Parisians don’t celebrate Halloween. There’s no trick-or-treating, no garish displays at le pharmacie, no need for mothers to warn their kids about razor blades in les pommes, no teenagers tp-ing the trees by the Seine. And there’s no candy corn. But we do have pumpkins. Lots of them. And that’s how I’m celebrating Halloween this year. I love roasting and eating pumpkin, and I don’t…
During my interview at Chez Panisse, as I sat across the table from Alice Waters in the main dining room at the restaurant, she asked me, “What do you eat at home?” Since I’m not exactly convincing when lying, I told her. “I eat popcorn, mostly.” And continued, “I’m a restaurant cook. I don’t have time to eat at home.” In spite of that, or because of…
A reader recently inquired that her and her husband were planning to visit France and since he couldn’t tolerate any gluten, is there anything that I could recommend? She had attached a list of words in French for acceptable grains, like oatmeal and barley, So I flipped through my French dictionary and looked under Special Dietary Needs, but there was a blank space. I didn’t…
Back online! And catching up on my reading… Chefs vs Bloggers: Shuna’s letter to Michael Ruhlman Going cold-turkey for a day. Scary! Write your own cookbook. (But why no help offered to work on mine?…) Strike Two!—I guess Sarkozy doesn’t have quite the mandate he thinks he does… Where to take a good pounding. Blast off!…those wacky Americans… (via Kate) Name that restaurant! Food Photography…
While I wait for my life (ie, my television and internet) to return to normal….(although I’d be happy if they’d just return. period)…I left my perch in the Wi-Fi equipped Place des Vosges long enough to have a really nice dinner at Mon Vieil Ami, that I thought I’d recount. I was going stir-crazy sitting at home and was so bored that I almost had…
Just a note that my internet and cable everything has been down for the past week. And because that’s not enough, my some messages from certain servers are being blocked and/or returned for whatever reason. But rest assured, there’s no one here taking care of the problem. After calling several times at 8€, or $11 a pop, and getting disconnected in lieu of speaking to…
After dinner at a friend’s apartment this weekend, they rolled out a sizable wheel of cheese to eat before dessert…which since moving to France, has become my favorite course of the meal. But usually you present one or a few selected cheeses, not a big round. Nevertheless, they slapped it down in the middle for the table where the host took a hunting-type knife, started…
1. I just learned that you can receive updates to my blog via email. Simply go to Feedblitz and do it. It’s super-simple and you don’t have to create a password or sign up for anything. Who knew? 2. If you have some time to waste or need a good laugh, these are hilarious. I mean, really hilarious. 3. And if you’re in Paris this…
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