What’s up with all the soft, pale baguettes appearing in Paris? A few years back, when I moved to the Bastille, my local boulangerie made the best baguettes I’ve ever had. Each baguette was a revelation. If I was lucky to get there at just the right time, I would be handed a still-warm, slender flute of bread. I’d rip off the end as soon…
“Without ice cream, there would be darkness and chaos…” -Don Kardong 1976 Olympic Marathoner
One of the great things about having a food blog is that instead of doing something productive (like, perhaps, work on your next cookbook, for example…) I scan what others post then immediately hop on the mètro and whiz over to the newest and most exciting pastry and chocolate shops in Paris at a moments notice, sans hesitation. When Louisa posted about discovering a new…
I’ve been craving popcorn for quite a while. Then Heidi came along and posted a recipe for spiced caramel corn, one of my favorite treats. I scoured the ethnic shops in Paris to track some down and…violà! J’adore the soupçon of patriotism… C’est très americain!
Just an hour or so from Paris is the medieval market at Le Neubourg where each wednesday locals crowd the market, choosing their fresh fruits and vegetable, regional raw-milk cheeses and just-churned golden-yellow crocks of butter, along with meats and hand-stuffed sausages from the jovial local bouchers, doling out crispy morsels of sautéed charcuterie. It’s the kind of market where if you ask the poultry…
Beginning with choosing teams for third-grade Dodgeball to food blog memes, I’m accustomed to being the last one picked. But then I get tagged twice in one week! Along came my new gal-pal Meg, from Too Many Chefs, who snagged me for the cookbook meme that’s been going ’round. Here goes…. 1. Total number of cookbooks I’ve owned: Well, er, when I moved out of…
I was tagged by Adam, the Amateur Gourmet who picked me for this food meme. (Then split for 2-3 weeks of vacation!) Here’s my responses… What is your first memory of baking/cooking on your own? Good Seasons salad dressing. The measuring! The mixing! The magic! No wonder I became a pastry chef. Who had the most influence on your cooking? Lindsey Shere, who was the…
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