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Drinking French is Out!

I’m excited to announce that Drinking French: The iconic cocktails, apรฉritifs, and cafรฉ traditions in France, with 160 recipes is out! My latest book features recipes for the iconic beverages of France, from cafรฉ specialties hot chocolate, tisanes and infusions, and chilled chocolate frappรฉs, to classic French apรฉritifs, recipes to make liqueurs, crรจmes, wines, punches and cordials at home, as well as French-themed cocktails from…

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Rotisserie d’Argent

A stalwart of the “old guard” of classic Paris bistros has been revived. The reliable Rรดtisserie du Beaujolais, across the street from the Seine, had been remodeled and refreshed as Rรดtisserie d’Argent, the new name giving a nod to its famous cousin just across the street, the Tour d’Argent. [UPDATE: I posted this write-up in 2017, over six years ago (and pre-pandemic) and since then,…

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Le Richer

I’ve had a swirl of visitors lately, and every morning it seems like I open my Inbox to find more “We’re Coming to Paris!!!” in subject lines. I’m not complaining because I love seeing my friends, especially those I don’t see often enough, but the joke about needing a social secretary has become a reality for me โ€“ just so I can get my other…

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Our Tour de France

The French often say, โ€œThereโ€™s no need to leave France โ€“ we have everything here!โ€ While itโ€™s easy to brush it off as chauvinism, itโ€™s true โ€” for a country that could fit inside of Texas, there is a huge diversity of climates and terrains in one, single country. You can find everything in lโ€™hexagone, from the windy shores of Brittany (where weโ€™ve huddled around…

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Duck with Prunes Recipe

This past weekend I went to the Marchรฉ des Producteurs de Pays, a lively little outdoor event where people come from across France to sell their edible wares here in Paris. Naturally, there were lots of mountain cheeses, specialty honey, and regional wines. But I was on a mission to stock up on les pruneaux d’Agen since I knew the producers (producteurs) would be there…

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