切碎的蔬菜沙拉与柠檬式盛装
美国人因饮食不佳而闻名,这是因为每当我有一群客人来巴黎,每个人都总是渴望新鲜的蔬菜。另一个有趣的悖论是,美国的一部分是巨大的,但是美国人来到法国(部分更合理的地方)在外出就餐时很快就会充满。一对夫妇……
美国人因饮食不佳而闻名,这是因为每当我有一群客人来巴黎,每个人都总是渴望新鲜的蔬菜。另一个有趣的悖论是,美国的一部分是巨大的,但是美国人来到法国(部分更合理的地方)在外出就餐时很快就会充满。一对夫妇……
几个月前,当我和朋友亚当(Adam)和马特(Matt)在一起时,我想向他们展示一些更不寻常的本地专业,除非您实际上在某个地区,否则您不会遇到。法国烹饪非常区域性,这就是为什么您不会在巴黎找到Bouillabaisse或在Nice中所有那么多马卡龙的原因。还有很多…
关于a year ago, I was having supper in a friend’s apartment and everything we ate was simple, and tasted really good. He’d lived on a farm near Toulouse for many years, where he worked for one of France’s agricultural organizations. Now he lives in Paris and I was surprised when he told me that the onions we were eating on the tart he’d made…
I don’t know when it took hold, but le Brunch has become popular in Paris. Unlike the Bloody Mary and Mimosa-fueled repasts we had when I lived in San Francisco, in Paris, the concept is a little different. For one thing, Sundays are blissfully “sacred” and no one seems to want to wake up and go anywhere until — well, Monday. And the places that do…
The European Union just overturned regulations that will allow fruits and vegetables that aren’t technically picture-perfect, to be sold alongside their more attractive counterparts. But the laws are still place until next July. I had no idea there was such a directive in effect, and I’ve been innocently part of a conspiracy, participating in, and abetting, illegal behavior. According to EU directives, things like carrots…
Before I went away for recent my trip to New York City, as a gesture of extraordinary kindness to the person who I swapped apartments with, I cleaned out some of the things in my fridge. Nevertheless, she managed to find my stash of crunchy organic peanut butter, but curiously missed the luscious jar of salted butter caramel from Henri Le Roux in Brittany. What’s…
While Paris is a meat eater’s paradis, there are pockets of places that are vegetarian-friendly, or are completely vegetarian. As a sideline to my guest post Vegetarian Restaurants in Paris, here are my tips for dining out and getting by. If you’re looking for a typical ‘Parisian’ meal, don’t limit yourself to bistros and brasseries. Nowadays, Parisian cuisine includes ethnic dining. There’s excellent Asian, Indian,…
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…
At my local marché this week… Grown in Brittany, one of the weirdest vegetables found in France is Romanesco, a relative of broccoli. It’s cooked the same way, a la vapeur, simply steamed and tossed with a pad of rich French butter. Sand-grown carrots are sweeter (and dirtier) than ordinary carrots. French (and American) cooks can find lots of thyme at the markets, which is…