Send Rice Krispies…Quick!
Someone, anyone…help!…bring Rice Krispies! I think I brought too many marshmallows back…
Someone, anyone…help!…bring Rice Krispies! I think I brought too many marshmallows back…
This April marks a very special three-year anniversary. Do I celebrate with a coupe of Champagne? Do I whip out the mixer and make a celebration cake? Do I pull out what’s left of my hair and be bitter? No, no…and maybe. In April of 2003, I shipped two cases of books to my address in Paris, and somewhere between here and there, someone is…
Four Jobs I’ve Had: 1. Restocking the salad bar at The Vineyard restaurant. You wouldn’t eat the hard-boiled eggs at a salad bar if you saw where they come from. And I don’t mean the chickens. 2. The photo processing counter at Service Merchandise. We would wait for certain customers to drop off their film. Some were famous. At least amongst us. Especially Mr. Sabatini….
If I have to put on a sweater and carry an umbrella one more day, I’m going to scream…
When I used to get sick in America, I would get congested, a sore throat, sometimes a runny nose, and a fever. In France, whenever I get sick, it bypasses every other organ and heads straight to my stomach. I don’t know if it’s the rich foods, the dubious rules of storage, or a new set of germs as foreign to me as the 14…
A baker takes advantage of the sub-zero temperature of Paris… …where rooftops multi-task as cooling racks…
Kevin at Seriously Good tagged me with this, The 2006 Food Challenge of This Year I Dare! You’re supposed to talk about things you’re going to do different in the kitchen this year. Here’s a few… Garbage Bags I’m only going to buy premium, top-quality garbage bags this year. No more el-cheapo, whisper-thin bags that you could read Le Monde through. I generate mounds of…
Join me on my Spring 2026 book tour for my latest book, The Great Book of Chocolate