yet to singe my lips. When I come back to San Francisco, people ask me if I’m interested in trying the newest, hottest, most au courant restaurants in town….
My Five Favorite Travel Items
I am not a good traveler and I get whiny and irritable when I’m the least bit uncomfortable. Even more so than usual. There’s nothing I like better than tucking into my own bed every night and arranging the jumble of pillows just-so in my own very-special configuration. So unlike the rest of America, I sympathize with Paris Hilton and am not keen on sleeping…
Bi-Rite Creamery
I am such an idiot. I won’t tell you who, but years back, someone with a thriving restaurant on 18th Street in San Francisco alerted me to a great business opportunity nearby. Food-related, of course. I passed, and now the area is the culinary destination in the Bay Area. (Aside from the taqueria on Church Street across from the Afeway…) Although I missed the proverbial…
