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Sydney, So Farโ€ฆ

Iโ€™ve been here about a day and a half, and am slowly acclimating to being on the other half of the world, which is a pretty exciting feeling. Each morning I wake up โ€“ a little too earlyโ€ฆbut after waking up at 2am this morning, Iโ€™m pretty sure that tonightโ€™s the night I get a good nightโ€™s sleep. Today some of the local chefs gaveโ€ฆ

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Lard de Begnins

Everyone once in a while โ€“ and I could likely count the number of times on one hand โ€“ Iโ€™ve put something in my mouth that silenced me. Unfortunately for the people around me, it doesnโ€™t happen all that often. But when I was told that there was a special lard made in Nyon, I changed my plans for the morning because something inside meโ€ฆ

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A Visit to Rungis

During the 1960s, when Paris going through a fit of modernization, it was decided that Les Halles, the grand market that had been in the center of Paris for over a thousand years (in various guises), was going to be finally torn down and the merchants would be moved to a place well outside of the perimeter of Paris. Reasons given were that the oldโ€ฆ

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Traditional Mincemeat Recipe

After making my last batch of Quick Mincemeat, which found its way, then disappeared into, one of my Thanksgiving desserts, for some reason, I got a hankering to make the real-deal. I donโ€™t know what possessed me, but when I get something stuck in my craw, it can take the Jaws-of-Life to get it out of there. Making traditional-style mincemeat requires one not just toโ€ฆ

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